How to burn DVDs in Fedora Core 4

[xode]

I have a new FC4 install on one of my computers. Xcdroast is installed although non-root mode is disabled. However, it demands a 1024*768 display and I have an 800*600 display. It says that that display requirement can be overridden and I know that to be true because the xcdroast on my other linux computer doesn't complain about this. However, I have not seen any documentation showing me how to override this display requirement. How can I override this display requirement?

Further, I want to use the xcdroast on the FC4 computer to burn DVDs. Can that be done? If not, is there another program that can burn DVDs?

[steve1961]

I have a new FC4 install on one of my computers. Xcdroast is installed although non-root mode is disabled. However, it demands a 1024*768 display and I have an 800*600 display. It says that that display requirement can be overridden and I know that to be true because the xcdroast on my other linux computer doesn't complain about this. However, I have not seen any documentation showing me how to override this display requirement. How can I override this display requirement?

Further, I want to use the xcdroast on the FC4 computer to burn DVDs. Can that be done? If not, is there another program that can burn DVDs?

Other programmes include k3b and gnomebaker - both are excellent

[xode]

Now, where do I find all of the necessary install packages for k3b and gnomebaker so that I can download them? The computer that I want to install this on is not connected to the internet.

[jcliburn]

I know nothing about xcdroast, but you can burn DVDs from the command line with growisofs. Use this command:

growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso

The dependency list follows. It's for an FC5 x86_64, but the package list should be close enough.
[jcliburn@osprey ~]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/growisofs
dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-6.2.1
[jcliburn@osprey ~]$ yum deplist dvd+rw-tools
Finding dependencies:
Setting up repositories
updates [1/3]
core [2/3]
extras [3/3]
Reading repository metadata in from local files
package: dvd+rw-tools.x86_64 5.21.4.10.8-6.2.1
dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit)
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-4
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-8
dependency: libstdc++.so.6()(64bit)
provider: libstdc++.x86_64 4.1.0-3
provider: libstdc++.x86_64 4.1.1-1.fc5
dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit)
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-4
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-8
dependency: libc.so.6()(64bit)
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-4
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-8
dependency: libm.so.6()(64bit)
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-4
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-8
dependency: libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)(64bit)
provider: libstdc++.x86_64 4.1.0-3
provider: libstdc++.x86_64 4.1.1-1.fc5
dependency: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit)
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-4
provider: glibc.x86_64 2.4-8
dependency: libgcc_s.so.1()(64bit)
provider: libgcc.x86_64 4.1.0-3
provider: libgcc.x86_64 4.1.1-1.fc5
dependency: mkisofs >= 2.0
provider: mkisofs.x86_64 8:2.01.01.0.a03-3

[xode]

The yum that I have (yum 2.3.2) must be very dated since it doesn't understand deplist. Getting yum up to date is the subject of another posting that I made. Looks like growisofs will be a handy utility to have once I get yum to work. However, I still need a GUI in order to be able to put together the DVD contents and save that to the iso image.

[daihard]

The yum that I have (yum 2.3.2) must be very dated since it doesn't understand deplist. Getting yum up to date is the subject of another posting that I made. Looks like growisofs will be a handy utility to have once I get yum to work. However, I still need a GUI in order to be able to put together the DVD contents and save that to the iso image.
You can use mkisofs to create DVD images. :)

k3b is a nice GUI frontend.

[lazlow]

xode

You can download k3b here: http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/(assuming i386 based)

Save to disk from your access computer (the ones you access forums from). Then do a yum local install on your FC4 box. You may have to make a few trips in order to get all the dependencys but without a direct connection it may be your best bet.

Lazlow

[xode]

From Lazlow

xode

You can download k3b here: http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/4/i386/(assuming i386 based)


Links to where the RPMs that I need are located is definitely what I am looking for. And my FC4 is i386 based. Thanks much.


From Lazlow

Save to disk from your access computer (the ones you access forums from). Then do a yum local install on your FC4 box.


