Steven J Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed MD6.0 at home yesterday (reformatted /, but kept old /home
> partition) and was confused by a few things:
>
> o Sometimes my filesytem won't unmount at shutdown (this could be related to
> using my SBAWE64, as spotted by Ronan)
>
Yes that's the same problem than for me! I have no solution
at this time, but apparently iso images have been updated
lately and maybe is this problem fixed.
>
> o If I start X (KDE) as a normal user, open a terminal, 'su' to root, and
> try to run any programs (eg linuxconf or xcdroast) they will not run. From
> memory, linuxconf prints a 'broken pipe' message, and xcdroast complains
> about not being to open 'display :0'. Even if I set DISPLAY, the programs
> still won't run. If I type 'xhost +' xlib prints some error messages ... If
> I start X as root, there are no problems.
>
Never heard of this problem. Try a 'su - root' instead of 'su root'. The '-'
inits environment variables with root's values.
>
> o I have an ATAPI cdrw, which I've never used with Linux before. I chose the
> no SCSI devices at install. cdrecord -scanbus complains that there is no
> generic scsi support, will I need to recompile my kernel, or is the existing
> one able to cope? Is there any Mandrake-specific documentation on CDRW, or
> should I stick to the (new) faq at http://www.guug.de/~winni/linux/cdr/html/
>
You _MUST_ have the generic SCSI support enabled to use cd-writers. I don't
know if it is available as a module but if it is, you just have to do the right
'lsmod'.
Else you have to recompile the kernel.
>
> STeven
Ronan.
