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

[Neil Bradshaw <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Get the updates and see if that fixes it. RedHat had some screwy mounting
issues. The updates might fix it.

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On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Hunter Cook wrote:

> 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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