From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 21:58:39 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E357C16A4CE for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 21:58:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B7F343D39 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 21:58:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from juu.borg@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 37so1989770wra for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 14:58:34 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:reply-to:to:cc:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:in-reply-to:x-mimeole:thread-index:from:message-id; b=G7XsxzQUQS6LrSbb6Hp7AiE7Z2/zIJxDIEtLL23+oJg8CLdVGb2CNVjMEALwEEncwhGuCa9IhdnP/qsaKsiormCWpHK56TwxBp6GGEj+lOjelDxggRx1d225z+9aK5lpUiXZZzu/501JqPU/mS8cWZ3gwRqmuz3DlKVPvr+1ZtA= Received: by 10.54.34.10 with SMTP id h10mr4607603wrh; Tue, 17 May 2005 14:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from apollo ([217.15.99.34]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 34sm1471756wra.2005.05.17.14.58.33; Tue, 17 May 2005 14:58:34 -0700 (PDT) To: "'Bob Johnson'" , Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 23:58:31 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: <428A5C74.4080703@eng.ufl.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Thread-Index: AcVbJBNCjR2FDDjeREeVXnN6Zrx9sgABweyA From: Joseph Borg Message-ID: <428a690a.669abb92.30ed.ffff9f17@mx.gmail.com> cc: 'Joseph Borg' Subject: RE: scanner software, dvd software, Gnome sound problem (was: Newbie Questions) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: joeborg@ieee.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 21:58:40 -0000 Hi Bob, Thanks for the info :) I've never used it, but the standard answer seems to be SANE: /usr/ports/graphics/xsane /usr/ports/graphics/sane-frontends - I've installed it; now I'll try and figure out how to use it. Shouldn't be a problem I guess. > - Secondly, I've also got a NEC IDE DVD-RW drive hooked up which the system > recognizes fine. What software can I use to burn DVDs? All I'm looking for > is some software (preferably also under X/gnome) that would allow me to make > backup DVD's of files I have on the drive (i.e. Data DVDs). > I use dvd+rw-tools (which is not limited to dvd+rw devices, that's just how it started life): /usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools - I've installed this tool. Which binary in particular should I use (e.g. to copy a directory to a dvd). The following binaries were installed: dvd+rw-booktype dvd+rw-mediainfo dvdbackup dvd+rw-format dvd-ram-control dvdnav-config The summary is, edit /boot/loader.conf to add the line "kldload snd_driver", then reboot. That loads most of the sound card drivers, so it will probably get it working, although not in the most efficient manner. I'm assuming you are using FreeBSD 5.x, under 4.x the answer may be different. - Yep, this seems to have done the trick. At least a VIA driver is loading, now I'll test out gnome. It's best to post one question per message, with a descriptive subject line. Someone who knows the answer is more likely to notice it that way. - Will keep in mind. Thanks again. Joe