Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 14:39:09 -0500 From: Thomas Donnelly <tad1214@aol.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: k3b again Message-ID: <4824A85D.5080906@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <20080509164401.50763b53@gb7tf> References: <20080509164401.50763b53@gb7tf>
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Richard Bown wrote: > Hi all > I've been using k3b for several years, and the behaviour I'm seeing, > I have not seen until starting to use FreeBSD. > Therefore, it is the way its been ported. > Everytime the k3b starts it complains:- > No CD/DVD writer found. > K3b did not find an optical writing device in your system. Thus, you > will not be able to burn CDs or DVDs. However, you can still use other > K3b features like audio track extraction or audio transcoding or > ISO9660 image creation. > at least now there is > > the button "startk3bSetup2" > and you get in and there is:- > > Sony DVD RW DW-G120A dev/cd0 660 root richard-1 > > and if I start to burn a CD...cant !!!! > So I though now I've got it to automount , chuck in a music CD and run > juice extractor, which started up and listed all the tracks > hit play or extract# > > Error playing CD. > > Reason: Could not open CD device for reading. > > gb7tf# ls -la /dev/cd0 > crw-rw---- 1 root richard-1 0, 115 May 9 15:18 /dev/cd0 > > I'm in group richard-1 > I got my new printer today, the old one had a firmware fault. > So started cupsd, used the browser to open port 631.. > no printers !!!!!!! > > I'm sorry guys but someone needs to say it, that moving to FreeBSD is a > masochistic ride into purgatory. > I've used up a weeks holiday /vacation trying to get a working usable > system, where as I could have setup everything in linux in a few hours, > even if I'd chosen to use Slackware. I should have been playing radio > I'll give to midnight (GMT), and if I'm not further forward with a > working system , it will be time to draw a line underneath it and return > to using linux. > and to be honest PCBSD is a pain as it pays no attention to the > partition table when installing, blatting itself over the largest > partition and ignoring the rest. And I think most people use the > largest partitions either as the home dir or as non system storage. > Even the most nannified of linux distros give a choice on installation, > whether to use the existing partitions or not > > I really appreciate all the help that's been given especially by Diane > and Konstantin, without them I would not have stayed trying as long as > I have. > > I'm sorry if my comments offend, they are not intended to. > > > Well Richard, I am sorry to hear all of the problems you have been having. Just a few side notes. 1. PC-BSD != Freebsd, I don't use PC-BSD for the same reason I don't like Linux or Windows, they are overly user friendly and do everything for you, often with unintended side effects when doing advanced things. 2. FreeBSD wasn't designed with workstation use as a primary goal, that has become much more popular in recent years, but, server use is and probably always will be the primary focus. 3. Many of these programs (k3b and the like) were designed for linux and ported over to freebsd, there are bound to be some bumps along the way. 4. If you say I will give it to this and such a time, you may as well just cut over now, you are looking for a reason to dump the OS. 5. Part of the beauty of FreeBSD is simplicity yet complexity. It is not easy to learn, it is not user friendly, sharp edges are everywhere because the training wheels are off.
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