Drive won't work on Debian
Drive won't work on Debian
I have a LG GH22NS50. It works flawlessly on windows. It does not work on Debian. Makemkv recongnizes the drive, but when I pop in the disc, Makemkv goes into an infinite loop. Debian can open the video and playback is flawless. I can rip the .ISO using the disks program on Debian, but that is less than ideal. Attached is a photo the drive information in windows.
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Re: Drive won't work on Debian
I reinstalled makemkv through the snap command. In the settings app under applications, the new install had the slider option to allow read-write and other settings. I enabled them all and that fixed it.
Is there any way to have makemkv have this menu by standard without having to go through snap to install? Is there a set of commands to enable the same permissions for other users experiencing the same issues?
Is there any way to have makemkv have this menu by standard without having to go through snap to install? Is there a set of commands to enable the same permissions for other users experiencing the same issues?
Re: Drive won't work on Debian
To obtain a permission settings menu similar to that in Snap installations in standard MakeMKV installations, you can try using other package management methods such as flatpak or AppImage to install MakeMKV. These methods may provide functionality similar to permission settings in Snap.
Re: Drive won't work on Debian
Debian is not Ubuntu.
No, this is part of containerization. If the contained program itself could decide to write to the root FS, then there would be no point. Effectively you're wanting to give the jail keys to the prisoner.
Re: Drive won't work on Debian
Yes, I am using debian, not Ubuntu.
How how do you get the slider settings in the GUI menu following the standard installation process or what are the CLI commands to enable the necessary drive permissions?
Re: Drive won't work on Debian
Do you mean in your first unsuccessful attempt, you installed makemkv as a deb package?
Mind if a program is installed as a deb there are no switches to turn on to give the container access because there is no container (be it snap, flatpak, etc). If you can play the dvd from the drive it means your user already have access to the drive (and debs have the access of the current user).
You should give errors from makemkv (the deb install) if you want us to help you with the deb install.
makemkv logs are in $HOME/MakeMKV_log.txt
Also in Makemkv View > Settings : General tab "Miscellaneous" check "Log debug messages", these messages will appear in the MakeMKV_log.txt file
PS: mind, I am using makemkv deb on Debian. From https://apt.benthetechguy.net/ (though lately I modified this package to up the code to 1.17.8 with one local hack)
Mind if a program is installed as a deb there are no switches to turn on to give the container access because there is no container (be it snap, flatpak, etc). If you can play the dvd from the drive it means your user already have access to the drive (and debs have the access of the current user).
You should give errors from makemkv (the deb install) if you want us to help you with the deb install.
makemkv logs are in $HOME/MakeMKV_log.txt
Also in Makemkv View > Settings : General tab "Miscellaneous" check "Log debug messages", these messages will appear in the MakeMKV_log.txt file
PS: mind, I am using makemkv deb on Debian. From https://apt.benthetechguy.net/ (though lately I modified this package to up the code to 1.17.8 with one local hack)