yeah, I must say that I am sad at the loss of Kudzu.. it sometimes found what mandrake could not.. or made it easier to configure at boot if it found new or removed hardware..
rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Tuesday, 31 December 2002 4:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] help with installing external USB CD-burner needed Kudzu is not longer in Mandrake....that was a RedHat config tool and is now not compatible sice the advent of the Mandrake config tools... Cheers Jason PS, it's too bad in a way because in some things Kudzu is superior...like detecting hardware changes on boot etc. ET wrote: >On Monday 30 December 2002 09:47 am, ET wrote: > > >>what does, (as root, without the quotes) "lsmod" say about usb (mass >>storage, uhci, etc) >> >> >I have one of these burners but have not set it up with 9.0 (it's on the kids >box now) but have used it since 7.2. did you run kudzu with it connected? > > > > >>On Monday 30 December 2002 08:21 am, Andrei Raevsky wrote: >> >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I am trying to install my external USB CD-burner (HP Writer Plus 8200 >>>series external CD writer, connected on USB port) to my laptop. Here is >>>what I get: >>> >>> >>>QUOTE >>> >>>*USB VIEWER SEES: >>> >>>HP USB CD-Writer Plus >>>Manufacturer: Shuttle Technology Inc. >>>Speed: 12Mb/s (full) >>>USB Version: 1.00 >>>Device Class: 00(>ifc ) >>>Device Subclass: 00 >>>Device Protocol: 00 >>>Maximum Default Endpoint Size: 64 >>>Number of Configurations: 1 >>>Vendor Id: 03f0 >>>Product Id: 0107 >>>Revision Number: 2.00 >>> >>>Config Number: 1 >>> Number of Interfaces: 1 >>> Attributes: 40 >>> MaxPower Needed: 0mA >>> >>> Interface Number: 0 >>> Name: usb-storage >>> Alternate Number: 0 >>> Class: ff(vend.) >>> Sub Class: 00 >>> Protocol: 00 >>> Number of Endpoints: 3 >>> >>> Endpoint Address: 01 >>> Direction: out >>> Attribute: 2 >>> Type: Bulk >>> Max Packet Size: 64 >>> Interval: 0ms >>> >>> Endpoint Address: 82 >>> Direction: in >>> Attribute: 2 >>> Type: Bulk >>> Max Packet Size: 64 >>> Interval: 0ms >>> >>> Endpoint Address: 83 >>> Direction: in >>> Attribute: 3 >>> Type: Int. >>> Max Packet Size: 2 >>> Interval: 32ms >>> >>>*MCC HARDWARE DETECTS THE FOLLOWING ON USB PORT: >>> >>>Vendor: Intel Corporation >>>Bus: PCI >>>Bus identification: 8086:7112 >>>Location on the bus: 0:7:2 >>>Description: 82371AB PIIX4 USB >>>Module: usb-uhci >>>Media class: SERIAL_USB >>> >>>*The "connect" button triggers this response in the console: >>> >>>Mon Dec 30 07:56:50 2002 Gtk-LOG **: file gtkstatusbar.c: line 233 >>>(gtk_statusbar_pop): assertion `context_id > 0' failed. at >>>/usr/lib/libDrakX/harddrake/ui.pm line 223. >>> >>>*The logs recorded the following: >>>upmon[1011]: no UPSMON definitions in /etc/ups/ >>>Neither X-CD-ROAST nor Gnome-Toaster detected any CD writer >>> >>>*The Mandrake documentation says: >>> >>>Under Mandrake Linux you can burn CDs using either a SCSI or an ATAPI >>>CD-R(W) drive. It is assumed that your CD-R(W) drive was already >>>configured properly at installation time, we won't speak about >>>configuring a CD-R(W) drive under Linux but how to put your CD-R(W) drive >>>to use. >>> >>>All CD recording software treats CD-R(W) drives as SCSI, but ATAPI drives >>>make use of a feature called "SCSI emulation" which is automatically >>>configured during system installation >>> >>>UNQUOTE >>> >>>Does this means that there is no way for me to burn CDs. Since I have an >>>old laptop with no free space, an internal burner is no option (besides, >>>I don't have the money anyway). >>> >>>If worse comes to worse, can I at least use it as a CD drive? As of >>>know, I don't see it even in this capaciy anywhere (not in /mnt or >>>/proc/bus/usb). >>> >>>Thanks a lot for any help, >>> >>>Andrei >>> >>> >>>______________________________________________ >>>Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) >>>Mandrake Club Silver Member >>>Registered Linux user: 226850 >>>Registered Linux computer: 183163 >>> >>> >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online >>>http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >>> >>> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >
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