No more /dev/cdrom

2009-10-18 Thread Raffaele Morelli
Hi, Iam running debian lenny on amd64, I recently compiled my own RT kernel 2.6.31.4, everything works fine but my dvd rom doesn't work anymore. K3b can't find it and no cdrom or dvd devices are created in /dev/ debian kernel 2.6.30-2 works and dvd is there. Any help on this? regards -raffaele

Re: /dev/cdrom & /dev/dvd symlinks and udev

2007-08-22 Thread cothrige
delete the symlinks and recreate them for what I needed. I figured that at least until the next boot I would have /dev/cdrom where I needed it and cd players and so on would work. What shocked me was that they were still that way after reboot. So now I am wondering if udev is even setting this

Re: /dev/cdrom & /dev/dvd symlinks and udev

2007-08-22 Thread Wackojacko
cothrige wrote: I have two dvd drives, hdc is a standard drive and hdd is a cd/dvd writer. The problem is that all the cdrom symlinks always point at /dev/hdd which is not my primary drive. I like cdrw and dvdrw as they are, but would like to have cdrom and dvd to point correctly to hdc. In tr

/dev/cdrom & /dev/dvd symlinks and udev

2007-08-21 Thread cothrige
I have two dvd drives, hdc is a standard drive and hdd is a cd/dvd writer. The problem is that all the cdrom symlinks always point at /dev/hdd which is not my primary drive. I like cdrw and dvdrw as they are, but would like to have cdrom and dvd to point correctly to hdc. In trying to do this I

Re: udev doesn't create the /dev/cdrom symlinks

2007-02-14 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:15:01AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I looked at the rules files in /etc/udev/rules.d but couldn't quite >> understand how/when the z25-persistent-cd.rules (which is properly filled on >> my desktop but not on my Thinkpad) is supposed to be bui

Re: udev doesn't create the /dev/cdrom symlinks

2007-02-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 10:15:01AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I looked at the rules files in /etc/udev/rules.d but couldn't quite > understand how/when the z25-persistent-cd.rules (which is properly filled on > my desktop but not on my Thinkpad) is supposed to be built. Does manually editing t

udev doesn't create the /dev/cdrom symlinks

2007-02-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
My old trusty Thinkpad X30 has a problem: the CDRW/DVDR device that's plugged into the ultrabay only appears as /dev/hdb (or even /dev/hdc sometimes), but not as /dev/cdrom. I've been using Debian testing on it for 3 years now with much joy. I don't often use the CD device, but I

Re: /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw both point to the writer

2006-08-08 Thread M-L
On Wednesday 09 August 2006 08:58, H.S. shared this with us all: >--> Whenever I reboot my Debian Etch, running 2.6.15 or 2.6.16, both >--> /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw links point to the same device /dev/hdd which >--> is a CD writer. The CD reader drive, /dev/hdc, is apparently no

/dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw both point to the writer

2006-08-08 Thread H.S.
Whenever I reboot my Debian Etch, running 2.6.15 or 2.6.16, both /dev/cdrom and /dev/cdrw links point to the same device /dev/hdd which is a CD writer. The CD reader drive, /dev/hdc, is apparently not detected to have a link created. I always have to recreate the /dev/cdrom link to /dev/hdc

Re: Strange problem of /dev/cdrom disappearing under sid

2005-11-13 Thread Scott
. > > - The first thing I find really weird is that dmesg does not show any > information about my CDROM device. There is simply nothing about it. Exactly! It shows shows my external hard drive, my USB devices, my two internal hard drives, but no mention of the DVD drives at all. It

Re: Strange problem of /dev/cdrom disappearing under sid

2005-11-12 Thread Greg Madden
etinst CDROM (so I booted on it), then > dist-upgraded to Sid. > > By now, everything looks like I don't have any CDROM device: > > - The first thing I find really weird is that dmesg does not show any > information about my CDROM device. There is simply nothing about it. > >

Strange problem of /dev/cdrom disappearing under sid

2005-11-12 Thread Alexis Sukrieh
y weird is that dmesg does not show any information about my CDROM device. There is simply nothing about it. - under udev, I just don't have /dev/hdc, neither the symlink /dev/cdrom - under hotplug, I have /dev/hdc but cannot mount any device: "not a valid block device". Moreove

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-25 Thread James Vahn
J Merritt wrote: > Recently I ran 'apt-cdrom add /dev/cdrom' to add > repository index to Synaptic. The disc would not eject > even after apt-cdrom had unmounted it. I did a 'umount > /dev/cdrom' and it said the device was not mounted, of > course. It would not e

