Burning Software for Porteus 5.0rc3

[Portland Z]

I try, but i don't understand you.
"hi this is the software that you don't find" No, this is not the software i don't find.
I don't find the following files in the libburn-1.5.4-x86_64-2.xzm package:
cdparanoia-III_10.2-x86_64-5.txz
cdrtools-3.01-x86_64-6.txz
libburn-1.5.4-x86_64-2.txz
dvd+rw-tools-7.1-x86_64-5.txz
cdrdao-1.2.4-x86_64-3.txz

"the xzm packages you can open with unsquashfs or repack with mksquashfs but isn't a compressed archive"
- Why do you write "packages" (Plural), there is only one xzm package the name is libburn-1.5.4-x86_64-2.xzm

And where is unsquashfs or mksquashfs. Is that a command or a program or what?
If I use unsquashfs on libburn-1.5.4-x86_64-2.xzm, i find inside
cdparanoia-III_10.2-x86_64-5.txz
cdrtools-3.01-x86_64-6.txz
libburn-1.5.4-x86_64-2.txz
dvd+rw-tools-7.1-x86_64-5.txz
cdrdao-1.2.4-x86_64-3.txz

or what do you mean?

[beny]

hi i have told you libburn is only a software that brasero or another burn frontend want to do the job when you boot system you don't have to search for libburn you have this software in modules folder if yes is up and running open brasero and do your job open as root you have to use terminal also for cdparanoia or brasero do a try open terminal and write cdparanoia put a compact disc that you need to grab and cdparanoia -A and after cdparanoia -B and look if work for you

[beny]

hi Portland Z this is a player that is useful for you have a lot of plugin try it: https://www.mediafire.com/file/h98hjbo7 ... e.xzm/file

[ncmprhnsbl]

@Portland Z please try this one: brasero-3.12.2-x86_64+deps4cin.xzm
move it to your modules folder and in your filemanager rightclick on it and choose "activate" (or simply doubleclick on it).
to save some further confusion, i won't go into what's in it for now, other than it's made for cinnamon specifically, hasn't been tested beyond starting it(can't remember when i last did anything with a cd ), so it's possible there is still some component missing.

this may be helpful in understanding the nature of modules: http://www.porteus.org/component/conten ... dules.html

[Portland Z]

Thank you ncmprhnsbl. Brasero runs. It recognizes the blank drive, but if I click "burn" the CD was ejected: "You do not have the requiered permissions to use this drive." I don't know, how to get these permissions. Running brasero as root doesn't help. (su root - Password - brasero)

Offtopic: In the last days I discovered "ventoy", which is a very brilliant piece of software. If you once set up a USB flash drive with ventoy, you simply copy an iso of an OS to the drive an you can boot it. Hirens Boot DVD starts very fast in comparison to the DVD drive, which needs minutes. You can cook some coffee and drink it meanwhile.

[ncmprhnsbl]

ok, it looks like there could be a bug with cdrtools .. https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/67265 ..although the version we have is earlier..
if you could try, as root:

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chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrecord

and see if that makes a difference.

a more complete, 'finer grained' approach using setcap, used by the arch package on install:

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setcap cap_sys_resource,cap_dac_override,cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_nice,cap_net_bind_service,cap_ipc_lock,cap_sys_rawio+ep /usr/bin/cdrecord
setcap cap_dac_override,cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_nice,cap_net_bind_service,cap_sys_rawio+ep /usr/bin/cdda2wav
setcap cap_dac_override,cap_sys_admin,cap_net_bind_service,cap_sys_rawio+ep /usr/bin/readcd

[Portland Z]

Error mounting system managed device. No medium found.
Now CdRW is not readable in brasero and thunar. It is a step backwards.

[ncmprhnsbl]

It is a step backwards.

sounds like it..
to undo that:

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chmod 0711 /usr/bin/cdrecord

or if you're using a changes folder, find and delete that file(using an 'always fresh' session)

let's try a different tack: here's xfburn-0.6.2-x86_64+deps-xfce.xzm
this one is specific to xfce.

[Portland Z]

I used that one in Cinnamon, but the brasero windows doesn't start/ come up. Only this circle spins for a while.
Or what do you mean, should i use a xfce desktop?

[ncmprhnsbl]

I used that one in Cinnamon, but the brasero windows doesn't start/ come up. Only this circle spins for a while.
Or what do you mean, should i use a xfce desktop?

heh, you mentioned thunar, so i assumed you were using xfce (thunar is the filemanager in xfce and nemo is the one in cinnamon)
anyhoo, here's xfburn for cinnamon: xfburn-0.6.2-x86_64+deps-cinnamon.xzm
afaict, it doesn't use cdrtools, so should avoid whatevers going on with that..

[Portland Z]

Ok. My fault. I meant nemo, not thunar.
This xzm works. I burnt an iso on a CDRW. Now I am happy - thank you very much.

If I were at your place, I mean in the Developer Team. I wouldn't offer five or six desktops, if
every software needs fine tuning to run on each desktop. The desktop is a matter of taste.
So I would choose one, for example xfce, and for this I would offer more software. It is to much work
to offer software for six desktops.

[nanZor]

Portland Z - good ideas, but do you really want Porteus to turn into "Yet another app-store distro" ? There are many to choose from.

Having the devs just crank out apps like a vending machine isn't really what Porteus raison-d'etre is all about. Far better for them to concentrate on the core principles - especially since everyone is a volunteer doing this in their spare time.

I'm glad you got the cd burning software to work. But consider this - perhaps this is a signal that maybe the use of isos / CD's are falling into the "vintage computer / retro" category and it might be best to move forward. Much like how you discovered Ventoy, although that is absolutely NOT necessary with a standard Porteus install to usb stick today.

I feel your pain though. Back in 1995 or so, I was despondent when I discovered that slackware didn't support installation to 9-track mag tape.

9 track tape

I had to move forward.

[Rava]

'Etcher' is multi-platform with a KISS user-interface, if that matters at all.

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Made a module and uploaded it:
etcher-bin-1.7.1-x86_64-1cf