I installed k3b just like 2 weeks ago and used it (as a user, not root) to burn some mp3s for use in my car. Basically I just followed the instructions in the pkg-message and k3b itself and it worked out of the box:
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1. The FreeBSD k3b port supports SCSI drives only. If you have IDE CD or DVD
drives, use them through the cam system. See Chapter 17.5.1 of the handbook
(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html)
2. k3b has to be started from a root console, which is not recommended.
Alternatively, do ALL of the following:
a. Every user must have read and write access to /dev/cdX:
- add to your /etc/devfs.rules under '[system=10]':
add path 'cd*' mode 666
- or if you prefer allow access for a group XXX only add instead:
add path 'cd*' mode 660 group XXX
- to enable it, add to your /etc/rc.conf
# sysrc devfs_system_ruleset="system"
b. Every user who should be able to use k3b must have read and write access
to all pass through devices connected with CD and DVD drives and to the
/dev/xpt0 device. Run 'camcontrol devlist' to identify those devices (seek
string 'passX' at the end of each line). Note, that this is a security
leak as well but that there is no alternative!
- add to your /etc/devfs.rules under '[system=10]':
add path 'pass*' mode 666
add path 'xpt0' mode 666
- or if you prefer allow access for a group XXX only add instead:
add path 'pass*' mode 660 group XXX
add path 'xpt0' mode 660 group XXX
- to enable it, add to your /etc/rc.conf
# sysrc devfs_system_ruleset="system"
- to apply these changes without reboot, run as root:
# service devfs restart
3. Create a directory on a partition, which has enough disk space to hold a CDs
or DVDs content (usually below /usr). Enter this directory in Settings->
Configure K3b...->Misc.
4. You must configure devel/kf5-solid appropriately:
a. Either use the (default) HAL backend, and enable HAL in /etc/rc.conf via
# sysrc hald_enable="YES"
b. *or* use the (experimental) BSDISKS backend.
5. Last but not the least, you need to set cdrecord parameters in K3b's
"Settings --> Configure k3b... --> Programs --> User Parameters" to
match your device as seen by `cdrecord -scanbus' (e.g. dev=3,0,0)
In my
/etc/devfs.rules file I got:
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[localrules=10]
# Allow members of group operator access to SCSI disk devices.
add path 'da*p*' mode 0660 group operator
add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group operator
# Allow members of group operator access to USB devices.
add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group operator
# Allow members of group operator access to CD/DVD drive.
add path 'cd0' mode 0660 group operator
add path 'pass1' mode 0660 group operator
add path 'xpt0' mode 0660 group operator
It's the last three lines that should be important for k3b, and as explained above, you need to find out the passX device that corresponds to your CD/DVD drive using
camcontrol devlist. Also you need to activate those rules in your
/etc/rc.conf by adding:
Code:
devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"
The user needs to be a member of the operator group (not sure if wheel is needed too, but I got that one also), and don't forget to restart devfs or reboot the machine, for the changes to become effective.
