lightscribe how to

[joiner]

Downloaded the 2 lightscribe packets from the lightscribe web site, how do i install them

[talsadus]

If you downloaded the .deb version, just double click and click install...

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Or to do with terminal
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sudo dpkg -i «filename»

[joiner]

Done as you say, it installed it clicked on the icon for it but will not open

[Aging Technogeek]

The two packages have to be installed in the proper order for the software to work.

Check the HP website for the install sequence, uninstall what you have and reinstall in the order specified and see if it works.

[joiner]

Typed this in the terminal, rian@Dell ~ $ dpkg -s lightscribe
Package: lightscribe
Status: install ok installed
Maintainer: Hewlett-Packard Company
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.18.18.1
Description: LightScribe System Software
Copyright: 2005 by Hewlett-Packard Company, All Rights Reserved.
LightScribe System Soft

[joiner]

Download the R M P Package and it has installed, put the icon it on the desktop

[joiner]

Having trouble burning to lightscribe CD/DVD drives i have 3 lightscribe drives, get message saying a communication error with the lightscribe drive, please restart the lightscribe simple labeller, which i did on all 3 drives, been to the lightscribe site looking for a driver but cant find any, tested my 3 drives all work with music and pictures on CDs and DVD disks,

[Missed]

It's been a long time since I used lightscribe, but I have a hazy recollection that it involved the terminal and sudo.
Perhaps you could try that?

hth!

[joiner]

Got it working great now, what I did was I used my external lightscribe drive unplugged it and put it in another usb port on my desktop rebooted my computer then burnt a lightscribe disk it found the drive OK and burnt about 6 disks no problem

[gnopak]

Got it working great now

For those with 64 bit Linux Mint systems:

1) get lightscribe-1.18.18.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb from www.lightscribe.com

2) Use google to locate 4l_1.0-r6_i386.deb

3)
sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i lightscribe-1.18.18.1-linux-2.6-intel.deb
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/liblightscribe.so.1 /usr/lib32/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/liblightscribe.so /usr/lib32/
sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i 4l_1.0-r6_i386.deb
sudo ldconfig

You can probably use a later version of 4L deb package if you can find it.

Please note that LaCie 4L binary is called 4L-gui i.e. note the capital L.

Works like a charm on Linux Mint 9 KDE.