James Knott wrote: > Patrick Shanahan wrote: > >> * James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-31-06 17:22]: >> >> >>> I have noticed that if I start K3B manually, it can find growisofs, but >>> not when it's started by KDar. >>> >>> >> Doesn't this make you think that there might be a path problem? I >> would check that kdar has the full path to k3b, change the working >> directory for kdar, start kdar from a script denoting specific paths >> including /usr/bin/.... >> >> >> > I suspect it's due to growisofs not wanting to run under sudo. I've > been doing some testing and found that if I run KDar as a regular user, > it works, though I have to keep the "slice" size below the default 4400 > MB for DVD's. So far, 4000 works and I'm currently trying 4100. Also, > running it as a user greatly limits what I can back up, so next I'll try > logging in as root, instead of just runnning KDar as root. > > According to the growisofs man page, there is an option to allow it to > be used under sudo, but recommends against it for security reasons. > It's not a path issue, as /usr/bin is in root's path and K3B has no > problem finding other files there. Also, K3B specifies the full path to > the executables, so the PATH variable shouldn't even affect it. > > > Further on this. I can run KDar and burn DVD's, if I log in a root, but not if I run as root, from a user log in. I still haven't determined why I can't have a slice bigger than 4000 MB.
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