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting and umount -l

2005-10-25 Thread Justin Guerin
On Sunday 23 October 2005 12:04, J Merritt wrote: > OK, the lazy unmount via 'umount -l' worked. I was > able to unmount and re-mount two different discs. No > problems reported. I take it this is something that > should not be done under normal circumstances? Is > there any issue with using lazy u

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-25 Thread Justin Guerin
id, you'll have to install the > > autofs package to get > > automounting, or use one of the other suggested > > solutions. > > Recently I ran 'apt-cdrom add /dev/cdrom' to add > repository index to Synaptic. The disc would not eject > even after

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting and umount -l

2005-10-23 Thread J Merritt
OK, the lazy unmount via 'umount -l' worked. I was able to unmount and re-mount two different discs. No problems reported. I take it this is something that should not be done under normal circumstances? Is there any issue with using lazy unmount (I assume it's called lazy for a reason)?

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-23 Thread J Merritt
> On Monday 17 October 2005 17:19, J Merritt wrote: > > >> So what I do > is shell out, su, and > > 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine > for reading a single CD > > or DVD. However, after I enter the command, it > will not allow me t

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-18 Thread Adam Hardy
nt enabled. I'm assuming it's something you do with /etc/fstab (?). So what I do is shell out, su, and 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine for reading a single CD or DVD. However, after I enter the command, it will not allow me to 'umount /dev/cdrom'. It ke

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-18 Thread Justin Guerin
with /etc/fstab (?). So what I do is shell out, su, and > 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine for reading a single CD > or DVD. However, after I enter the command, it will not allow me to > 'umount /dev/cdrom'. It keeps saying the device is busy. What do I

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Ms Linuz
oblem that I'm sure has a simple solution. I do not have automount enabled. I'm assuming it's something you do with /etc/fstab (?). So what I do is shell out, su, and 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine for reading a single CD or DVD. However, after I enter the

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Charlie
s a simple solution. I do not have automount enabled. I'm assuming it's something you do with /etc/fstab (?). So what I do is shell out, su, and 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine for reading a single CD or DVD. However, after I enter the command, it will not al

Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread J Merritt
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Re: /dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
led. I'm > assuming it's something you do with /etc/fstab (?). So what I do is > shell out, su, and 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom'. This works fine > for reading a single CD or DVD. However, after I enter the command, it > will not allow me to 'umount /dev/cdrom

/dev/cdrom mounting

2005-10-17 Thread J Merritt
than how it works on the Mandrake side. In Debian, however, I'm having a problem that I'm sure has a simple solution. I do not have automount enabled. I'm assuming it's something you do with /etc/fstab (?). So what I do is shell out, su, and 'mount -r /dev/cdrom /mnt/cd

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-04 Thread Necati DEMiR
Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:45:23 +0200, Necati DEMiR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:38:34 +0200, Necati DEMiR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] it is a cd-writer. i think debian knows a cd-writer is connecte

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-03 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:45:23 +0200, Necati DEMiR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrea Vettorello wrote: > > >On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:38:34 +0200, Necati DEMiR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >[...] > > > > > > > >>> > >>> > >>it is a cd-writer. i think debian knows a cd-writer is connected

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-03 Thread Necati DEMiR
Andrea Vettorello wrote: On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:38:34 +0200, Necati DEMiR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] it is a cd-writer. i think debian knows a cd-writer is connected and loads the module ide-scsi, but it doesn't create hdb,cdrom or sr* under /dev/ directory. it is not problem for

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-03 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 21:38:34 +0200, Necati DEMiR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > > > > > it is a cd-writer. i think debian knows a cd-writer is connected and > loads the module ide-scsi, but it doesn't create hdb,cdrom or sr* under > /dev/ directory. > > it is not problem for me to use my

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-03 Thread Necati DEMiR
# dmesg|grep hdb ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA hdb: HL-DT-ST GCE-8400B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive # ls /dev/ MAKEDEVinitctl ram14tty10 tty3 tty49 ttyS1 ttyS29 ttyS48 adsp inputram15tty11 tty30 tty5 ttyS10

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-03 Thread Alan Chandler
On Monday 03 January 2005 10:17, Necati DEMiR wrote: > > # dmesg|grep hdb > ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi > ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA > hdb: HL-DT-ST GCE-8400B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive It looks to me as though you are using udev (or devfs). When you use ide-scsi

