On Saturday 24 November 2007 12:16, Peter Van Lone wrote:
> I have to jump in here: I have had the same issues as the OP, but with
> mutliple versions of suse. My first version was 9.3, installed on an
> ASUS based clone notebook. Then SLED on the same notebook, then SLED
> on an HP nw8440 notebook ("SLED supported"), then SLED sp1 on the
> nw8440
>
> In my it seems to be every other boot ... or sometimes I will go
> several boots in a row being able to access a cd, and then not. I may
> have to reboot a time or two or three before the cd icon appears on
> the desktop and I can access ANYTHING in the cd drive.
>
> What could cause that?
I really do not know. cdrom.ko is a kernel module which (I assume) is needed
to access the cdrom. It doesn't seem to be loaded in the OP's (and your)
case otherwise why would hwinfo try to load the module (and subsequently fail
when run as a sub-root user).
The may be a bug about this already since it doesn't appear to be an isolated
event. Maybe a search on the web for the error messages in hwinfo would lead
to something further.
Failing that, if/when the cd doesn't work again, I would suggest checking the
loaded kernel modules to see if cdrom is still loaded.
lsmod | grep cdrom
If it doesn't show up, have a look at the boot log to see if any indication is
given for why it wasn't loaded. Try loading the module as root
modprobe cdrom
and see if that helps. Actually, why not list the kernel modules loaded when
everything *is* working and then again when the cdrom doesn't work. Maybe
the differences will provide a hint.
Failing all else, maybe add cdrom to the modules to be loaded on boot in YaST.
I don't *think* this will hurt anything .
<snip>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> /usr/sbin/hwinfo | grep cdrom
> probe = 0x00138fc4aa17fffdfffe (+memory +pci +isapnp +net +floppy
> +misc +misc.serial +misc.par +misc.floppy +serial +cpu +bios +monitor
> +mouse +scsi +usb -usb.mods +adb +modem +modem.usb +parallel
> +parallel.lp +parallel.zip +isa +isa.isdn +isdn +kbd +prom +sbus +int
> +braille +braille.alva +braille.fhp +braille.ht -ignx11 +sys -bios.vbe
> -isapnp.old -isapnp.new -isapnp.mod +braille.baum -manual +fb +pppoe
> -scan +pcmcia -fork -parallel.imm +s390 -cpuemu -sysfs -s390disks
> +udev +block +block.cdrom +block.part +edd +edd.mod -bios.ddc -bios.fb
> -bios.mode +input +block.mods +bios.vesa -cpuemu.debug -scsi.noserial
> +wlan -bios.crc -hal -bios.vram -modules.pata -max -lxrc)
> WARNING: Error inserting cdrom
> (/lib/modules/2.6.16.46-0.14-bigsmp/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko):
> Operation not permitted
> WARNING: Error inserting cdrom
> (/lib/modules/2.6.16.46-0.14-bigsmp/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko):
> Operation not permitted
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Don
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