Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:01:53 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Justin R. Pessa" <JustinR.Pessa@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding my CDRW device to k3b Message-ID: <426822D1.1060009@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20050421172744.GA20221@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <20050414230015.GA6327@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <c4c5231305042018545d72f8c8@mail.gmail.com> <20050421172744.GA20221@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
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Justin R. Pessa wrote: > On Apr 20 06:54PM, Michael Collette wrote: >> Before getting into the CDRW stuff, why K3B wouldn't run. I would bet >> that you're using an X Display Manager, like kdm, gdm, or even xdm. >> You can't just su into root and run stuff like that. You need to >> fully log out, then log into whatever wm you use as root. When you do >> that, k3b should come up just fine. > > I log into my system as root then launch kdm then log in as myself. What > do you recommend I do, log into kdm as root? Is there any way to get k3b > running under a normal user account? Try making the dvd+rw-tools port install setuid-root. I don't believe that K3B needs to be root, just the underlying software it calls to actually burn the image.... -- -Chuck
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