k3b cant find growisofs

iotc247 · 06-11-2004, 02:35 PM

k3b keeps saying some stupid error that it cant find growisofs but when i do locate growisofs its in the /usr/bin directory.. How to resolve this.. I think its the distro so i posted it here..

keefaz · 06-11-2004, 02:57 PM

install pakage dvd+rw-tools, it should fix that

iotc247 · 06-11-2004, 03:39 PM

the thing is it is installed..

keefaz · 06-11-2004, 03:41 PM

do grep -i growisofs /var/log/packages/* and see where it is installed, then tell it to k3b

...or just look at the configuration menu, it should fix it

iotc247 · 06-11-2004, 03:44 PM

this is what i get from that command

/var/log/packages/dvd+rw-tools-5.19_1.4.9.7-i486-1:usr/bin/growisofs
/var/log/packages/dvd+rw-tools-5.19_1.4.9.7-i486-1:usr/man/man1/growisofs.1.gz

then what do i do.

keefaz · 06-11-2004, 03:52 PM

add /usr/bin to the path list in the setup/configuration menu (can't say more my menus are in french lol)

keefaz · 06-13-2004, 08:34 AM

If you still interested, here is to how turn growisofs accessible to k3b :

- make sure you have a group named cdrom in /etc/groups
- as root chown root:cdrom /dev/YourBurnerDevice
- open k3b as root, go to setup/configuration menu > advanced setup
- change the group name from burning to cdrom
- click ok, quit k3b
- open k3b as simple user (not root), growisofs should be accessible now (and you can now burn cds/dvds as simple user, not root)

you may have to sudo chown -R YourUser ~/.kde if one time, you started k3b with sudo

iotc247 · 06-13-2004, 09:13 AM

Now the k3brc or whatever that config file is isnt writable and now it says it cant find the cdrecord or cdroa or whatever they are..

keefaz · 06-13-2004, 09:29 AM

sudo chown -R YourUser ~/.kde for config writing prob, after that all should come fine

outspoken · 11-17-2004, 12:12 AM

this does not work for me

im trying to burn a .img file which is the same as the .iso file.

I followed all of your steps and still I get the 'cannot find growisofs' error in k3b when trying to burn the image.