If you're unsure about what X you're running, you can
bring up a terminal a type:
X -version
It will tell you what version you are running. If you
are not happy with that version, you can easily
install the other version by typing the following in a
terminal:
XFdrake -expert
Just answer the simple questions and you're set.
As far as your cdrom(s?), your situation is a bit
unclear. It appears you have cdrom and cdrom1 both
linked to scd0. That looks like a problem. But I
wonder if you truly have to cd devices. Do you have a
burner AND a cdrom? Or just the burner?
If you have only one device, rm /dev/cdrom1. If you
have two, then you probably need to link cdrom1 to
scd1. rm /dev/cdrom1 && ln -s scd1 /dev/cdrom1
Anyway, I think you're getting your I/O error because
you have two devices linked to scd0. However, I'm not
sure that you truly have two drives. It is quite
possible that when you installed your burner during
your mandrake install, that mandrake incorrectly
created two devices for your burner. That happens to
me.
I have no idea why "john" is the owner and that does
indeed seem bizarre.
Going back to the problem with X: If you find that
you are running X 4, you may want to revert to X 3.
Videocards supported in X 3 are not necessarily
supported in X 4. However, it might also be worth the
effort of upgrading to the latest X 4 (X 4.0.3) to see
if that helps.
--- John Rye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I finally took the plunge and installed 7.2.
> Installation was uneventful
> other than the soundcard not being found. that was
> fixed without hassle.
>
> However..... there are two problems ..
> Problem A) Cdrom is inaccessible despite running
> through the Cdburner
> tutorial pages.
> Error message as user or root:
>
> [john@john john]$ ls /mnt/cdrom
> ls: /mnt/cdrom: Input/output error
> [john@john john]$
>
> Permissions from /dev
> [root@john /dev]# ls -l cdr*
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21
> 20:19 cdrom ->
> /dev/scd0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 21
> 15:09 cdrom1 ->
> /dev/scd0
> [root@john /dev]# ls -l scd*
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdrom 11, 0 Sep 27
> 2000 scd0
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdwriter 11, 1 Sep 27
> 2000 scd1
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdwriter 11, 2 Sep 27
> 2000 scd2
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdwriter 11, 3 Sep 27
> 2000 scd3
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdwriter 11, 4 Sep 27
> 2000 scd4
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdwriter 11, 5 Sep 27
> 2000 scd5
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdwriter 11, 6 Sep 27
> 2000 scd6
> brw-rw---- 1 john cdwriter 11, 7 Sep 27
> 2000 scd7
> ------------------------
> I don't understand why user john should own
> /dev/scd(?), so far I
> haven't dared to change the ownership
>
> Fstab as follows:
> -------------------------
> /dev/hdc5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> /dev/hda7 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hda9 /home ext2 defaults 1 2
> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount
> fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
> /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount
> fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
> /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda8 /root/ ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hdd5 /usr ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hda10 /usr2 ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hda11 /usr3 ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Problem B) X-Server (I think) - I cannot see where
> the issue is:
>
> My Vidcard is an S3 Virge DX with 4mb Ram, the
> monitor a CTX 1451,
> resolution 16-bit 800x600; these two have been
> working together without
> fault thru LM6.x and until I installed LM7.2, (and
> obviously with that
> other opsys).
>
> I think (grin), that I selected XFree 4, can't be
> sure as I have both
> XF86Config AND XF86Config-4 in /etc/X11.
>
> I cannot start X automatically (init 5) as the
> monitor (Or vidcard) goes
> directly to a ?powersave? mode.
>
> When I login to the CLI (init 3), I can startx and
> run KDE without
> problems, however if/when I exit from KDE I have the
> same problem as
> above and the only way I can regain control is
> either a
> three-finger-salute or hard reset. Ctrl-Alt-Del
> restarts without causing
> me any hassles.
>
> Can someone point me to some help here, I know I've
> seen it covered
> before but haven't been able to find the references.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> ---
> "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10,
> with more expected"
> (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition,
> June 1972.)
>
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