[MLUG - DISCUSSION] cd writer, sound, video, musings.

["Hunter Cook" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hi all.  I just joined up with the MLUG a couple o' days ago...not that this 
has any relevence......

...but I do have a few issues into which I thought maybe someone on the list 
might have some valuable insight.

Anyway, I just installed redhat 7 on a friend's computer, which is a stock 
HP pavilion microATX (junk) box.  Everything went far more smoothly than 
anticipated, except that the cd-RW (/dev/cdrom, an HP CD writer PLUS) 
doesn't seem to want to behave.  When I put a disc in it, the light blinks 
(and doesn't ever stop) but it doesn't mount (or even spin up) and I can't 
mount it manually. Furthermore, I can't eject the disc once I put it in...I 
have to shut the box off and then turn it on and hit eject before I get to 
lilo.  I have not worked with cdrw's under linux, as I don't have one.  The 
DVD drive in the box works fine as /dev/cdrom1.  Interestingly enough, I 
used the cdrw for the install media when I put Linux on the machine in the 
first place.

Also, in my machine, I have a Creative Labs Ensoniq audioPCI (someone just 
mentioned these a few posts ago).  It isn't detected in install, nor will 
sndconfig work on it.  I currently run
	insmod es1371
to make it work, and this works fine, except that I have to type it each 
time I start my computer.  Obviously, this is quite minor, and I could write 
a startup script...but does anyone have a better way?

And last, but certainly not least.  I recently got a geforce 2 ultra.  man 
was I proud.  Unfortunately, now my X doesn't work.  Says "no screens 
found."  The previous setup used a tnt2 ultra, so silly me, I figured it 
would be painless.  Anyway, I tried running kudzu, and then Xconfigurator, 
and then hand-editing the XF86Config-4 file (since I run rh7, there is a 
config file for 3.3.6 and 4).   Shortly thereafter, my new power supply came 
in (I am in the midst of upgrading to an athlon and needed more juice) and 
when installed it promptly exploded (yes, literally exploded...sparks, fire, 
loud bang, the whole deal)...killing both devices on my primary 
IDE...including the hdd that had linux on it.  That was bunk.  Anyway, the 
point is, i soon had the chance to run a fresh install with the new vid 
card.  But the installer went into the "old" mode (non X...the one I used 
"backintheday" for redhat 5.2) after mentioning the same thing about "no 
screens found."

Sorry to make my first post so interminably long; I've been having a bit of 
bad luck lately (what with my computer blowing up and all...)

Thanks in advance to anyone who has any thoughts about any of these 
problems.

Later

Hunter.
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