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-03 Thread Wim De Smet
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:17:10 +0200, Necati DEMiR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Try giving the file system type in your mount command: > >mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom > > > > > it didin't work. > > i am telling from stracth; > i rebooted the machine; > then > > # dmesg|grep hdb > ide_se

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-03 Thread Necati DEMiR
Try giving the file system type in your mount command: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom it didin't work. i am telling from stracth; i rebooted the machine; then # dmesg|grep hdb ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA hdb: HL-DT-ST GCE-8400B

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-02 Thread Paul E Condon
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:39:04PM +0200, Necati DEMiR wrote: > Hi, > i wanted to mount my cdrom, but i saw that there is no hdb or cdrom in > /dev directory, and i decided to create them by using mknod. > and i did the followings; > > #mknod -m 0660 /dev/hdb b 3 64 > #ln -

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-02 Thread Wayne Topa
Ollie Acheson([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:29:25PM +0200, Necati DEMiR wrote: > > > > Can't read your message -- it's in html. Turn that off and send plain text > so we can all read it. > Ollie Add this to your .mutt_mailcap and you will be

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-02 Thread Hanspeter Kunz
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 23:39 +0200, Necati DEMiR wrote: > Hi, > i wanted to mount my cdrom, but i saw that there is no hdb or cdrom in > /dev directory, and i decided to create them by using mknod. > and i did the followings; > > #mknod -m 0660 /dev/hdb b 3 64 > #ln -

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-02 Thread Necati DEMiR
Hi, i wanted to mount my cdrom, but i saw that there is no hdb or cdrom in /dev directory, and i decided to create them by using mknod. and i did the followings; #mknod -m 0660 /dev/hdb b 3 64 #ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom every thing is ok up to now. then i tried; #mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/ but

Re: mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-02 Thread Ollie Acheson
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:29:25PM +0200, Necati DEMiR wrote: Can't read your message -- it's in html. Turn that off and send plain text so we can all read it. Ollie -- |---| | Ollie Acheson | | Morristown, NJ| |-

mknod, /dev/hdb, /dev/cdrom problem

2005-01-02 Thread Necati DEMiR
Hi, i wanted to mount my cdrom, but i saw that there is no hdb or cdrom in /dev directory, and i decided to create them by using mknod. and i did the followings; #mknod -m 0660 /dev/hdb b 3 64 #ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom every thing is ok up to now. then i tried; #mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

Problem with /dev and /dev/cdrom

2004-07-17 Thread Manu
Hi I have a problem following an update today, I do not have access to my CDROM in nautilus as well as my burner in Eroaster I looked in /dev and I cannot see either my /dev/hdc (CDRW) and /dev/hdd (DVD) or /dev/cdrom is this a problem with the Kernel? What should I do? I see them at the

Re: /cdrom0 and /dev/cdrom*

2004-05-26 Thread John L Fjellstad
or hdd. You want to look for the symlink rule that set up the /dev/cdrom->/dev/cdrom0->/dev/hdc. If there are no udev rules that set up the symlink, check one of the scripts in /etc/init.d and see if it's done there. -- John L. Fjellstad web: http://www.fjellstad.org/ Quis c

/cdrom0 and /dev/cdrom*

2004-05-23 Thread Damon L. Chesser
(cdwriter) and /dev/hdd (cdreader). Further: I changed (in fstab) /dev/hdc to mount to /cdrom and /dev/hdd to mount to /cdrom1. This was done to allow players to play audio from the reader and not have to use the writer. I then modified /dev/cdrom to symlink to /dev/hdd and /dev/cdrom1 to

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-04-10 Thread jacobmaxwinkler
I have the same problem only mine reads lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Mar 22 12:48 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd0 this is running knoppix, if that makes a difference, and I'm total newbie. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: problem with /dev/cdrom --) /dev/cdrom0 [solved]

2004-04-01 Thread Mauro Darida
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 at 03:43:36 +, Kevin Mark wrote: > Ciao Mauro, > IIRC this may have something to do with the DISCOVER package. IIRC it > makes links during the boot process. > -Kev Thank you _so_ much! apt-get --purge remove discover solved the problem. I think it was rather difficult to sp

Re: problem with /dev/cdrom --) /dev/cdrom0

2004-03-22 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:19:46AM +0100, Mauro Darida wrote: > Recently I have discovered on my woody system this weird situation: > ifi:/home/mario# ls -l /dev/cdrom > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 Mar 18 2004 /dev/cdrom -> > /dev/cdrom0 > ifi:/home/mario#

problem with /dev/cdrom --) /dev/cdrom0

2004-03-22 Thread Mauro Darida
Recently I have discovered on my woody system this weird situation: ifi:/home/mario# ls -l /dev/cdrom lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 Mar 18 2004 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/cdrom0 ifi:/home/mario# ls -l /dev/cdrom0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Mar 18 2004 /dev/cdrom0 ->

