Re: pburn not working for me
Posted: 07 Oct 2013, 18:31
Yes, it is an issue with exit-code(s). Pressing the X-button (window manager) will hide the log-box (where you see the command output), but not stop the burning process. ONLY the Emergency button will stop all processes related to pBurn. This is how it is intended to work. Then we could argue if it is logical or not.
The reason for the 'Emergency', is because the pid-handling in pBurn is not the best. When pressing the Emergency'-button, all processes related to burning are killed. This includes cdrecord, mkisofs, ffmpeg, .... So in a given situation, it would also kill processes NOT initialized by pBurn, - and this is not good - That's why EMERGENCY.
For the record:
The pBurn helpfile (usr/share/doc/pburn.html) is missing in Porteus. This leads to missing information in the Burn-options window. At first-run, pBurn generates these information variables based on chapters in the helpfile.

At the moment, I am not a Porteus user, but I am easy to reach in the Puppylinux forum.
Sigmund
The reason for the 'Emergency', is because the pid-handling in pBurn is not the best. When pressing the Emergency'-button, all processes related to burning are killed. This includes cdrecord, mkisofs, ffmpeg, .... So in a given situation, it would also kill processes NOT initialized by pBurn, - and this is not good - That's why EMERGENCY.
For the record:
The pBurn helpfile (usr/share/doc/pburn.html) is missing in Porteus. This leads to missing information in the Burn-options window. At first-run, pBurn generates these information variables based on chapters in the helpfile.

At the moment, I am not a Porteus user, but I am easy to reach in the Puppylinux forum.
Sigmund