RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Hampton Childress
On 29-Jul-99 Bob Jiggins wrote: > Date sent:Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:20:17 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Jay Summet for [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM! > S

RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bob Jiggins
Date sent: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 15:20:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jay Summet for [EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM! Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Jay Summet for [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not sure if this is going to help, but I also had problems with my CD-Rom when updating from 5.3 to 6.0. The change is that in 6.0 the kernel uses DMA by default for CD-Roms, while in 5.3 it did not. My problem was that my cd-rom was buggy and would crash the computer whenever I tried to mou

[expert] Kernel boot problems

1999-07-30 Thread Sridhar G
Hi, I have Mandrake 6.0 with kernel 2.2.9-19. Sometimes when I boot into linux I get the following error "cdrom_pc_intr the drive apperars confused (ireason = 0x 1)" What does this mean? Sometime I get a kernel panic error "Kernel panic VFS unable to mount root fs on 03:49" What does the num

Re: [expert] Xlib problems and rxvt error

1999-07-30 Thread Jacques Le Marois
Lalit K Dhiri wrote: > Hi, > > I've just installed Mandraake 6 and I seem to be having problems when using su > and changing to root and running stuff like xfm. I get an error which says " > Xlib: connection to server :0.0 refused by server. Xlib invalid > MTT-MAGIC-COOKIE 1 key. > > I also seem

[expert] Xlib problems and rxvt error

1999-07-30 Thread Lalit K Dhiri
Hi, I've just installed Mandraake 6 and I seem to be having problems when using su and changing to root and running stuff like xfm. I get an error which says " Xlib: connection to server :0.0 refused by server. Xlib invalid MTT-MAGIC-COOKIE 1 key. I also seem to be having problems with rxvt whi

Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bob Jiggins
Date sent: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:44:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bob Jiggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM! > >

RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bob Jiggins
From: "Ken Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM! Date sent: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:11:03 -0700 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ken > Have you tried

Re: [expert] VMWare problems with 2.2.9-27 - possible solution.

1999-07-30 Thread Patrick Putteman
You forgot to install the updated include files. Patrick - Original Message - From: Sheldon Lee Wen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mandrake Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 6:42 PM Subject: [expert] VMWare problems with 2.2.9-27 - possible solution. > Hi, > > Wh

RE: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Ken Wilson
Have you tried just using 'mount /mnt/cdrom'? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bug Hunter > Sent: Friday, July 30, 1999 9:45 AM > To: Bob Jiggins > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bug Hunter
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Bob Jiggins wrote: > I checked the jumpers and found there was no jumper (odd) - but > canabalised one from an old motherboard and set it as 'master'. > Then. for sme reason I thought I'd better check the bios and found > the cdrom confgured as a slave (odd again) and re

[expert] VMWare problems with 2.2.9-27 - possible solution.

1999-07-30 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Hi, While trying to install VMWare with the updated kernel you get the following error message: > I've updated the kernel using kernel-2.2.9-27mdk.i586.rpm from one of > > > the Mandrake mirrors. However, now that I'm installing VMWare, it gives > > > me the following error: > > > > > > ###

Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bob Jiggins
Date sent: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 07:13:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bob Jiggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM! Than

Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bug Hunter
OOPS! sorry about the last one. if your cdrom went out, it may not have been seen by the kernel probing at boot. Perhaps you have the master/slave jumper in the slave position on the cdrom? I've seen them work without a master drive using the slave jumper, but be erratic. if your cdrom

Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bug Hunter
On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Bob Jiggins wrote: > Hi and help! I hope there's somebody who can help with this. > > There seems tro have been a fair bit of traffic about zip drives and > 'kernel not recognising /dev/? as block device' etc. I have the same > problem but with a cdrom and cannot shoehor

Re: [expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Nick Kay
At 11:55 28/07/99 +0100, you wrote: >Hi and help! I hope there's somebody who can help with this. > >There seems tro have been a fair bit of traffic about zip drives and >'kernel not recognising /dev/? as block device' etc. I have the same >problem but with a cdrom and cannot shoehorn the ideas

[expert] Block device not recognised - no CDROM!

1999-07-30 Thread Bob Jiggins
Hi and help! I hope there's somebody who can help with this. There seems tro have been a fair bit of traffic about zip drives and 'kernel not recognising /dev/? as block device' etc. I have the same problem but with a cdrom and cannot shoehorn the ideas on zip drives to solve this one! The sy