Re: /dev/cdrom and 2.6 - what should /dev look like and how do I get there the Right Way

2004-03-20 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Peter Sebastian Masny (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I want to try to get my cd burner working with 2.6, but the mappings > in /dev are weird. My cdrom is on hdd (not hdc). > > /dev contains: > lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 Dec 14 22:31 cdrom -> > /dev/cdrom0 > lrwxrwxrwx1 roo

/dev/cdrom and 2.6 - what should /dev look like and how do I get there the Right Way

2004-03-20 Thread Peter Sebastian Masny
Hi all, I want to try to get my cd burner working with 2.6, but the mappings in /dev are weird. My cdrom is on hdd (not hdc). /dev contains: lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 11 Dec 14 22:31 cdrom -> /dev/cdrom0 lrwxrwxrwx1 root root 8 Dec 14 22:31 cdrom0 -> /dev/hdc lrwxrwxrwx

Re: why is /dev/cdrom owned by root:disk after installation?

2004-03-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
| Some userspace program must know too, since it is not the kernel that | creates the /dev/cdrom symlink. Whatever creates that symlink should | also change the target of the link to group cdrom. Way back when (I haven't installed since potato) I created that symlink for my own convenience (IIRC

Re: why is /dev/cdrom owned by root:disk after installation?

2004-03-17 Thread Cameron Hutchison
er ... isn't the automatic detection of the disks supposed to tell the > | kernel if it is a CDROM or CD-RW? > > The -kernel- knows, but that doesn't change any nodes on-disk in /dev. Some userspace program must know too, since it is not the kernel that creates the /dev/

Re: why is /dev/cdrom owned by root:disk after installation?

2004-03-17 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 11:35:48AM -0500, H. S. wrote: | Albert Dengg wrote: | | >Well, for the first point, the ownership of /dev/hdc: | >Who tells the installer that /dev/hdc is a cdrom drive? | | er ... isn't the automatic detection of the disks supposed to tell the | kernel if it is a CDROM

Re: why is /dev/cdrom owned by root:disk after installation?

2004-03-17 Thread H. S.
Albert Dengg wrote: Well, for the first point, the ownership of /dev/hdc: Who tells the installer that /dev/hdc is a cdrom drive? er ... isn't the automatic detection of the disks supposed to tell the kernel if it is a CDROM or CD-RW? On 2 of my computers, for example, it is not. The link al

Re: why is /dev/cdrom owned by root:disk after installation?

2004-03-17 Thread Albert Dengg
H. S. wrote: ... So why is it the CDROM devices are owned by root:disk? If we always have to change (at leat I have to, and from newsgroups many other people have to too) the ownership to root:cdrom, and make all users members of cdrom group (after all, what other purpose is a CDROM for if not f

why is /dev/cdrom owned by root:disk after installation?

2004-03-16 Thread H. S.
(okay, now I know why my previous two attempts at getting this throug have failed: wrong email address) Hi, I have installed Debian a few time (Woody as well as Sarge). Each time I notice that after installation, my CDROM device /dev/cdrom is linked to /dev/hdc. But /dev/hdc is owned by

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Minar
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 10:21:23AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > Please make sure to understand the advises before reporting further > problems the next time :-( Maybe I've gone too far; withdrawing this and apologizing. Peace. Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Jan Minar
is > > > owned by). -- You didn't do your homework, did you :-( If you are worried by the problems of the group-driven security, create a new group for the /dev/cdrom device, or use sudo. If the limitations of the Unix security model are unbearable, you might consider using kernel p

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

2004-01-05 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Andreas, David and others Thanks for your advice. - snip - > >>>eject /dev/hdc > >> > >> As ROOT it works, not as USER > > > > Add yourself to the cdrecording group, (or whichever group /dev/hdc is > > owned by). > > /dev/hdc probably is owned by the disk group, and it is a bad idea to > a

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello David Goodenough (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > On Sunday 04 January 2004 04:03, Stephen Liu wrote: >>> >>> Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your >>> lilo.conf or menu.lst: >>> >>>"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" >> >> Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" >> >>> You can test it wi

