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CD ROm detection problem in RH 7.2
by Anand Iyer 27 Jan '02

27 Jan '02

Hi Kunal and others trying to help, I removed the append="hdc=ide-scsi" from lilo.conf. ran lilo. booted the machine. And inserted a PCQ CD inside the drive and tried mount when it did not automount. Then removed the fstab line for CDROM. Rebooted the machine. Still the same results. I am not worried about CD recording at this moment. Machine history: Loaded PCQ 7.1 in July and running smoothly since then. CDRecord and ordinary CD usage with the lilo line "append...." was there. Upgraded recently to RH 7.2 using Seascope CD's. The CD's are with me and the kernel being used is 2.4.7-10 . Initially I had a installation problem and I got another set of CD's with me now. The install has worked smoothly so far. But the CD ROM is not being read. I went to hardware browser in Gnome after logging in as root Window shows on left CDROM Devices Right Hand top side shows SAMSUND CD-R/RW DRIVE SW-208F Bottom right hand side window shows manufacturer: unknown driver: ignore Device: /dev/hdc So I am a bit confused. I believe his means that the CDROM is detected in /dev/hdc and ths SAMSUNG ... that is seen means that the CDROM drive is being properly detected by some software component however the bottom part of the window is worrying and shows that the CDROm detection has some problems. is this Kernel Related? Please note that the same system has caldera loaded in another partition with 2.4.2 and the system is running smoothly. Anand Message: 5 From: "Kunal Gangakhedkar" <kgangakhedkar(a)yahoo.com> <mailto:kgangakhedkar@yahoo.com> To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> <mailto:linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] CD ROM problems Kernel 2.4.7-10 Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 21:10:22 +0530 Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in <mailto:linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Well, as I can see from the scenario, your CDRW is getting detected as a SCSI drive. In fact, it is an IDE drive - am I right?? To get around with the problem, just remove the "append=...." line from lilo.conf 'coz you don't need it. Then update lilo using /sbin/lilo. The next time you boot into linux your CDRW should be detected as an ordinary IDE CDROM. But then, you won't be able to write CDs through linux, 'coz all the CD- Writing softwares in linux (including cdrecord and Xcdroast) need your drive to be SCSI. Now, to make your IDE CDRW (now detected as an IDE CDROM) work for writing CDs, what you can use is an emulation driver - ide-scsi. This is precisely what you've been seeing in your lilo.conf. This is a modular driver which can be used using modprobe or insmod. The advantage is - install when you want, uninstall after using it. I guess, you know how to uninstall / remove modules. When you add this driver, just check out the working of the driver using #cdrecord -scanbus If you get the output saying the HOST/DEVICE/LUN ids, then you can be pretty sure that the driver will work for you. The only problem I faced was that the normal IDE-CD emulation driver used to interfere with it. So, to be on a safer side, make sure that you remove ide-cd before inserting ide-scsi. The ide-scsi driver is available online or can be found at PCQ's wesite (in fact, it comes built into PCQ Linux Distro). After you're done with the CDRW for writing, remove the ide-scsi driver using #rmmod sg #rmmod ide-scsi These are dependant modules. Then insert the usual ide-cd driver using #modprobe ide-cd And you'll be back with your CDRW as IDE CDROM. For more information, pls. refer to CD-Writing HOWTO Kunal ------------------ The choice is yours, don't be late Take a rest as a friend as an old memory Nirvana - Come As You Are ----- Original Message ----- From: kishor bhagwat <aaaaarrrgghhh(a)yahoo.com> <mailto:aaaaarrrgghhh@yahoo.com> To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> <mailto:linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] CD ROM problems Kernel 2.4.7-10 >> >> --- Anand Iyer <akiyer(a)vsnl.com> <mailto:akiyer@vsnl.com> wrote: > >>> > My CDROm drive Samsung CD writer RW 8.4.32 is recognised >>> > by the kernel, >>> > but when i try to mount the CDROm, I get a message >>> > /dev/cdrom improper device or device does not exist. >>> > I have the following line in lilo.conf >>> > append="hdc=ide-scsi" >>> > This used to work and still works on Caldera with kernel >>> > 2.4.2 (PCQuest >>> > CD's)loaded in another partition. >> >> >> the append line in your lilo.conf means that scsi emulation >> is used for your drive(cd burning programs require it). >> try mounting /dev/scd0 as your cdrom drive.. >> >> regards, >> kishor >> >> >> >> >> >

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Re: can't read vcd
by Abhir Joshi 26 Jan '02

26 Jan '02

Hi Manish Jethani Wrote ># rm -rf / man ! what are you doing !!! rm -rf <slash> as root !! I think it was a typo, and you meant 'rm -rf .' :-) Abhir _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Icons for GNOME Tasklist
by Tahir Hashmi 26 Jan '02

26 Jan '02

Hi All Does any of you know how to assign mini-icons for the GNOME Tasklist to an application? Thanx in advance --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://tahirhashmi.scriptmania.com mailme(a)tahirhashmi.scriptmania.com __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed

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Problems with installing GCC
by Kinjal Sonpal 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

Hi Luggers ! I'm trying to install gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpm ( taken from the PCQ Linux CD) on a RHL 6.2 (zoot ?) m/c. The installation is almost a yr old and it does not have any of the development tools as well as compiler .. When I issue the following command $ rpm -i gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpm I get the following error Error : The current version of rpm only supports packages having major number <= 3. I checked up with rpm docs and cud understand that in the above rpm, _2.96_ is supposed to be the major number. Then in order to upgrade the current installation of rpm, which I thought cud be the cause of the trouble, I tried to use the rpm installation binary available from the same CD. I got the same error for it. In fact, I got the same error for all the packages that I tried to install/upgrade. What cud be wrong here? I'm not supposed to remove the current installation, nor do I have direct CD-Drive access to this m/c. Thanks a lot in advance Regards, Kinjal Sonpal

