K3B Setup Wont Launch so I cant burn CD's

Hi Alan,

Open terminal and enter:
sudo apt-get install kdesu

Then enter:
kdesu k3bsetup

or enter:

kdesu k3b

Now, in k3bsetup, check the group burning option, then set permissions.

If it won't work enter in terminal (copy the following line and past it in terminal):
ls -l | grep cd
and post the output here.

The command "ls -l | grep cd" is wrong.
You should press Alt+F2, enter "gedit /etc/fstab" and post the file here.

Max once again thanks for coming to the rescue,

I followed your instructions and this is what the terminal gave me

user@user-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install kdesu
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package kdesu
user@user-desktop:~$

I figured maybe I have the wrong repository or something?

So I follwed your next instruction anyway
this is what the file had in it

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

I hope this helps you if not let me know more instructions!!

Thanks again

Alan

Hi Alan,

You are always welcome! I will be glad to help you out :)

Enter in Terminal:
sudo chmod 777 /dev/scd0
That changes the permissions for your dvd-rom and may let you write a cd.

Hope this helps.

Hey Max,

Hope your well sorry for the late reply been away with work-

Tried running the command but didn't seem to change anything still getting the same errors as before

A

Hi Alan,

Make sure your have the permission to use the device:
Go to System => Administration => Users and Groups. Highlight your username and click Properties. Click on the User Privileges tab at the top, and make sure there is a checkmark by Use CDROM Devices.

Run the following commands in Terminal:
sudo chown root.cdrom /dev/scd0
groups

If you do not see cdrom in the output of the "groups" command, you can add yourself to the group with the following:
sudo -a -G cdrom yourusername

Now try to burn a dvd or cd.

If it wont help post here the output of the following commands:
ls -l /dev/*cd* /dev/cd*
ls -l /dev/hd* /dev/sd* /dev/sg*

And post here k3b log (try to find something like "Details" to get more information about errors).

PS: have you tried other cd/dvd burning software? GNOMEbaker? (to install gnomebaker run "sudo apt-get install gnomebaker")

Hi all,

I am not a Linux newbie, but I am a Linux-GUI newbie. I experienced the same problem on Ubuntu 7.10 which I was able to solve by editing the k3b config file: $HOME/.kde/share/config/k3brc

The following line decides which (physical) device wodim is trying to access. K3b is (only) a frontend which uses other applications for the particular tasks of burning purposes. In this case k3b is using wodim though cdrecord is indicated. Cdrecord was used originally, but this is a long and sad story as I found out while googling about this problem. However Alan please try following solution by editing the k3brc file.

cdrecord user parameters=dev=/dev/cdrom

/dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to /dev/hdc in my case and might not be present on your system.

In the error log I got, wodim tried to access /dev/hdc and failed to do so. After pointing it to /dev/cdrom the burning succeeded.

I assume the same effect can be achieved by editing the entry "cdrecord" in

Settings => configure k3b => Programms => TAB "User Parameters"

As I am used to use the command line while working with Linux my first thought was to search for a config file.

Cheers