On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 03:50:30PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > gt <static.vortex@xxxxxxx> 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. -- O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org