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CD ROM problems Kernel 2.4.7-10
by Anand Iyer 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

> > > >Message: 3 >Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:16:53 -0800 (PST) >From: kishor bhagwat <aaaaarrrgghhh(a)yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] CD ROM problems Kernel 2.4.7-10 >To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in >Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > >--- Anand Iyer <akiyer(a)vsnl.com> wrote: > >>My CDROm drive Samsung CD writer RW 8.4.32 is recognised >>by the kernel, >>but when i try to mount the CDROm, I get a message >>/dev/cdrom improper device or device does not exist. >>I have the following line in lilo.conf >>append="hdc=ide-scsi" >>This used to work and still works on Caldera with kernel >>2.4.2 (PCQuest >>CD's)loaded in another partition. >> > >the append line in your lilo.conf means that scsi emulation >is used for your drive(cd burning programs require it). >try mounting /dev/scd0 as your cdrom drive.. > >regards, >kishor > tried. Added line /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom blah... in fstab. on mounting mount /mnt/cdrom gives error message /dev/scd0 unknown device regards Anand > >

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Commercial; programmer required,
by gautam 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

Not very familiar with this list, if i violate policy by this post excuse me. Hi, am an entrepreneur of a small business, we make industry specific client server software . Its interesting work, and requires lateral thinking. I have the ideas and the team processes them. we have a VB, person full-time, a VC++ consultant, we had a genius Linux/PHP admin/programmer but he left. Now I require a mumbai based person skilled in Linux/PHP, for the purposes of development / modification to our new/existing work. Consultants are welcome to offer services. Thanks gautam 22-6176724, 22-6178232

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Compile problem for PHP with PostgreSQL
by Dinesh Shah 25 Jan '02

25 Jan '02

Hi Jaju, On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Ravindra Jaju wrote: > Hi. > > The ${PGINSTALLDIR}/lib directory should be in your /etc/ld.so.conf, > and then run ldconfig > > You can use after that, without any compiles. > > Otherwise, set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable for the process to include > the ${PGINSTALLDIR}/lib at runtime. > > ${PGINSTALLDIR} is the dir where you installed PostgreSQL. > > hth. Thx a lot... It works... I have to put lib path into /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig. It compiles now perfactly ok... With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Unitek.com dineshs(a)unitek.com dinesh(a)abriasoft.com AIM ID: ShahSyst Yahoo ID: dinesh1966(a)yahoo.com Mobile : 98213-11906

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Colored Prompt and other tweaks
by Nikhil Joshi 24 Jan '02

24 Jan '02

Hi! I was wondering how [ OK ] is displayed in color. I found the /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions file. I got the 'color code' and assigned PS1="\\033[1;32m$" |----- my prompt Now my prompt appears in green color!!!. I would like to know what do those numbers and symbols mean. I figured out that 32m stands for a color and changing the value changes the color. I found out another tweak by which one can have a message on the console while all the commands scroll below it. Here is the exact command. $ clear;echo -e '\033[018;25r'; cat ascii_logo_file I use this in rc.sysinit to dislay a logo while other stuff scrolls below it. Kinda looks good ;-) Again I would like to know what does the stuff mean. BTW has anyone used a kernel patch which shows a welcome screen ? I've found LPP and I'll be checking it out soon :-) -- Say no, then negotiate. -- Helga

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DCOP Server Ka Funda
by Bhushan Tiwari 24 Jan '02

24 Jan '02

> Could anyone please explain me the Funda behind DCOP Server? > What kind of server is it? I just discovered.... DCOP is KDE's Desktop Communications Protocol. It is a lightweight IPC/RPC mechanism built on top of the X Consortium's Inter Client Exchange protocol. It enables desktop applications to communicate reliably with low overhead. > sometimes when I start KDE it gives me an error, saying ... > "Error setting up inter-process communication for KDE. Message is: Could > not read network connection list /root/.DCOPserver_<hostname>_:0 please > check that dcopserver is running!" > How should I rectify that? But again, How should I rectify it ? ßhushån Tïwårï

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Linux is not reliable . Windows Still rulez
by Nikhil Joshi 24 Jan '02

24 Jan '02

Sorry for posting without subject . The thing is I'm very frustrated for putting my trust on Linux :-( OK I had enough of Linux (period) I've been using Linux for almost 2 years now. After getting bored of Windows I decided to remove it from my PC.I was running only Red Hat Linux 7.1 when I had a major filesystem crash. I even lost some of important data. One of my friends suggested that 7.1 had a buggy kernel and I should switch to 6.2 I installed 6.2 and everything was fine until today... The boot process 'dropped me to a shell' and advised me to run fsck manually. I obliged. Out of the blue I got a truckload of messages telling me that something was wrong and that should it fix it ? Amazingly the only answer was yes.I continued pressing 'y' for about 5 mins and then the ordeal was over. I logged in just to find that my ncurses libraries had been deleted ! And horror of horrors: my entire rpm database was gone... I did not want any more surprises. Being frustrated I decided to give myself a break. I removed Linux and now I'm running good ol' Win 98 :-) Anyone reading this please keep in mind : Curse Windows , Hate Windows ,Kick Windows but never and I say *never* remove Windows. It is the only thing that works for you (period) _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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