FW: FW: [plug] Help Please

[Simon Scott]

	wow

	scsi=m means that you have scsi support compiled as a module. So no
probs there

	I think your main problem is this cdrecord -scanbus problem.
Obviously that is what the cd recording software is using to find the
burner, and that is the response they are getting

	Have you checked for an update on mandrake's site?

	Perhaps cdrecord uses another utility to scan, and it cant find
*it*? or possibly it cant find the /proc file it is reading to 'scan' for
drives?

	This is very strange...... does anyone else on list have any input
on this?





	From:	Chris Andre <CAndre at nskomatsu.com.au> on 27/07/2001 12:22 PM
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	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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		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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				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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