K3b and audio CD project

[vato]

So, this is my first post here.
I have been using FreeBSD for years now and recently started using PC-BSD. I must say it has been a great experience. Congratulations to all those who have made this project possible. Keep it up!

Now to the problem I found.
While trying to burn an audio CD, K3b always gave an error after normalizing the audio files. It never started burning. I tried a few different things, but nothing helped. In the end I decided to use my home directory as temporary folder (if you normalize you can't burn on the fly) and it worked. For some reason the /tmp/kde-<user> directory did not work. I don't know if it is a problem of size or of permissions. I don't think it is a problem of size though, since the /tmp/kde-<user> directory was not completely full before burning.

I hope someone can look into this.

Thanks,
Vato

[antik]

For some reason the /tmp/kde-<user> directory did not work. I don't know if it is a problem of size or of permissions. I don't think it is a problem of size though, since the /tmp/kde-<user> directory was not completely full before burning.

If you are trying to burn DVD then I'd recommend to add swap space(file backed if nothing helps) and rise tmpsize="800m" to something higher.

[pcbsdusr]

Originally Posted by vato

For some reason the /tmp/kde-<user> directory did not work. I don't know if it is a problem of size or of permissions. I don't think it is a problem of size though, since the /tmp/kde-<user> directory was not completely full before burning.

If you are trying to burn DVD then I'd recommend to add swap space(file backed if nothing helps) and rise tmpsize="800m" to something higher.

Andrei, this should then be made the system default. This problem could be easily marked as a bug...

[vato]

If you are trying to burn DVD then I'd recommend to add swap space(file backed if nothing helps) and rise tmpsize="800m" to something higher.

For a DVD there is no need to increase the tmpsize since burning can be done on the fly.

I tried to burn the audio CD again with tmpsize="2000m" and this time it worked flawlessly.

The question now, is what has to happen next. File a report at the KDE Bug system, because K3b does not give a proper error message or should the default tmpsize be changed in PC-BSD?

[TerryP]

I reported a bug awhile ago about tmpsize.

As long as it has this kind of issue, tmpsize is more trouble then its worth as it involves end user intervention to correct or remove. Plus to know about it implies ether past FBSD exp or hanging 'round here.

My personal systems use the slower filesystem with oh most no limit (/tmp is on the root partition) and set to clean /tmp on boot. Although I do tend to a lot a few gigs for /tmp and /var partitions these days.