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread David Goodenough
On Sunday 04 January 2004 04:03, Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Robert, > > - snip - > > > Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your > > lilo.conf or menu.lst: > > > >"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" > > Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" > > > You can test it with the eject command: > > > >ej

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-04 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Robert, - snip - > Do you have scsi emulation enabled? Something like this in your > lilo.conf or menu.lst: > >"hdc=scsi" or "hdc=ide-scsi" Yes, "hdc=ide-scsi" > You can test it with the eject command: > >eject /dev/hdc As ROOT it works, not as USER However CDWriter icon is on KDE

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-02 Thread Robert Storey
On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 21:42:40 -0500 root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > note I'm having the same issue > it says > lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc > I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be > > the reason

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:04:47PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:28, Jan Minar wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > > > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > > > Try us

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:28, Jan Minar wrote: > On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). > > There's no difference between an absolut

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Jan Minar
On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 07:32:45PM -0800, Steven Yap wrote: > /dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to hdc. Is your CDROM drive really on hdc? > Try using the full path (/dev/hdc). There's no difference between an absolute and a relative path here. The symlinks are relative to the directly

Re: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread Steven Yap
On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 18:42, root wrote: > note I'm having the same issue > it says > lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc > I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be > the reason it isn't mounting? /dev/cdrom i

/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device`

2004-01-01 Thread root
note I'm having the same issue it says lrwxrwxrwx for access 1 root root 3 (date) /dev/cdrom -> hdc I had a harddrive hooked up to the same place previously could this be the reason it isn't mounting? * To: debian user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Subject: Re: cdrom not

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-29 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 06:01:33PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: ... > A weird thing came up on #debian today, which maybe someone else can > explain to _me_: a guy was trying to setup CD ripping with ide-scsi > emulation enabled, and had enormous trouble since cdparanoia claimed it > couldn't find a gene

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-29 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 04:46:07PM +0100, Qian Gong wrote: > Hi, > > I am using CDRDAO to record CDs. I add the user to group cdrom to enable > the access to /dev/scd0 (linked by /dev/cdrom). But I got an error > message 'Cannot map "/dev/cdrom" to a SG device."

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread ernst
Hi I had the same problem, and I think this was the solution, but I'm not 100% sure.: chown root:cdrom /dev/cdrom add the user to cdrom group chown root /usr/local/bin/cdrdao chmod 4711 /usr/local/bin/cdrdao /ernst On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Qian Gong wrote: > Hi, > > I am u

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:57:33AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > Do you have this: > crw-rw1 root cdrom 21, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/sg0 > > I'm not clear on all the relationships -- I do hope someone can respond > with an overview of how all the parts connect... > The following list

Re: /dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread Bill Moseley
On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Qian Gong wrote: > Hi, > > I am using CDRDAO to record CDs. I add the user to group cdrom to enable > the access to /dev/scd0 (linked by /dev/cdrom). But I got an error > message 'Cannot map "/dev/cdrom" to a SG device." It seems the user

/dev/cdrom, /dev/scd0, /dev/sg0 ?

2002-11-28 Thread Qian Gong
Hi, I am using CDRDAO to record CDs. I add the user to group cdrom to enable the access to /dev/scd0 (linked by /dev/cdrom). But I got an error message 'Cannot map "/dev/cdrom" to a SG device." It seems the user should have to ability to access /dev/sg0. What's the relat

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread Levi Waldron
On November 5, 2002 03:33 pm, Burkhard Ritter wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, DSC Siltec wrote: > > My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way > > that I can create a /dev/cdrom? > > > > - Mike > > ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom U

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread Burkhard Ritter
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, DSC Siltec wrote: > My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way > that I can create a /dev/cdrom? > > - Mike ln -s /dev/hdb /dev/cdrom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&quo

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach DSC Siltec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.05.1459 -0500]: > My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way > that I can create a /dev/cdrom? ln -s hdb /dev/cdrom -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :

Re: /dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 09:59 PM 11/5/2002 +0200, DSC Siltec wrote: My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way that I can create a /dev/cdrom? Create a symlink... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/dev/cdrom

2002-11-05 Thread DSC Siltec
My cdrom is /dev/hdb. I don't have a /dev/cdrom listed. Is there a way that I can create a /dev/cdrom? - Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

/dev/cdrom owners

2002-04-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
Okay, so I have /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc set up (since a netinstall does not set up /dev/cdrom at all, hmmm...is that a wishlist bug?). What do you recommend for /dev/hdc permissions: ~$ ls -l /dev/hdc brw-rw1 root disk 22, 0 Nov 30 2000 /dev/hdc or ~$ ls -l /dev/hdc brw

Re: Changing /dev/cdrom symlink.

