FW: FW: [plug] Help Please

[Chris Andre]

typing "rpm -qa |grep cdrec" brings up the following
cdrecord 1.9_2.4.3  etcc..  ( can't remember exactly )

typing cdrecord -scanbus from shell 
cdrecord 1.9_2.4.3   same as above
cdrecord : No such file or directory
cdrecord : To scan for drives please enter cdrecord -scanbus    << which is
what i typed ??

At the start of the Mandrakes installation when i answered NO to scsi
devices , would i have 
been better off answering yes then scsi support would have been configured
for the kernel ?
Is this the next step , looking in the file /usr/src/linux/.conf  it states
midway down.

scsi support=m

Any suggestions would be great ...!

Cheers
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Scott [mailto:simon.scott at flexiplan.com]
Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2001 9:27 AM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: FW: FW: [plug] Help Please


	ok, I believe it sounds like you dont have cdrecord etc installed,
and so koncd cant find the cd burner (I *think* cdrecord provides this kind
of 'scan' functionality).

	If xcdroast finds your cd-burner, then it probably is setup
correctly on the OS side.

	xcdroast cant find your cdrom? very strange...... So basically, can
you burn a cd (maybe build an iso image of your home directory and burn
that) from xcdroast?

	Remember that you have to setup xcdroast as root.... actually, under
KDE I think you are forced to run xcdroast as root because KDE complains
about it if you set the suid bit. BUt run it as root and setup your
burner/cdrom (if you can) plus the directory where you will put adhoc iso
images to burn.

	Give it a try anyway...but it sounds to me like koncd install is
broken - type "rpm -qa |grep cdrec" for me and see if the cdrecord rpm is
installed.

	Perhaps KreateCD relies on these packages as well? Its funny, maybe
the dependencies are broken??????






	From:	Chris Andre <CAndre at nskomatsu.com.au> on 26/07/2001 09:18 AM
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	Subject:	FW: FW: [plug] Help Please

	I cant tell you which devise the software is using as the available
cdwriter
	field is blank.
	Both KonCD and KreateCD find the CDrom but not the CDwriter and
Xcdroast
	finds the writer 
	but not the CDrom..?
	I believe Xcdroast uses its own library files ??

	Is there any commands to type in which will give me the variables
for listed

	devices ?

	Thanks

	Chris

		Your grep wont work cos its /var/log/messages

		Your insmod doesnt work cos you already have the ide-scsi
module
	installed

		If you have ide-scsi installed, then you must have scsi
support
	(????someone confirm????)

		Which device is your cd burning software trying to use? From
memory
	cd burners have to use the /dev/sg* devices for burning.... a
/dev/scd*
	device will treat it as a CDROM (its a problem with a long history,
	basically because burning CDs is a low-level operation they provided
the sg*
	devices so you could have more direct control over the cd-burner
without the
	kernel being involved in every step.



		Its difficult to diagnose over text :)

		IM having difficulty remembering the finer points, cos when
I had
	the ide burner in there I also had a faster scsi burner in there so
I setup
	the ide one (ide-scsi) and didnt use it for ages. Thats why I took
it out
	and put in a DVD. 





		From:	Chris Andre <CAndre at nskomatsu.com.au> on 26/07/2001
08:37 AM
		To:	Simon Scott/Flexiplan/GWM at GWM
		cc:	 

		Subject:	FW: [plug] Help Please

		Simon , 

		  With regards to setting up a cd burner, what relevant info
do you
	need to
		form 
		a diagnosis? Reading a bit more on the subject would i be
right in
	saying
		that if
		i do not have scsi support installed/configured then no
matter what
	i add to
		the 
		various /etc/ files it still wont work ?

		when typing "grep CDROM /var/messages"   i get back - " no
such file
	or
		directory"

		/sbin/insmod -p ide-scsi      responds with
	
"using/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o.gz"
		"insmod:a module named ide-scsi already exists"

		Is this the best way to check for scsi support ?

		Thanks for the help


		Chris  



		-----Original Message-----
		From: Simon Scott [mailto:simon.scott at flexiplan.com]
		Sent: Tuesday, 24 July 2001 2:52 PM
		To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
		Subject: Re: [plug] Help Please


			Yeh, I had my HP 6x2x2 rewriter working under M8 a
while
	back (I
		took it out to put in a DVDROM)

			What particular problems/errors are you having?

			Can you explain the steps you are taking to get scsi
	emulation
		working?



			From:	Chris Andre <CAndre at nskomatsu.com.au> on
24/07/2001
	02:48 PM
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			Subject:	[plug] Help Please

			Afternoon Pluggers....

			Is there anybody within the group that is using
Mandrake 8
	that has
		managed
			to get their IDE Cd writer to work ?
			I have printed off at least 4 different styles of
EASY steps
	to
		setting up
			scsi emulation and frankly I am beginning to wonder
			if there is such a thing as EASY. All four have
stated that
	a
		recompiling of
			the kernel is not required yet following the steps
as 
			written does absolutely nothing.  

			I have a Standard PC   AMD Duron 800 , 192mb ram
			soltek 75KAV-X Main board , 20 gig hard drive
			11x spin Sony CDRom and a Sony CDU928E Writer
			Mandrake 8  Kernel 2.4.3

			Can anyone point me to a not so easy scsi- ide
emulation or
	perhaps
		even a
			graphical installation tool to work with 
			( Too much to ask for   ;-)    ok then )


			Thanks

			Chris Newbie




		
	
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