Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
Yep. It's using SCSI emulation. I really have no idea why this isnt working. Someone PLEASE help! From: Ramin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:45:11 -0500 To know if you CD-ROM is emulated as scsi, you may run the following command (as root): cdrecord -scanbus. On January 30, 2004 11:35 am, Viking Skull wrote: Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Thanks, Viking _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger -- Ramin M Linux user #310496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
Yep. It's using SCSI emulation. I really have no idea why this isnt working. Someone PLEASE help! From: Ramin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 01:45:11 -0500 To know if you CD-ROM is emulated as scsi, you may run the following command (as root): cdrecord -scanbus. On January 30, 2004 11:35 am, Viking Skull wrote: Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Thanks, Viking _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger -- Ramin M Linux user #310496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
Anyone? :( From: Viking Skull [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:35:59 + Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Thanks, Viking _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
At 11:35 AM 1/30/04, Viking Skull wrote: Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Does this help? http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=CD-ROM+drive+freezes+Mandrakestart=10hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8selm=pan.2003.07.10.12.09.03.232623%40paradise.com.mzrnum=12 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
I just did what the link said but all i get is: /mnt/scd0 not supported by hdparm If my drive isnt supported, why does Mandrake find it and know that its an HP 8100series CD-RW? This is really annoying me now... From: Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:20:27 -0500 At 11:35 AM 1/30/04, Viking Skull wrote: Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Does this help? http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=CD-ROM+drive+freezes+Mandrakestart=10hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8selm=pan.2003.07.10.12.09.03.232623%40paradise.com.mzrnum=12 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
On Friday 30 January 2004 04:10 pm, Viking Skull wrote: I just did what the link said but all i get is: /mnt/scd0 not supported by hdparm If my drive isnt supported, why does Mandrake find it and know that its an HP 8100series CD-RW? This is really annoying me now... From: Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:20:27 -0500 At 11:35 AM 1/30/04, Viking Skull wrote: Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Does this help? http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=CD-ROM+drive+freezes+Mandrakestart=10hl =enlr=ie=UTF-8selm=pan.2003.07.10.12.09.03.232623%40paradise.com.mzrnu m=12 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Are you using KDE desktop? Try going into the MCC (Mandrake Control Center) and click on hardware, you should see a tree with the devices shown click on scd0 and on the right hand side see what it is called like /mnt/cdrom or whatever. If nothing there the click on the configure bar near the bottom of that window and wait a bit it should tell you what it is being mounted as and you should then be able to use it. HTH Sorry if all this has been said before. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
Ok I managed to turn off DMA by using the same command as the guy in that other post and it worked. Unfortunately, it still causes my system to lock up. HELP! :P From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:48:13 -0600 On Friday 30 January 2004 04:10 pm, Viking Skull wrote: I just did what the link said but all i get is: /mnt/scd0 not supported by hdparm If my drive isnt supported, why does Mandrake find it and know that its an HP 8100series CD-RW? This is really annoying me now... From: Frank Bax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2 Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:20:27 -0500 At 11:35 AM 1/30/04, Viking Skull wrote: Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Does this help? http://groups.google.ca/groups?q=CD-ROM+drive+freezes+Mandrakestart=10hl =enlr=ie=UTF-8selm=pan.2003.07.10.12.09.03.232623%40paradise.com.mzrnu m=12 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger Are you using KDE desktop? Try going into the MCC (Mandrake Control Center) and click on hardware, you should see a tree with the devices shown click on scd0 and on the right hand side see what it is called like /mnt/cdrom or whatever. If nothing there the click on the configure bar near the bottom of that window and wait a bit it should tell you what it is being mounted as and you should then be able to use it. HTH Sorry if all this has been said before. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] CD-ROM drive freezes Mandrake 9.2
To know if you CD-ROM is emulated as scsi, you may run the following command (as root): cdrecord -scanbus. On January 30, 2004 11:35 am, Viking Skull wrote: Hey everyone! Just recently signed up! I've been using Mandrake for maybe a week now, but I'm having a major problem. Whenever I try to access the CD-ROM drive it just freezes the desktop.. I cant play music CD's and i cant do anything with data CD's either. The CD-ROM drive is a HP one and is recognised by Linux.. it just seems to crash it whenever I access it. It also crashes when right-clicking on it. The weird thing is, is that somewhere Mandrake told me it was a SCSI drive, when in fact it's an IDE drive. Can anyone help me!? Thanks, Viking _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger -- Ramin M Linux user #310496 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
