Re: [newbie] 2nd CD-Rom/Burner not reading
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: Hi All, I'm running version 7.02 (air) and can read from my ordinary CD-Rom but not from my 2nd CD-Rom/Burner. Its not a permissions problem and the second CD-Rom burns CD's OK. Its not a major issue but I do prefer to use my 2nd CD-Rom as its less noisy and runs more smoothly. For some reason the first CD-Rom sounds unbalanced. The noisy CD problem can't be solved and happens also in Windows so I'm not looking for an answer to that. Ps. I get the message:- "Could not list directory contents" file;/mnt/cdrom2/ Any ideas? Many Thanks Adriaan Adriaan, This is the same problem I had and someone sent me to a web page that described the fix for it. I can't remember the url, but I can tell you how to solve the problem. It seems that linux for whatever reason simulates scsi interface on these cd-rw drives ( maybe not all of them, not sure about that ). What happens is during the install a bad desktop link is made for the cd-rw drive. Assuming you have no scsi devices in your system, open a terminal window and log in as root and change to your /dev directory. Then issue these 2 commands. rm cdrom2 (removes the bad symlink) ln -s /dev/scd0 cdrom2 (makes a new symlink to your emulated scsi device named cdrom2) You should then be able to access cdrom2 just like you do cdrom. It certainly worked for me. I've reinstalled several times and had to do this each time. Roland
Re: [newbie] Newer kernels and Mandrake distribution
Maybe I missed something, but I've tried several of the kernels I got from kernel.org, including the 2.4.0-test1 kernel and I found there was no support for the Supermount option the Mandrake supplied kernel has. I didn't like having to mount and unmount my my cd drives manually to use them, so I went back to the 2.2.14-15mdk kernel. On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: hey everybody I'm looking forward to use my USB CD-RW with Mandrake 7.1. I need the latest kernel for that (to have the USB code). Does the Mandrake kernel has specific stuff that would prevent me from upgrading to the latest 2.4.0-test1 kernel? Is it going to break some Mandrake-specific software? thanks TTimo
Re: [newbie] NVida TNT2 setup question
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote: Scott Tyson wrote: I'm struggling to find a Doc(s) on what/how is needed to get the new Nvidia drivers going for my TNT2. I did an expert Mandrake 7.1 install and picked Yes to have Xfree86 4.0 installed. Do I just DL the new drivers from Nvidia and follow their install instructions? Do I need a kernel upgrade first? Scott Scott, Go to http://www.linuxnewbie.org On the right hand side of the page you'll find a link to instructions for installing the TNT2 drivers. Roland
[newbie] cd writer quit working after re-install
After my first install and subsequent re-installs of mandrake 7.0 my cd writer was able to read data cd's like the dvd drive. Now all of a sudden after a re-install it deosn't work. I just get an error msg saying "could not list directory contents file:/mnt/cdrom2". I see the device /dev/hdd listed during boot and if I go to control panel - scsi, it shows the scsi host channel and lists my cd writer. If I bring up xcdroast it is listed in setup as my read and write drive. ( Ihaven't tried to burn a cd however) It is also listed in ftab and mstab. But it WON'T READ THE CD'S I PUT IN IT! What kind of a deal is this. Oh, I checked, the drive still works under win98se. Roland
