K3B Error

carlosinfl · 03-09-2006, 04:29 PM

OK - K3b is giving me an error as you see below.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7969/k3b5pm.png

Now when I click on the "K3bSETUP2" button, it prompts me for the "root" password which is fine however then the setup window loads and it's blank. I keep waiting for it to populate the data on the window and it remains blank. I can click close on the blank window but there is no setup. Is there any other way to resolve this?

Please help!

madluther · 03-09-2006, 04:32 PM

Have you tried logging into KDE from KDM (or a root shell) as root and then running k3bsetup?

carlosinfl · 03-09-2006, 04:33 PM

Let me see if I can logout and login as root...

carlosinfl · 03-09-2006, 04:36 PM

I am unable to login to KDE as root. It says I can't for some reason...

Then I login as my one and only "SHELL" user and open konsole with the following:

Code:

carlos@workstation:~$ su -
Password:
workstation:~# k3b
ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Can't determine DISPLAY. Aborting.

madluther · 03-09-2006, 05:43 PM

You can enable root logins to kde by editing the kdmrc file, in debian I believe it is in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc

Look for a line that says AllowRootLogin=false and change it to AllowRootLogin=true then logout of kde and restart X (Crtl Alt Backspace)

For security reasons, once you have k3b setup correctly it would be a good idea to undo those kdmrc changes.