Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-12 Thread Basajaun
Basajaun wrote: [snip] > I intend to upload my epic odyssey to my Linux "trick page", and I > might post a link, if I don't find it too lame :^) [snip] Here you are: http://makeashorterlink.com/?O532317FB That page, and those following the [Linux stuff] link at the bottom, could be helpfull i

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-12 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > > > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > I've just fetched the vanilla 2.6.13.3. It compiles correctly and > > > > recognizes my CD drives. So it looks as if the problem has been > > > > recog

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Basajaun
Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > > Anthony Campbell wrote: [snip] > > > I've just fetched the vanilla 2.6.13.3. It compiles correctly and > > > recognizes my CD drives. So it looks as if the problem has been > > > recognized and fixed in the most recent versions. > > >

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 10 Oct 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > > > > > > > > I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My > > > > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the "drive name:"... > > > > e

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > Where did you find the 2.6.13.3 package? I have Etch and Sid sources in Sid has 2.6.13.3. Debian does not add the stable patch level, so it is named linux-tree-2.6.13 (plus dependencies). -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Basajaun
Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 10 Oct 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > > > > > > I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My > > > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the "drive name:"... > > > entries, but w/o a value). Also my /sys/bus/ide

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > > > > I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My > > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the "drive name:"... > > entries, but w/o a value). Also my /sys/bus/ide/devices/ dir is empty. > > I am ru

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Oct 2005, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 05:32:48PM -0700, James Vahn wrote: > > Gcc-4.0 won't work. Just install and link /usr/bin/gcc-3.4 to /usr/bin/gcc. > > Tried "make deb-pkg" yet? :-) > > Uh, why would he break his installation of gcc versus using the normal > methods

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-11 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 05:32:48PM -0700, James Vahn wrote: > Gcc-4.0 won't work. Just install and link /usr/bin/gcc-3.4 to /usr/bin/gcc. > Tried "make deb-pkg" yet? :-) Uh, why would he break his installation of gcc versus using the normal methods of specifying which compiler should be used? L

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread James Vahn
Anthony Campbell wrote: > Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. > > 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is > then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the > computer! Similar trouble here. Kernel.org-2.6.13 wo

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread John L Fjellstad
Stephen R Laniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The proper approach now, I believe, is to use sysfs. See > below for the info on my system. It says that my CD drive is > /dev/hdc, which I can then -- if I want -- make a symlink > to. I don't know how to make that symlink permanent, such > that /dev

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: > > I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the "drive name:"... > entries, but w/o a value). Also my /sys/bus/ide/devices/ dir is empty. > I am running Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.12-1-686-smp (on a

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Basajaun
Stephen R Laniel wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:35:09PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is > > then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the > > computer! > > Well, that sounds a touch drastic. Firs

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. > > > > 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is > > then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the > > com

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Stephen R Laniel wrote: > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:35:09PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is > > then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the > > computer! > > Well, that sounds a to

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Bruno Buys wrote: > Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. > > > >2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is > >then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the > >computer!

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:35:09PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is > then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the > computer! Well, that sounds a touch drastic. First of all, do you mean /cdrom? There

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Bruno Buys
Anthony Campbell wrote: Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! I have an older (non-Debian) version of 2.6.12 wh

2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! I have an older (non-Debian) version of 2.6.12 which does work, for some rea