I came from linux.
Tried many different distro's over the years.
CD/DVD drives and misc. burning always worked out of the box.
Not so with FreeBSD.
Installed test system, as follows:
FreeBSD 13.1 amd64
XFCE
It all started when the XFCE default burning software (XFBurn) wouldn't find the drive.
Tried all the forum supplied answers, none of them worked.
So I tried installing other burning software, nothing worked.
Not even K3B, which I don't like because of all the dependencies.
Tried XFBurn, Brasero, tkdvd, K3b.
All with the same basic issue, cannot access drive (basically) due to permissions.
Can't even get a CD/DVD to show in the File Manager.
UNLESS its a FreeBSD install DVD. That shows in the File Mangager.
Go figure. That makes no sense.
Everything I'm seeing involves jumping through hoops to get CD/DVD burning working with
any of these front ends. Basically because CD/DVD burning needs root access (not recommended),
resulting in various workarounds.
So I'm curious.... What gives with this situation?
Is it best to ignore CD/DVD's from this point on,
maybe use USB memory sticks instead?
Whats the general consensus on this?
Please advise.....!
Thanks!!
.
.
Tried many different distro's over the years.
CD/DVD drives and misc. burning always worked out of the box.
Not so with FreeBSD.
Installed test system, as follows:
FreeBSD 13.1 amd64
XFCE
It all started when the XFCE default burning software (XFBurn) wouldn't find the drive.
Tried all the forum supplied answers, none of them worked.
So I tried installing other burning software, nothing worked.
Not even K3B, which I don't like because of all the dependencies.
Tried XFBurn, Brasero, tkdvd, K3b.
All with the same basic issue, cannot access drive (basically) due to permissions.
Can't even get a CD/DVD to show in the File Manager.
UNLESS its a FreeBSD install DVD. That shows in the File Mangager.
Go figure. That makes no sense.
Everything I'm seeing involves jumping through hoops to get CD/DVD burning working with
any of these front ends. Basically because CD/DVD burning needs root access (not recommended),
resulting in various workarounds.
So I'm curious.... What gives with this situation?
Is it best to ignore CD/DVD's from this point on,
maybe use USB memory sticks instead?
Whats the general consensus on this?
Please advise.....!
Thanks!!
.
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