Are you using Slack 12? Did you do a full install? If so you already had k3b installed, so what did you install yesterday?

Brian

> Are you using Slack 12?

Slack 11.0 ... Too busy trying to learn about this version to do
any upgrading yet. Not sure if'n k3b came with 11, but it was
never available under Kmenu until I installed it the other day.
I can mount audio cd's with no problem. But when I open k3b and
go into settings, Configure K3b, devices - read only drives: none,
writer drives: none. So I try add device [ /dev/hdc ] it can't see
it.

Paul

k3b is available in Slack 11.0, but has to installed from /extra.
Pat did not include it by default as k3b wants to run using suid privileges (necessary for real time performance reasons, but a potential security risk).
Have you run the configure routine in k3b that sets the suid privileges?

BTW - It is my experience that k3b is less flaky with higher write speeds using Slack 12.0

Well ... there it is .. All I did was reboot.

I had decided to boot up win2k to take care of other
business. When I again booted Slack I went to k3b
to start all over .. and I can now see the Sony CD-RW
CRX145E. And all I did was reboot.

I'm getting ready for work at the moment. Will take it
for a ride as soon as I get home and post the results.

Paul

I'm glad it's working.

It is helpful to those trying to help if you are more specific as to what/how you install something. It could be a slackware package, something you compiled yourself, something you compiled with a slackbuild from slackbuilds.org or AlienBob's repository or slacky.eu, an rpm or deb you found on the web somewhere, an install through slapt-get/swaret, etc. Depending on where you get your package, the diagnostic process would start at different places.

Brian

To install k3b I started at www.k3b.org, I selected the Slackware binaries
which sent me to packages.slackware.it and from there I downloaded
k3b-0.12.17-i486-1(tgz). I used pkgtool to then install the app.

Just got in from work and want to take it for a spin now..

Paul

Very interesting. That's a new site to me. I wonder who makes the packages there.

Brian

... Hmmm. OK.. I loaded a blank cd. I opened k3b and selected 15 .mp3s
and hit burn. Sure enough the burn process did its thing and when all was
said and done it ejected said cd.
Ok.. Cool. But I do notice a difference between a cd burned by Ashampoo
installed on win2k and the one I just burned on Slackware using k3b. The
one burned on Ashampoo can be mounted. I have no trouble playing it in
any of the media players that came with Slackware. But the cd I just burned
with k3b seems to be a bit more tricky .. I can see the files in Konqueror,
but when I drag/drop them into Amarok they stay grayed out and can't be
played ( perhaps I need to explore Amarok setup more ). KsCD seems to work
just fine though. Well ... At least I can burn which is a great help, and
the cd I burned plays just fine in my jeeps cd player, so I shouldn't
complain. I just need to investigate/learn more about sound files and
terminology.

Thanks once more to all who replied.

Paul

What, http://packages.slackware.it ? That is just the Slackware package browser, which is running on a server in Italy. You will be led to the official Slackware packages.

Eric

Did you create an audio cd?

> Did you create an audio cd?

Yes ... Audio CD via k3b.

Paul