Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
Well since I bit...I guess I own. If everyone who is having this problem on one or more CD drives could send me details (Like make and model of the CD drive not the computer.) I can try and compile a list of problematic drives and maybe just maybe find a common thread. James PS. Send this to me offline. I'll compile the results and then post a page somewhere with the "results" of the survey. On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 10:05, Todd Lyons wrote: > James Sparenberg wrote on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:32:59PM -0800 : > > > > > > umount /mnt/cdrom > > > mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > As I've been following this problem and in one and only one case do I > > have this problem I've noticed that it seems to be hardware specific. > > Yep, it's hardware specific. All the hardware I have here it seems to > work pretty well. > > Blue skies... Todd > -- > ...and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious > anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my binaries, and you > will know my name is root, when I lay my vengeance upon thee. >Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-18mdkenterprise Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
James Sparenberg wrote on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:32:59PM -0800 : > > > > umount /mnt/cdrom > > mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > As I've been following this problem and in one and only one case do I > have this problem I've noticed that it seems to be hardware specific. Yep, it's hardware specific. All the hardware I have here it seems to work pretty well. Blue skies... Todd -- ...and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my binaries, and you will know my name is root, when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-18mdkenterprise msg60641/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
On Wednesday 06 November 2002 03:50 am, Mark Williamson wrote: > I pass ide=nodma using lilo and the > append line, then when booting up I use hdparm just to switch DMA on > just for the hard drive "hdparm -d1 /dev/hda" and this seems to work If you want dma off on your cdrom, you should not have to do anything on 9.0. If you examine the sysinit script, you'll see that Mandrake 9.0 is already turning off dma on the optical drives. You shouldn't have to pass ide=nodma to the kernel and then turn on dma on the harddrive. Wouldn't that prevent the kernels ability to handle dma from the hard drive as opposed to just turning it off on a specific drive. -- /g ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 08:50, Mark Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 18:32, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 12:21, Todd Lyons wrote: > > > > As I've been following this problem and in one and only one case do I > > have this problem I've noticed that it seems to be hardware specific. > > I've got 4 boxes running 9.0 without problems of this sort. 2 with > > samsung CD's one with a mitsumi slimline and One with an Asus CDRW. > > But, on my laptop with the compaq cdrom... it happens. What I'm > > wondering is if it is hardware related specifically to older or specific > > brands of cd drives? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree... > > > > Yes I have found this to be true as well, this works for me, as I am > running crap hardware.. First I pass ide=nodma using lilo and the > append line, then when booting up I use hdparm just to switch DMA on > just for the hard drive "hdparm -d1 /dev/hda" and this seems to work > quiet well.. > > I have tried other tricks through LILO like ide1=nodma but this not > work, and the fault remained..only through totally switching off the > IDE DMA and switching back on for the hard seems to work me... Is it not possible to turn DMA off with hdparm? > Has anyone else tried anything like this? I'll give it a try and see if it makes a difference. I too don't want to go through the hassle of manually mounting stuff, after all supermount is meant to be a differentiating feature right? I can supply my drive info if any supermount hackers want to work with me to find a better cure. According to the thread http://www.mail-archive.com/expert@;linux-mandrake.com/msg59783.html there is not much point reporting it to lkml. -- Alex Bennee Senior Hacker, Braddahead Ltd The above is my personal opinion and probably not the opinion or policy of my employer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 18:32, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 12:21, Todd Lyons wrote: > > Alex Bennee wrote on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:02:25PM + : > > > I've been finding problems with supermount'ed CDROMs where it seems to > > > forget media is inserted - or at least cannot find *some* of the files > > > on it. This usually manifests itself by XMMS skipping a load of tracks > > > > Yup. > > > > umount /mnt/cdrom > > mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > > > IOW, manually mount and unmount them. > > > > Blue skies... Todd > > Todd, > > As I've been following this problem and in one and only one case do I > have this problem I've noticed that it seems to be hardware specific. > I've got 4 boxes running 9.0 without problems of this sort. 2 with > samsung CD's one with a mitsumi slimline and One with an Asus CDRW. > But, on my laptop with the compaq cdrom... it happens. What I'm > wondering is if it is hardware related specifically to older or specific > brands of cd drives? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree... > Yes I have found this to be true as well, this works for me, as I am running crap hardware.. First I pass ide=nodma using lilo and the append line, then when booting up I use hdparm just to switch DMA on just for the hard drive "hdparm -d1 /dev/hda" and this seems to work quiet well.. I have tried other tricks through LILO like ide1=nodma but this not work, and the fault remained..only through totally switching off the IDE DMA and switching back on for the hard seems to work me... Has anyone else tried anything like this? Cheers Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 12:21, Todd Lyons wrote: > Alex Bennee wrote on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:02:25PM + : > > I've been finding problems with supermount'ed CDROMs where it seems to > > forget media is inserted - or at least cannot find *some* of the files > > on it. This usually manifests itself by XMMS skipping a load of tracks > > Yup. > > umount /mnt/cdrom > mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > IOW, manually mount and unmount them. > > Blue skies... Todd Todd, As I've been following this problem and in one and only one case do I have this problem I've noticed that it seems to be hardware specific. I've got 4 boxes running 9.0 without problems of this sort. 2 with samsung CD's one with a mitsumi slimline and One with an Asus CDRW. But, on my laptop with the compaq cdrom... it happens. What I'm wondering is if it is hardware related specifically to older or specific brands of cd drives? Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree... James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
On Tuesday 05 November 2002 01:02 pm, Alex Bennee wrote: > I've been finding problems with supermount'ed CDROMs where it seems to Well noted problem, check the archives. -- /g ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
Or just use kwikdisk to mount/unmount removable media (I have it running in my systray at kde startup), I find it much quicker, though once in bash history (for you command line hero's), it's just a matter of navigating up to the proper mount command! ;) Cheers Jason Todd Lyons wrote: Alex Bennee wrote on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:02:25PM + : I've been finding problems with supermount'ed CDROMs where it seems to forget media is inserted - or at least cannot find *some* of the files on it. This usually manifests itself by XMMS skipping a load of tracks Yup. umount /mnt/cdrom mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom IOW, manually mount and unmount them. Blue skies... Todd
Re: [expert] Problems with supermount?
Alex Bennee wrote on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:02:25PM + : > I've been finding problems with supermount'ed CDROMs where it seems to > forget media is inserted - or at least cannot find *some* of the files > on it. This usually manifests itself by XMMS skipping a load of tracks Yup. umount /mnt/cdrom mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom IOW, manually mount and unmount them. Blue skies... Todd -- Todd Lyons -- MandrakeSoft, Inc. http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.19-18mdkenterprise msg60606/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
