Le Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:25:46 +0100 Declan Moriarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
> > To complete my question, because I can see you quite dislike those > > lazy short messages : > > > > 1) devices : when you compile ide-scsi module on a brand new 2.6 > > kernel, you are beeing mocked at because this is old fashion, ide-cd > > being much more "modern". But when you read the cdrecord, dvd+rx+tools > > and other help pages, it is said that this is not so good, especially > > from the performances point of view. And there is the udev settings > > problem, of course... See what I mean ? > The biggest hitch with ide-scsi is /etc/fstab, IIRC. You have to select > it as ide-scsi, enable writing, and have udf(?), ide-scsi, generic scsi, > and probably more available to the kernel. Never mind, I was able to make things work with /dev/hdd. BTW, ide-scsi seems buggy here, I had two crashes using it ! > > 3) I tried K3b... and was stuck by foolish things like k3bsetup not > > finding "su" in my path. I ran it from root, but was unable to get a > > real burning operation. Everything works fine unitl it tries to burn, > > and then there is a seeking error... (all this in ide-scsi mode). > > This you can probably fix. A lot of things reduce the path to > "/bin:/usr/bin;" I have also seen "/usr/bin:/usr/sbin;"No doubt it's a > security ploy but actually ends up being a pain in certain > circumstances. Try this > > grep PATH /etc/* |less > grep PATH ~/* <as your cdwriting user> > grep PATH ~/.* > > BTW, I have 'su' in /bin. Where is yours? Same place. My Linux dist is a pure LFS ;-) > You will probably need the 'less' bit. I would advise against using the > -r option on grep for /etc! > > You are nearly there with this one. Turn up debugging and check your > logs. Another thing to beware of is that if something wants to be a > user, and you run it as root, it may well fall back to being 'nobody' > the most useless of lusers. Read the small print with this package. OK, i'll try that. > > 4) I tried to compile the gnome dvd-burning project, but got bored by > > all the dependencies :-( > Gnome appears to be dependancy Hell. Sure :-P > > 5) Of course, I started with some console tries, but this got me > > nowhere : > > Doesn't mkisofs do it? One thing you can do, btw, is make up your iso as > a block file and then mount it to check it. I did this. Now it works, don't ask me why. > > > Then you can fill in the remaining stages yourself. Grep the blfs > > > book > > > > > > grep -ir dvd * > > > > Yes, I did something like this. I'm not COMPLETLY stupid, you know > > (QUITE, but not COMPLETLY) ;-) > > > Thank you for restoring our confidence in your hard work and diligence. ;-) > > > www.google.ie/linux & search term dvd writing > > > > Well, this is the good news from your message : I didn't know this > > special section from Google. So your insults were justified, after all > > :-) I saw a few more links that I will consult, and then I'll annoy > > you a little more, I guess ;-) > > > I haven't sorted this myself, you know. I mean to buy a cd or dvd writer > but it just never happened. The last one was robbed and returned > _with_5V_applied_ blowing it and a Southbridge :-O. Kids....grrr. Nobody touches my computer at home, because nobody is aware of Unix except me (in my good days) ;-) Sure way to keep your hardware safe. \bye, and thanks again. -- Nicolas FRANCOIS http://nicolas.francois.free.fr We are the Micro$oft. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
