[newbie] CDROM no longer working
Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to look at photos (which I've been able to do previously). The message I get is: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist. Please check that the disk is entered correctly. The file or folder /mnt/cdrom does not exist. This may relate to the other problems I am having. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Monday 28 Mar 2005 20:43, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to look at photos (which I've been able to do previously). The message I get is: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist. Please check that the disk is entered correctly. The file or folder /mnt/cdrom does not exist. you could try changing that to cdrom1 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10.1 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Monday 28 March 2005 07:43 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: This may relate to the other problems I am having. ~ maybe, if the 'learning curve' seems a bit steep . . . you might consider running a system entirely off CD . . . someone recently had good experience with 'Feather Linux' best rgds ___ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to look at photos (which I've been able to do previously). The message I get is: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist. Please check that the disk is entered correctly. The file or folder /mnt/cdrom does not exist. This may relate to the other problems I am having. Rosemary Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to look at photos (which I've been able to do previously). The message I get is: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist. Please check that the disk is entered correctly. The file or folder /mnt/cdrom does not exist. This may relate to the other problems I am having. Rosemary Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Yes _ I thought it related to that fix. Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Yesterday I noticed I could not access packages on CD1 while in konsole doing urpmi. This is a new problem. I put the CD in, heard the whirring, but as soon as I pressed 'enter' it stopped. Didn't get any message I think. In Konqueror - attempted to mount a CD to look at photos (which I've been able to do previously). The message I get is: mount: mount point /mnt/cdrom does not exist. Please check that the disk is entered correctly. The file or folder /mnt/cdrom does not exist. This may relate to the other problems I am having. Rosemary Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it still trying to run. Not a good thing. Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it still trying to run. Not a good thing. Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did. Mikkel Not sure what to expect as have only used it in Windows where a dialogue window comes up with options (once it is plugged in with card in), and the green light on the card reader flashes when the photos are being uploaded. I went into gwenview to see if I could see anything - couldn't, but my process could be incorrect. Don't know if this helps or not [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat sysconfig/hotplug # This file contains defaults for hotplug # # HOTPLUG_RC_$SUBSYSTEM controls whether subsystem is started by # hotplug rc script (cold plugging) # # SUBSYSTEM currently is usb, input, ieee1394, scsi. HOTPLUG_RC_usb=yes [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ I may just need to learn to mount it? Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it still trying to run. Not a good thing. Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did. Mikkel Not sure what to expect as have only used it in Windows where a dialogue window comes up with options (once it is plugged in with card in), and the green light on the card reader flashes when the photos are being uploaded. I went into gwenview to see if I could see anything - couldn't, but my process could be incorrect. Don't know if this helps or not [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat sysconfig/hotplug # This file contains defaults for hotplug # # HOTPLUG_RC_$SUBSYSTEM controls whether subsystem is started by # hotplug rc script (cold plugging) # # SUBSYSTEM currently is usb, input, ieee1394, scsi. HOTPLUG_RC_usb=yes [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ I may just need to learn to mount it? Rosemary Well, if you are running KDE, you should get a new desktop icon when you plug it in. From the CLI, there should be ether /mnt/removable or /mnt/camera with the device already mounted on it. If not, you could try: mkdir /mnt/camera mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera If that does not work, then run usbview and see if it is being detected... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it still trying to run. Not a good thing. Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did. Mikkel Not sure what to expect as have only used it in Windows where a dialogue window comes up with options (once it is plugged in with card in), and the green light on the card reader flashes when the photos are being uploaded. I went into gwenview to see if I could see anything - couldn't, but my process could be incorrect. Don't know if this helps or not [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat sysconfig/hotplug # This file contains defaults for hotplug # # HOTPLUG_RC_$SUBSYSTEM controls whether subsystem is started by # hotplug rc script (cold plugging) # # SUBSYSTEM currently is usb, input, ieee1394, scsi. HOTPLUG_RC_usb=yes [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ I may just need to learn to mount it? Rosemary Well, if you are running KDE, you should get a new desktop icon when you plug it in. From the CLI, there should be ether /mnt/removable or /mnt/camera with the device already mounted on it. If not, you could try: mkdir /mnt/camera mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera If that does not work, then run usbview and see if it is being detected... Mikkel Don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but make sure the camera is in 'Play' mode as well. That was my problem and as soon as I flipped the 'Play' switch, FLPhoto plopped an icon on the desktop and Digikam and GwenView were happy little campers. Sometimes it's the simple things that make all the difference. Good Luck Rosemary! HTH's. -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it still trying to run. Not a good thing. Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did. Mikkel Not sure what to expect as have only used it in Windows where a dialogue window comes up with options (once it is plugged in with card in), and the green light on the card reader flashes when the photos are being uploaded. I went into gwenview to see if I could see anything - couldn't, but my process could be incorrect. Don't know if this helps or not [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat sysconfig/hotplug # This file contains defaults for hotplug # # HOTPLUG_RC_$SUBSYSTEM controls whether subsystem is started by # hotplug rc script (cold plugging) # # SUBSYSTEM currently is usb, input, ieee1394, scsi. HOTPLUG_RC_usb=yes [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ I may just need to learn to mount it? Rosemary Well, if you are running KDE, you should get a new desktop icon when you plug it in. From the CLI, there should be ether /mnt/removable or /mnt/camera with the device already mounted on it. If not, you could try: No desktop icon. mkdir /mnt/camera mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera At the line beginning 'mount' I get mount special device /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera does not exist, can't find /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. If that does not work, then run usbview and see if it is being detected... Installed and started usbviewer - it simply gives me a window with a list of host controller entries. Mikkel Now that I can boot back into linux I can wait for this, as can do my photos in windows for now. I imagine that installing 10.2 will get rid of a few problems... Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:14, Mr. Geek wrote: Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it still trying to run. Not a good thing. Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did. Mikkel Not sure what to expect as have only used it in Windows where a dialogue window comes up with options (once it is plugged in with card in), and the green light on the card reader flashes when the photos are being uploaded. I went into gwenview to see if I could see anything - couldn't, but my process could be incorrect. Don't know if this helps or not [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat sysconfig/hotplug # This file contains defaults for hotplug # # HOTPLUG_RC_$SUBSYSTEM controls whether subsystem is started by # hotplug rc script (cold plugging) # # SUBSYSTEM currently is usb, input, ieee1394, scsi. HOTPLUG_RC_usb=yes [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ I may just need to learn to mount it? Rosemary Well, if you are running KDE, you should get a new desktop icon when you plug it in. From the CLI, there should be ether /mnt/removable or /mnt/camera with the device already mounted on it. If not, you could try: mkdir /mnt/camera mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera If that does not work, then run usbview and see if it is being detected... Mikkel Don't know if this has been mentioned or not, but make sure the camera is in 'Play' mode as well. That was my problem and as soon as I flipped the 'Play' switch, FLPhoto plopped an icon on the desktop and Digikam and GwenView were happy little campers. Sometimes it's the simple things that make all the difference. Good Luck Rosemary! HTH's. If only ... I'd been to a page of johnwyles and he gave this suggestion too. Unfortunately no such luck for me. Now trying with a card reader, but as you might have seen my system is a mess! Waiting for 10.2 to be available next month and that a new install will sort some things out for me. Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] CDROM no longer working
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 13:33, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 11:01, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 09:39, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 08:29, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Easy fix. As root, run mkdir /mnt/cdrom. All will be good. I broke this when I had you change how /dev/hda6 got mounted. It may have broke a couple of other things. The reasion is that the mount points for other things must have been created after hda6 was mounted on /mnt. With /dev/hda6 no longer mounted there, then mount point is missing. Mikkel Fixed now. I can mount CDs and see photos, and play music. Yes - I have sound. Thanks Rosemary Life is good. I guess you are not using ALSO for your sound. This makes me wonder why it was trying to start. I guess it could be that the last time you ran harddrake it changed something in the sound config, so that ALSO was not handling the sound drivers any more, but left it still trying to run. Not a good thing. Is you are fealing brave, you could try plugging in your USB card reader, and seeing if it works now. It wouldn't susprise me if it did. Mikkel Not sure what to expect as have only used it in Windows where a dialogue window comes up with options (once it is plugged in with card in), and the green light on the card reader flashes when the photos are being uploaded. I went into gwenview to see if I could see anything - couldn't, but my process could be incorrect. Don't know if this helps or not [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat sysconfig/hotplug # This file contains defaults for hotplug # # HOTPLUG_RC_$SUBSYSTEM controls whether subsystem is started by # hotplug rc script (cold plugging) # # SUBSYSTEM currently is usb, input, ieee1394, scsi. HOTPLUG_RC_usb=yes [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ I may just need to learn to mount it? Rosemary Well, if you are running KDE, you should get a new desktop icon when you plug it in. From the CLI, there should be ether /mnt/removable or /mnt/camera with the device already mounted on it. If not, you could try: No desktop icon. mkdir /mnt/camera mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera At the line beginning 'mount' I get mount special device /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera does not exist, can't find /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab. If that does not work, then run usbview and see if it is being detected... Installed and started usbviewer - it simply gives me a window with a list of host controller entries. Mikkel Now that I can boot back into linux I can wait for this, as can do my photos in windows for now. I imagine that installing 10.2 will get rid of a few problems... Rosemary Just in case you need/want it this is fstab [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ cat fstab /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-15,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 /data ext3 defaults 1 2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
