Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-12 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: [snip] I've just fetched the vanilla 2.6.13.3. It compiles correctly and recognizes my CD drives. So it looks as if the problem has been recognized and fixed in

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-12 Thread Basajaun
Basajaun wrote: [snip] I intend to upload my epic odyssey to my Linux trick page, and I might post a link, if I don't find it too lame :^) [snip] Here you are: http://makeashorterlink.com/?O532317FB That page, and those following the [Linux stuff] link at the bottom, could be helpfull in

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-11 Thread Marc Wilson
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 05:32:48PM -0700, James Vahn wrote: Gcc-4.0 won't work. Just install and link /usr/bin/gcc-3.4 to /usr/bin/gcc. Tried make deb-pkg yet? :-) Uh, why would he break his installation of gcc versus using the normal methods of specifying which compiler should be used?

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Oct 2005, Marc Wilson wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 05:32:48PM -0700, James Vahn wrote: Gcc-4.0 won't work. Just install and link /usr/bin/gcc-3.4 to /usr/bin/gcc. Tried make deb-pkg yet? :-) Uh, why would he break his installation of gcc versus using the normal methods of

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the drive name:... entries, but w/o a value). Also my /sys/bus/ide/devices/ dir is empty. I am running Debian

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Basajaun
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 10 Oct 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the drive name:... entries, but w/o a value). Also my /sys/bus/ide/devices/ dir is

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: Where did you find the 2.6.13.3 package? I have Etch and Sid sources in Sid has 2.6.13.3. Debian does not add the stable patch level, so it is named linux-tree-2.6.13 (plus dependencies). -- One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: On 10 Oct 2005, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the drive name:... entries, but w/o a

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom -UPDATE

2005-10-11 Thread Basajaun
Anthony Campbell wrote: On 11 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: [snip] I've just fetched the vanilla 2.6.13.3. It compiles correctly and recognizes my CD drives. So it looks as if the problem has been recognized and fixed in the most recent versions. Anthony

2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! I have an older (non-Debian) version of 2.6.12 which does work, for some

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Bruno Buys
Anthony Campbell wrote: Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! I have an older (non-Debian) version of 2.6.12

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Stephen R Laniel
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:35:09PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! Well, that sounds a touch drastic. First of all, do you mean /cdrom

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Bruno Buys wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! I have

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Stephen R Laniel wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:35:09PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! Well, that sounds a touch

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Antony Gelberg wrote: Anthony Campbell wrote: Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Basajaun
Stephen R Laniel wrote: On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 02:35:09PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! Well, that sounds a touch drastic. First of all

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 10 Oct 2005, Basajaun wrote: I have a similar problem here, and sysfs won't help. My /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info file is empty (contains the drive name:... entries, but w/o a value). Also my /sys/bus/ide/devices/ dir is empty. I am running Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.12-1-686-smp (on a P4

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread John L Fjellstad
Stephen R Laniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The proper approach now, I believe, is to use sysfs. See below for the info on my system. It says that my CD drive is /dev/hdc, which I can then -- if I want -- make a symlink to. I don't know how to make that symlink permanent, such that /dev/cdrom

Re: 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 won't access cdrom

2005-10-10 Thread James Vahn
Anthony Campbell wrote: Kernel versions 2.6.12 and 2.6.13 are causimg serious problems here. 2.6.13 won't access /cdrom and 2.6.12 segfaults when I try this. It is then impossible to log out normally and I have to pull the plug on the computer! Similar trouble here. Kernel.org-2.6.13 won't