Re: .deb archive?
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 04:35:14PM -0500, Chris Gray wrote: Is there any place where copies of superseded .deb packages go to die? I want to revert to a version of a package that is no longer in any of the active dists. Thanks Chris try /var/cache/apt/archives/ Andy
Re: kernel .config
On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 12:30:25PM +1100, Richardson, Martin wrote: Greetings everybody, is there a template or a default .config for compiling a Debian kernel from source, keeping the binary's defaults. /boot/config-2.4.12-686 on my machine. kernel version and arch would be different on your machine probably. I just do a cp /boot/config-2.4.12-686 /usr/src/kernel-2.4.12/.config or something similar. Andy
Can't mount audio CD - help
I'm having trouble mounting audio CDs. I can mount data CDs fine however. I'm using the scsi driver for my CD drive since its a CD-RW, and need to burn CD's as well. I pass the kernel (2.4.12 - the debian one) the parameter hdc=ide-scsi through lilo. Then I load these modules at startup through /etc/modules: ide-scsi and sg. when I try to mount the drive with a audio disc as root I get this: /# mount /mnt/cdrom mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0, or too many mounted file systems this uses my /etc/fstab file with the relevent line: /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 I can try to load it without using the fstab file like this: h0001022c16f6:/home/hartford# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/scd0, or too many mounted file systems But get the same error. When I load a data CD I get this: h0001022c16f6:/home/hartford# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only And it works. This problem started when started using the ide-scsi and sg kernel modules so I could burn CDs. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Andy PS. heres some more random info from /proc/ide/hdc h0001022c16f6:/proc/ide/hdc# cat settings namevalue min max mode - --- --- bios_cyl0 0 1023rw bios_head 0 0 255 rw bios_sect 0 0 63 rw current_speed 0 0 69 rw ide_scsi0 0 1 rw init_speed 0 0 69 rw io_32bit0 0 3 rw keepsettings0 0 1 rw log 0 0 1 rw nice1 1 0 1 rw number 2 0 3 rw pio_modewrite-only 0 255 w slow0 0 1 rw transform 1 0 3 rw unmaskirq 0 0 1 rw using_dma 0 0 1 rw h0001022c16f6:/proc/ide/hdc# h0001022c16f6:/proc/ide/hdc# cat driver ide-scsi version 0.9 h0001022c16f6:/proc/ide/hdc# cat media cdrom h0001022c16f6:/proc/ide/hdc# cat model YAMAHA CRW8824E
mp3 encoder?
Maybe I'm blind, but I can't find any mp3 encoders in Debian. Where's LAME, etc?? Andy
Re: Can't mount audio CD - help
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 01:59:14PM -0600, DvB wrote: Andy Hartford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm having trouble mounting audio CDs. I can mount data CDs fine however. Linux doesn't currently have an implementation of the redbook file format (used for audio cds). I guess no one's thought it was really necessary to mount an audio cd... why do you want to mount it anyway? Oh, thanks. I want to rip some CD's and assumed I had to mount it first. I just tried cdparanoia and I can rip fine. I won't mention how long I tried to fix this problem. Thanks, Andy
Re: mp3 encoder?
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 01:00:12PM -0800, Jeffrey W. Baker wrote: On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Andy Hartford wrote: Maybe I'm blind, but I can't find any mp3 encoders in Debian. Where's LAME, etc?? MP3 is unfortunately covered by patents, so the encoders my be in violation of these patents. Try using Ogg Vorbis. -jwb Well, I'm trying to use GDAM (Geoff Dave's Audio Mixer) which only seems to work with mp3s. I tried toolame, but I guess GDAM doesn't do mp2s. I'll try compiling LAME from source. Thanks Andy