I wish it were that simple. However the yum 2.3.2 that I have neither recognizes localinstall nor deplist. I have made a separate posting regarding getting yum up to speed on my FC4 but, so far, haven't received a response. Perhaps you could assist me regarding this.


From Lazlow

You may have to make a few trips in order to get all the dependencys but without a direct connection it may be your best bet.


This is not a problem for me. I don't want to connect linux directly to the internet, since there is no realtime antivirus protection for it available from what I have seen (but there most definitely should be). Further, the ISPs that I would have to connect through if I were to connect linux to the internet do not screen for any malware that might come through their servers. That doesn't mean that I do not want to connect my FC4 computer to the internet. I simply want to do it by running a virtual machine under FC4 that is running something for which real time antivirus is available and which can go through an ISP that does screen for malware on its servers.

[lazlow]

xode

For the yum problem: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/

search for yum. I think it is 2.3.2-7. The depenancy problems will be as above.

There are very few viri that effect linux. If one uses a firewall and is resonably careful the risk is minimal. That is why there is no (that I know of) realtime virus stuff. Unless there is a new generation (type) of virus developed I doubt that there every will be a realtime scanner developed.

Lazlow

[xode]

From lazlow

There are very few viri that effect linux. If one uses a firewall and is resonably careful the risk is minimal. That is why there is no (that I know of) realtime virus stuff. Unless there is a new generation (type) of virus developed I doubt that there every will be a realtime scanner developed.


I regret to say that this is not true. A simple counterexample: do_brk(). True do_brk() took a large effort on the part of a security research firm (iSec Security Research) to develop and the exploit was fixed pronto. Nonetheless, it was an exploit that hackers used and where there is one there can be others. This is not to say that linux is sloppy, because do_brk() was not something that would make linux unstable and thus cause programs to crash or data to be lost. It all comes back to: you can eliminate errors and accidents, but not malice.

Further, there may not be many exploits for linux now. But, when it becomes more popular, I can just see linux being targeted much more. I want to guard against that now. All I really need is some kind of GUI frontend for RPM, if it comes down to that, that will allow me to see what is currently on my system, dependencies, file lists and all, and to test or install any individual package of my choice.

[lazlow]

xode

There is a difference between a vulnerablity and a virus. A virus scanner would not have protected the system from the do_brk(). No matter what OS one runs someone will find a vulnerability. The best one can hope for is to minimize the vulnerabilites and what can be damaged.

Lazlow

[xode]

From lazlow

No matter what OS one runs someone will find a vulnerability. The best one can hope for is to minimize the vulnerabilites and what can be damaged.


This is yet another reason why I want to set up a dummy OS inside a virtual machine and then connect to the internet through that. It will be one more layer of roadblocks that a hacker would have to get through. Further, I wouldn't say that an antivirus program wouldn't be able to protect against something like do_brk(). The do_brk() exploit is malicious code just like any other virus, trojan, etc. is, exploits OS vulnerabilities just like any virus, trojan, etc. does and has a code signature that can be scanned for so that it can be detected and stopped, just like any other virus. Whether current antivirus programs do protect against do_brk() is another question and you have a point there. However, I would rather have the real time antivirus there so that I can benefit if it is updated to protect against vulnerabilities such as do_brk(). The same applies in regards to the ISP that I use to connect to the internet, namely I want to use an ISP that screens for malware instead of one that doesn't.

Irrespective of all of this, I now have k3b on my system and it can even be run by a regular user. I confirmed that it could read that a blank DVD was in the drive. Therefore, my original question has been answered.

[xode]

Now that I found a program (smart-rpm) that will let me install and look at RPMs the way that I want to, I can see that growisofs is also on my system as part of the dvd+rw-tools package. Further, I now have bochs installed as well and it turns out that bochs is a great virtual machine, in the form of an emulator. So, if I connect to the internet under bochs, I should be safe enough.