On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 10:13 -0500, Stevens wrote: > On Wednesday 14 March 2007 09:51, Clayton wrote: > > > Functionality IS lost when I have programs that cannot access the > > > CD/DVD drive because they are looking for a /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdc > > > mount point and wonderful Suse 10.2 won't provide it. Why not? Who > > > knows. > > > > I'm curious what applications or programs you are having issues with. > > I've had just one application (X-Plane) take issue with the way mount > > points are handled in SUSE, and that is because the installer is > > poorly (or badly?) programed. The workaround in this case it to sym > > link /mnt/dvd to /media/XPLANE and it works fine... not the most > > elegant solution, but the fault (in my opinion) is the X-Plane > > installer not HAL or anything related to how SUSE implements mount > > points. > > > > Otherwise all applications I have that need to access the DVD writer > > or DVD reader I have in my PC work perfectly. > > That's because you are working in a smaller universe.
No, it's because he is realistic! > Never assume that just because something works there that it works > everywhere. Dvdshrink is one app that I can think of right now. It runs > under wine and expects a mounted device, not a damned media label. > It worked just fine under Suse 9.1 and it should work fine now but it > doesn't. Honestly, you don't try to insert VHS tapes in your CD recorder eh? So what makes OS's any different from that? Do you realise how many steps/versions there are between 9.1 and 10.2 (or whatever you decided to install)? > > No, I do not think that I should create a simlink each and every time that > I want to use one of these programs that require a device mount point. > Yes, I know what the problem is and I would like for the design team to > realize that it is a problem that needs to be fixed. No, your choice of software needs to be fixed. Launch that thing called firefox and enter 'www.google.com', then do a search for a Linux program that does what you want it to do if your current choice of software doesn't work for you. Cheers, Magnus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
