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ok, i think i have k3b installed, i did ./configure, make, and make install. but when i try to run it (logged in as root) by typing k3b in the terminal it says command not found

what am i missing?

Did you type it right?
Did you do a CLEAN install?
Do you have all the dependencies?

BTW If you search for winex on freshmeat.net it will show you to a FREE server with it.

how can i tell if it has all of the dependancies?

type what right?

what do you mean by a clean install, not having installed k3b before?

Type whereis k3b.

My k3b went to /usr/local/kde/bin, so in order to run it I would type /usr/local/kde/bin/k3b, however before doing this you should open a virtual console, su and then /usr/local/kde/bin/k3bsetup to get everything set up for your CD burner. I have changed my bash_profile to include /usr/local/kde/bin as one of my paths.

Good Luck and Enjoy, K3B works wonderfully for me :)

ok i ran setup, it all went fine

but when i try to run k3b, it says

mcop warning: user defined signal handler found for SIG_PIPE, overriding
/tmp/mcop-tom is not owned by user

do
chown tom /tmp/mcomp-tom
as root and you should be fine

what about installing from an rpm

the k3b website has one for RH8 will that work with RH9?

Quote:

Originally posted by neo77777
do
chown tom /tmp/mcomp-tom
as root and you should be fine

ok did this, it said

[root@Linux tom]# chown tom /tmp/mcomp-tom
chown: failed to get attributes of `/tmp/mcomp-tom': No such file or directory

also, i reinstalled it using this different command from the k3b website

Quote:

Q: Everytime K3b starts it asks for K3bSetup to be run although I completed it.

A: Most likely you installed K3b in the wrong directory. All KDE programs are installed in the KDE dirtree (which should be /opt/kde3 but is not on all distros). If you compile K3b from source it defaults to either $KDEDIR or /usr/local (which is strange since /opt/kde3 should be the default; but this is part of the KDE build system). To install in the correct directory you need to specify the prefix to configure like this:

./configure --prefix=/opt/kde3

That will install K3b relative to /opt/kde3.

i installed the RH8 rpm, but that isnt detecting my writer, it says i need to change something for scsi emulation?

so has having 3 different installations royally messed up my system and now i'll never get it working, or is there still hope

now that i think about it........im gonna work on this tomorow, i am tired and im going to bed

In grub add this lines next to your kernel loading parameters:

Code:

kernel /vmlinuz, etc, etc.

at the end of that line add hd[xx]=ide-scsi. Note that hd[xx] stands for what device your cdwriter actually is. In my case I have hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi. My cdwriter and DVD-rom, both are seen by the kernel as SCSI devices (there is nothing wrong with IDE, but until kernel 2.6 in order to burn CD's you would need it)

Now if you wan to enable DMA in the drive(s) open as root the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add to end of the file this line

Code:

hdparm -d1 hdc hdd*

*Or whichever your devices are mapped as.

Quote:

Originally posted by Thetargos
In grub add this lines next to your kernel loading parameters:

Code:

kernel /vmlinuz, etc, etc.

at the end of that line add hd[xx]=ide-scsi. Note that hd[xx] stands for what device your cdwriter actually is. In my case I have hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi. My cdwriter and DVD-rom, both are seen by the kernel as SCSI devices (there is nothing wrong with IDE, but until kernel 2.6 in order to burn CD's you would need it)

Now if you wan to enable DMA in the drive(s) open as root the file /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add to end of the file this line

Code:

hdparm -d1 hdc hdd*

*Or whichever your devices are mapped as.

where is grub, i know its my boot loader, but how do i change it
could you explain that a little better, im still pretty new :)

Ok, Step by step:

Open a console and change to super user with:

Code:

$ su

password:

#

Notice the change in the prompt symbol form a dollar ($) to a number sighn (#), this # symbol is the root's symbol. Now if you are into X type.

Code:

# gedit /etc/grub.conf

If you are in pure console mode change gedit for vi. Make sure to read vi's manual (#man vi)

Next look for this line:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-ck1 ro root=LABEL=/ (substitute the acutal number in this example with your version, most likely to be 2.4.20-18.9). After the LABEL=/ expression add a space and then hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi (if you have two optic devices connected to your motherboard's second IDE channel) or hdb=ide-scsi if you have your CD-writer sharing IDE with your HDD.

Now to enable DMA support for your devices so you can still watch DVD movies, rip CD's, etc., you will need to edit the file rc.local located in the directory /etc/rc.d/, you would do this, again as root like this:

Code:

# gedit /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Edit the file by entering this line at the very end of it in a single line:

Code:

hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc /dev/hdd

Make sure that these devices are the same as what you entered as the kernel boot parameters (with ide-scsi). The hdparm program will enable DMA to the devices (-d1 flag) even if they use ide-scsi emulation.

ok i did that /\/\/\ its detecting my cd drives, but its not detecting the writer as a writer :( is there something i have to add to tell it it's a writer?

No... there should nothing to configure to make it see your writer. All you need to do is to check where is the actual IDE connection for the writer. If you built the system, (most likely possiblity) remember that Linux uses as nomenclature for the drives the following:
hda = first Device (master) in the first IDE channel and all of its subsequent partitions, hence hda1,2,3...n (this apply only for HDDs)
hdb = second device (slave) in the first IDE channel.
hdc = first device (master) in the secondary IDE channel
hdd = second device (slave) in the secondary IDE channel

Things tend to get tricky when you have and IDE-ATA controller in the PCI bus, depending on your kernel, those channels get mapped BEFORE the on-board ones. So double check that. Also if you in any configuration file added a line as ide-cd, so that module would get loaded, comment that line out (add a # sign before it). If you are still in doubt which are your devices take a look at your /etc/fstab file and follow the symlincs for the CD-rom devices:

Code:

[gianni@Thetargos gianni]$ cd /dev

[gianni@Thetargos dev]$ ls -l cd* *dvd*

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root            4 jun 13 01:00 cdrom -> scd0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root            4 jun 13 01:00 cdrom1 -> scd1

brw-rw----    1 root    disk      15,  0 ene 30 04:24 cdu31a

brw-rw----    1 root    disk      24,  0 ene 30 04:24 cdu535

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root            4 jun 13 01:00 cdwriter -> scd0

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root            8 jun 22 14:26 cdwriter1 -> /dev/sg1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root            4 jun 13 00:59 dvd -> scd1

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root            4 jun 13 00:59 rdvd -> scd1

This is my listing of the optics devices and which are the actual devices being utilized by the different symlics. Hope this helps.

Edit: In my output I have actually two devices being mapped to the same physical device: cdrom -> scd0 and cdwrter -> scd0 are linked to the same device (my burner) and the one there saying cdwriter1 -> /dev/sg1 is actually the same physical device as the other two, i.e my burner.

yes ive built my computer, is there any other way? :)

this is what mine said

[tom@Linux tom]$ cd /dev
[tom@Linux dev]$ ls -l cd* *dvd*
ls: *dvd*: No such file or directory
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jun 18 19:27 cdrom -> /dev/hdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 18 19:27 cdrom1 -> /dev/scd0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 15, 0 Jan 30 05:24 cdu31a
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 24, 0 Jan 30 05:24 cdu535
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jun 22 19:04 cdwriter -> /dev/sg0

What does the command I just posted reports?