On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:49:55PM -0400, Christopher Purcell wrote: > The floppy drive in my Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop is not available > when the > 2.6.24-16-rtai kernel is loaded (this with an EMC 2.2.8 installation). > To import G code files from floppies, I reboot the machine, enabling > the 2.6.24-18 generic kernel (Ubuntu 8.04) and then it mounts and > works fine. Why would the real time kernel disable the floppy drive? > Is this by design, or finger trouble?
I don't fully understand this problem but you are not the first to see it. Other ubuntu installs are affected too. The fix is very simple. It has been reported on various versions from dapper to intrepid (which we don't use). http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-151401.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/255651 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
