Version: 0.10 (using KDE 3.1.9) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.2 20030908 (Debian prerelease) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.4.23-pre4 k3b says cdrecord not found, but it exists in /usr/bin. However, it cannot be executed. It would be nice if k3b could output a more concise error message. H/home/wr$ cdrecord /usr/bin/cdrecord: line 8: /usr/bin/cdrecord.mmap: Permission denied /usr/bin/cdrecord: line 8: exec: /usr/bin/cdrecord.mmap: cannot execute: Success [Exit 126 ]H/home/wr$ cd /usr/bin /usr/bin$ l cdrecord* -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 142 Sep 12 15:17 cdrecord -rwsr-xr-- 1 root cdrom 342924 Sep 12 15:17 cdrecord.mmap -rwsr-xr-- 1 root cdrom 342924 Sep 12 15:17 cdrecord.shm /usr/bin$ l cdrecord* -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 142 Sep 12 15:17 cdrecord -rwsr-xr-- 1 root cdrom 342924 Sep 12 15:17 cdrecord.mmap -rwsr-xr-- 1 root cdrom 342924 Sep 12 15:17 cdrecord.shm
that is not possible because if K3b has no permission to execute cdrecord it is not able to determine if this is cdrecord or not.
Ideally K3b to solve this problem as I have also encountered it is to change cdrecord.mmap and cdrecord.shm to be in the cdrecording group aswell which solved my problem. These are obviously files used by the newer cdrecord as my Debian installation is running 2.01a19 so is missed by K3b when it sets the system up
no, cdrecord.mmap and cdrecord.shm are debian specific files and that's the reason why K3b does not check for them.
Hi, i am using k3b 0.10.3 on debian. I had the same message about missing cdrecord allthough it is/was installed. The problem is that i can only execute cdrecord if i (the non-root user) has read permissions on the cdrecord executeable (and because of debian, correct permissions on the shm and map file). Since k3b-setup sets 4711 or 4710 if you are using the group setting it actually doesnt work. You should check if you are able to execute cdrecord by executing it from the console. If it doesn't work without read permission try it by doing a chmod like 4755 on /usr/bin/cdrecord or 4750 if you are in the group. Greetings, Grand Apeiron
Hi, Getting same error "Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable". Have tried to change permissions as described above but to no avail. Please advise. Thanks.
read all pertinent articles on this problem. Edited /root/.kde/share/config/k3bsetup2rc: Devices] PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM=7056,9100,auto,auto PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A=7056,7000,auto,auto [External Programs] cdrdao default=/usr/bin/cdrdao cdrdao user parameters= cdrecord default=/usr/bin/cdrecord.mmap cdrecord user parameters= dvd+rw-format default=/usr/bin/dvd+rw-format dvd+rw-format user parameters= eMovix user parameters= growisofs default=/usr/bin/growisofs growisofs user parameters= search path=/usr/bin/,/usr/local/bin/,/usr/sbin/,/usr/local/sbin/,/opt/schily/bin/,/sbin [General Settings] burning group=cdrom use burning group=true Made permissions of the file /usr/bin/dvd+rw-format: -rwsr-xr-x 1 root cdrom 19920 Aug 30 09:18 dvd+rw-format Permissions of /usr/bin/cdrdao, /usr/bin/cdrecord, /usr/bin/cdrecord.mmap, and /usr/bin/cdrecord.shm are the same. I am a member of the group cdrom. Permissions of /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd are: brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 22, 0 Jul 22 15:54 /dev/hdc Still getting: Unable to find dvd+rw-format executable K3b uses dvd+rw-format to format DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs. Solution: Install the dvd+rw-tools package. I don't see what I'm missing, obviously something. Please assist. Thanks, Jerry
please use a recent version. This has already been fixed.