Help. I'm trying to use Eroaster for the first time and trying to burn an avi file. When I click the the 'burn' button, this is what I get

/bin/sh: /usr/bin/mkisofs: Permission denied
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/cdrecord: Permission denied

I'm not sure how to correct this. Please be specific with instructions, as I'm still a . .

I've never used Eroaster, but it looks like it wants you to be root to run it. Try running it in a shell with you su'ed as root (don't login to the box as root, just "su" to root status in a shell and run Eroaster from there).


John

When I su'ed and try to burn, it says I may want to be root, so I relogged in as root. But in any case, it said something about 'no cd/dvd found on this target...' So I tried to mount the cdrom, but it's already mounted. (I don't know how to copy the output from eroaster).

Hmmm, have you done the setup as detailed by these instructions? If not, then give it a try. If it still hangs on you, then post back here where it died on you (and what said).

http://www.trylinuxsd.com/eroaster/pages/


John

P.S., You really don't want to be root to burn CD's if you don't have to (and you don't have to). I doubt that Eroaster will require this of you, so try the instructions logged in as yourself and not as root.

I'd chmod the devices to allow anyone to access them. I don;t know how eroaster does it, but Xcdroast has it as an option when you first install it. Maybe just chmod'ing mkisofs and cdrecord to 666?

Thanks rootboy for that link. The instructions to change eroaster's "preferences" were helpful. However, I can only burn as either root or su, and not as user. Also, this is the output from the xterm:

[root@localhost julie]# eroaster
05.02.2003 23:25:39.737 INFO None [Main] ECLiPt Roaster Version 2.0.12 starting up
05.02.2003 23:25:39.740 WARNING None [Main] You are julie - you may want to be r oot
05.02.2003 23:25:39.741 INFO None [Main] Checking for required programs
05.02.2003 23:25:39.760 INFO None [Main] Checking for additional programs
05.02.2003 23:25:39.766 WARNING None [Main] Couldn't find freeamp
05.02.2003 23:25:39.768 WARNING None [Main] Couldn't find normalize
05.02.2003 23:28:18.177 ERROR GnomeFileSelection [__GnomeFileSelection__readdire ctory] Error: Directory /root/.gnome-desktop doesn't exist - using $HOME
05.02.2003 23:30:00.198 ERROR GnomeFileSelection [__GnomeFileSelection__readdire ctory] Error: Directory /root/.gnome-desktop doesn't exist - using $HOME
Traceback (innermost last):
File "/usr/lib/eroaster/main.py", line 1232, in TimeOutHandler
if (atof(strip(line[9:13])) <= round(float(self.selecteddatasize) / 1024)):
ValueError: empty string for atof()



Can someone give me step-by-step instructions to chmod as lopoetve suggested, or to change the 'preferences' in eroaster as user? Thanks in advance.

as root:

cd /
find ./ -name mkisofs -print
(NOTE WHERE IT FINDS IT, CD TO THERE)
chmod ./mkisofs 666
cd /
find ./ -name cdrecord -print
(GO THERE AGAIN)
chmod ./cdrecord 666
cd /
find ./ -name eroaster -print
(GO)
chmod eroaster 666

Try that.

Thanks lopoetve. I'll try that. However, I edited my message above, as I didn't look at the xterm before posting it orginally.

Hi lopoetve,

I just want to ask you if that the same (chmod) thing I need to do with a redhat box; here are my directories;

locate cdrecord
/etc/default/cdrecord
/usr/bin/cdrecord
/usr/share/do....

locate mkisofs
/usr/bin/mkisofs
/usr/share/doc/cdrtools....

I'm new to all this but my guess is to change /usr/bin/* 666