[arch-general] wodim unuseable

gt static.vortex at gmx.com
Tue Mar 20 11:35:28 EDT 2012


On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 03:50:30PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> gt <static.vortex at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> > I do have cdrtools installed, and k3b does detect cdrecord, mkisofs,
> > readcd etc.
> >
> > But still k3b says this on startup:
> >
> > Unable to find growisofs executable
> > K3b uses growisofs to actually write DVDs. Without growisofs you will
> > not be able to write DVDs. Make sure to install at least version 5.10.
> > Solution: Install the dvd+rw-tools package.
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Do you use an old version of k3b?
> 
> Do you use a modified version of k3b?
> 
> an unmodified k3b prevers to write DVDs via cdrecord since several years.

I am using the latest k3b from arch's repos. v2.0.2

But, i ignored the error and tried to write a DVD, and the burn went
fine without growisofs.

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