Le May 4, 2004 01:18 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar a �crit : > On May 3, 2004 23:03, Marc Lijour wrote: > ... > > > > > I have a bacpack (MIcrosolution) cdwriter. It was working in 9.2. > > > > I used to insmod the following modules in this order to have it > > > > working: bpck6 (driver) > > > > pcd (parallel port connection, which is used to connect the cdwriter) > > > > pg (scsi emulation) > > > > > > > > Then I could see it with cdrecord -scanbus, mount it, and use it. > > > > > > > > > > > > With 10.0 it does not work this way. > > > > My loaded modules are: > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > ----------- end ------------------- > > > > > > > > Please, I would need some help to make it work with kernel 2.6. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > Hey, a fellow backpacker! I'm using the USB interface, though, so it > > > might be different with the parallel port. > > > > > > I downloaded the driver from: > > > > > > http://www.micro-solutions.com/software_library/linux/index3.html > > > > > > I started with 10.0 CE and never did get it working there. Hoped 10.0 > > > Official would fix the problem but it didn't. > > > > > > After a lot of mucking around, I discovered that the fxload program is > > > missing from the Mandrake 10 distro, even though it's part of the > > > Linux Hotplug project on SourceForge. This program is responsible for > > > downloading new firmware to the drive to make it talk to Linux > > > properly. > > > > > > Check in /var/log/messages to see if there's a message saying that > > > fxload is missing. If so, download it from: > > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=17679 > > > > Nice to meet you. Not many of us around here! > > Yeah, maybe that's why they don't bother to include fxload on the CDs. > > > I found it on the Mandrake mirrors: > > <http://gulus.usherb.ca/pub/distro/Mandrakelinux/devel/10.0/contrib/i586/ > >fx load-2002_04_11-2mdk.i586.rpm> > > > > My question would be, where does your drive appear in /dev? How do you > > mount it? And then, why does it stopped working for me with the parallel > > port.. > > ... > > Mine appeared as /dev/scd0, which is a link to > scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd (I sent a message the other day about these > device assignments, because they don't match with what the various cd > writing programs expect, and I'm not sure what to do about this; haven't > seen any replies though).
They should run fine. It is detected as scsi device, and the burner love that (and just that!). Try k3bsetup. > I don't have to mount or unmount it. With hotplug working, the device > appears when I plug it in, and disappears when I unplug it. When I insert a > cd, magicdev takes over to automount it for me. sure, ok. > But this is all through the USB interface. I didn't try the parallel port > (though if I get the time I might, as I have more USB devices than I have > available ports, and my parallel port is empty). Have you tried it through > USB? Usb looks good. I was just concerned with the transfer rates, is USB better that parallel cable? > I never used Mandrake 9, so I don't know what changed to break this. But it > seems from the messages on this list that quite a few things broke from 9 > to 10. I don't know whether that's issues with the new kernel or what the > story is. OK. It worked. Now I run k3bsetup as root, and both are showing up (local cdrom and usb backpack). Thanks! The installation is not really clear. Would have been nice if Mandrake include that rpm in the club mirrors at least. Marc
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