HOWTO:LightScribe

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	In the "General" tab, give a name to your link, for example '''LightScribe CD labeler'''.		In the "General" tab, give a name to your link, for example '''LightScribe CD labeler'''.
−	In the "Application" tab, on the line named "command", write '''kdesu /usr/bin/4L-gui'''.	+	In the "Application" tab, on the line named "command", write '''xdg-su -c /usr/bin/4L-gui'''.
	Validate your modifications by clicking on the '''OK''' button.		Validate your modifications by clicking on the '''OK''' button.

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Contents 1 Hardware pre-requisites 2 Download 3 Installation 4 Running LightScribe 4.1 In Konsole 4.2 With the mouse 5 Creating your labels

Hardware pre-requisites

Your CD writer must have the LightScribe logo. You have to use special CD-R that have the LightScribe logo.

Download

LightScribe comes in two different packages : lightScribe and 4L. You have to LightScribe Host Software and 4L (LaCie LightScribe Labeler).

Save them both to the desktop.

Installation

First of all, make sure rpm2targz is installed using Package Manager.

In Konsole, successively run:

cd /home/<username>/Desktop

rpm2targz lightscribe-1.14.25.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm

rpm2targz 4L-1.0-r6.i586.rpm

Open the file manager in administrator mode :

xdg-su -c dolphin

and move the newly created .tar.gz files to /

Right click on each of them, and select "Extract" > "Extract Here"

Running LightScribe

In Konsole

To run LightScribe, type the following command line into “Run Command” (Alt-F2)

xdg-su -c 4L-gui

You have to provide the administrator password to use LightScribe.

With the mouse

You can also create a link to LightScribe on your desktop.

Right click on your Desktop > "Create a new" > "Link to an application"

In the "General" tab, give a name to your link, for example LightScribe CD labeler.

In the "Application" tab, on the line named "command", write xdg-su -c /usr/bin/4L-gui.

Validate your modifications by clicking on the OK button.

Now you can launch LightScribe with a simple click !

You have to provide the administrator password to use LightScribe.

Note that you can also attribute an icon to this specific application.

Creating your labels

You can create your own CD labels with GIMP and the CDlabel plugin.

For example, paul.roberts20 has created these : http://www.box.net/shared/jr7dfkel02