On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 11:32:42 -0800, Wes Gray wrote: > On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 02:09:51PM -0500, Peter wrote: >> >> 1) Try as root. Some programs like cdrecord-ProDVD simply won't work on >> some devices unless you're root or sudo root. >> >> 2) Make sure /dev/dvd actually points to your device. > > Doing it as root gives me the same error message. gmplayer /dev/dvd works > fine to play a DVD, so I think it's OK. Here is where it points: > > % ls -la /dev/dvd > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mar 3 14:27 /dev/dvd -> hdd
Well, if Richard's suggestion about USE=dvd-read does not work, make sure the device is NOT mounted. Some dvd writers access hardware directly and therefore mounts will mess with that. Otherwise, check the program's usenet groups and bug reports. Unfortunately, it's been my experience that for DVD authoring and anything more than plain copying or burning files (i.e. most things beyond mkisofs), linux is a lot of work. Best to have a M$ partition and use whatever software you need for a particular task. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
