Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Trevor Farrell wrote:
>
> > Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> >
> > > Not as helpful as i was hopeing for. For future reference the drive is
> > > listed under 'Goldstar' not matsumi, and it is one of the
> > > "recommended" drives. Can you reboot the machine with the kernel-linus as
> > > the kernel and try that again plz.
>
> > > > Any help would be much appreciated thanks Axalon.
> > > >
> > > > PS - I do like Mandrake 7, and would not go back to 6, but this, and my sound
> > > > card blues (which I'm still researching) where my CMI8330 chip worked under
> > > > ver 6 but not (yet) under ver 7 are annoying!
> > > > On the plus side, yes, I like supermount, and ver 7 is the 1st distro to
> > > > automatically get my SiS 6326 video chip right from a graphic install - well
> > > > done!
> > >
> > > :) if thats a plee for help i kind need more info, than "it used to work"
> > >
> >
> > Not yet a plea for help - merely a comment on where I'm at - I want to look at a
> > few more things yet before I cry "too hard", but if anyone knows where I can find
> > a README or HOWTO for the CMI8330 chip, I would appreciate it. The sndconfig
> > utility is unable to determine the proper settings at all, and the ones that
> > worked under Ver 6 generate an irq clash with my ver 7 install..
> >
> > Trevor
> >
>
> Bizzare, wouldn't expect irqs to change.. I recognise the chipset so it's
> either great or a PITA, looks like the latter. When you get around to it a
> archive search, or a search on google.net/linux should get it running.
>
> --
> MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> --Axalon
re: the CMI chip - could just be something as simple as a typo on my
part - I will
check my settings!
BTW - What does PITA mean?
Output from cdrecord using the linus kernel follows, note that kudzu
popped up and
said that I had removed the LG ... device from my system when I rebooted
with this
kernel, and since it doesn't support supermount my fstab file was bad,
so I had some
FAILS in the boot sequence.
Cdrecord release 1.8a29 Copyright (C) 1995-1999 J�rg Schilling
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'LG '
Identifikation : 'CD-RW CED-8042B '
Revision : '1.05'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Drive capabilities, per page 2A:
Does read CD-R media
Does write CD-R media
Does read CD-RW media
Does write CD-RW media
Does not read DVD-ROM media
Does not read DVD-R media
Does not write DVD-R media
Does not read DVD-RAM media
Does not write DVD-RAM media
Does support test writing
Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
Does read digital audio blocks
Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
Does read multi-session CDs
Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
Does not read CD bar code
Does read R-W subcode information
Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
Does return CD media catalog number
Does return CD ISRC information
Does support C2 error pointers
Does not deliver composite A/V data
Does play audio CDs
Number of volume control levels: 255
Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
Does support independent mute setting for each channel
Does not support digital output on port 1
Does not support digital output on port 2
Loading mechanism type: tray
Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
Is not currently in a media-locked state
Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
Does not support Individual Disk Present feature
Maximum read speed in kB/s: 4234
Current read speed in kB/s: 4234
Maximum write speed in kB/s: 0
Current write speed in kB/s: 706
Buffer size in KB: 2048
Thanks,
Trevor
