K3B won't run any longer.
Erik P. Olsen
erik at epo.dk
Fri Oct 27 23:07:16 UTC 2006
Phil Meyer wrote:
> Paul Lemmons wrote:
>> try:
>> > su - root
>> # k3b
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: K3B won't run any longer.
>> From: "Erik P. Olsen" <erik at epo.dk>
>> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> Date: 10/27/2006 01:05 PM
>>
>>> I am on FC5 with all latest updates and when I wanted to burn the new
>>> FC6 dvd iso K3B got an error saying: Could not find growisofs
>>> executable. locate on growisofs revealed:
>>>
>>> /bin/growisofs
>>> /sbin/growisofs
>>> /usr/bin/growisofs
>>>
>>> They were all identical so I figured that at least one of should be
>>> found. Running as root went fine, so at least I have the FC6 CD now,
>>> but why won't K3B run in my user environment? Even sudo k3b won't run.
>>>
>>> Regards,
> Much better to fix your path.
This is what I find so strange, my path is OK.
>
> The problem with running ANY KDE based application as root while you are
> logged in is that the application will modify permissions on
> .ICEauthority (and possibly others) to be owned by root.
>
> This will break your next login attempt. :(
>
>
Regards,
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