2001-12-23 Thread B. L. Jilek
Hi dman! On Sun, 23 Dec 2001, dman wrote: > On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 01:33:12PM -0500, B. L. Jilek wrote: > | I've got a strange problem with my /dev/cdrom symlink. > | > | I'm running Woody on an smp scsi machine kernel 2.4.10. > | > | I've got: > | /de

Re: Changing /dev/cdrom symlink.

2001-12-23 Thread dman
On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 01:33:12PM -0500, B. L. Jilek wrote: | I've got a strange problem with my /dev/cdrom symlink. | | I'm running Woody on an smp scsi machine kernel 2.4.10. | | I've got: | /dev/cdwrite --> /dev/sr0 --> /dev/scd0 | /dev/cdrom --> /dev/sr1 --> /dev

Changing /dev/cdrom symlink.

2001-12-23 Thread B. L. Jilek
I've got a strange problem with my /dev/cdrom symlink. I'm running Woody on an smp scsi machine kernel 2.4.10. I've got: /dev/cdwrite --> /dev/sr0 --> /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom --> /dev/sr1 --> /dev/scd1 Everything works fine. What happens is after a reboot the /dev/

Re: /dev/cdrom problem...

2001-12-23 Thread JP Glutting
ROM device, but it " echo "does not exist. Not updating /dev/cdrom$CDNUM." elif [ ! -b $CDROM ] then echo -n "discover reports that $CDROM is the CD-ROM device, but it " echo "is not a block device. Not updating /dev/cdrom$CDNUM."

Re: /dev/cdrom problem...

2001-12-23 Thread JP Glutting
; up the writer on /dev/cdrom1, and the reader on /dev/cdrom2 (/dev/cdrom is, > correctly a link to /dev/cdrom1). I can change the links, but they go back to > the other configuration after a reboot. Of course, this screws up cd players, > rippers, writers, etc. > > Any info on h

Re: /dev/cdrom problem...

2001-12-22 Thread Daniel Freedman
On Sun, Dec 23, 2001, JP Glutting wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a problem with my device configuration. I have a CD player and a CD > writer (/dev/hdc and /dev/hdd, respectively), and whenever I boot up it links > up the writer on /dev/cdrom1, and the reader on /dev/cdrom2

/dev/cdrom problem...

2001-12-22 Thread JP Glutting
Hi All, I have a problem with my device configuration. I have a CD player and a CD writer (/dev/hdc and /dev/hdd, respectively), and whenever I boot up it links up the writer on /dev/cdrom1, and the reader on /dev/cdrom2 (/dev/cdrom is, correctly a link to /dev/cdrom1). I can change the links

Re: How to reset my /dev/cdrom

2000-10-20 Thread Moritz Schulte
"Rogelio E. Castillo Haro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried to mount a cd with mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom (The link is ok) > but when I insert a cdrom with failures it blocked my /dev/cdrom and > I can't umount How can I reset the device ? Just a guess! If you

How to reset my /dev/cdrom

2000-10-20 Thread Rogelio E. Castillo Haro
I tried to mount a cd with mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom (The link is ok) but when I insert a cdrom with failures it blocked my /dev/cdrom and I can't umount How can I reset the device ? TIA -- Rogelio E. Castillo  

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(, addendum

2000-03-22 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (esoR ocsirF) wrote: >On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 01:27:56AM +, Colin Watson wrote: >> If groups isn't displaying the right output after a useradd, then my >> guess is that you haven't logged out and in again since the useradd ...? > >ACK! I have gotten so used to things working w

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(, addendum

2000-03-22 Thread esoR ocsirF
On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 01:27:56AM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > If groups isn't displaying the right output after a useradd, then my > guess is that you haven't logged out and in again since the useradd ...? > ACK! I have gotten so used to things working when I do them ( as opposed to Windoughs

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(, addendum

2000-03-22 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (esoR ocsirF) wrote: >On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 03:06:04PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: >> in that case it should work, does id or groups show that you are a >> member of the cdrom group? is your cdrom REALLY /dev/hdc? >> (secondary master) > >groups does not show me as a member of c

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(, addendum

2000-03-22 Thread esoR ocsirF
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 03:06:04PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > > in that case it should work, does id or groups show that you are a > member of the cdrom group? is your cdrom REALLY /dev/hdc? (secondary master) groups does not show me as a member of cdrom. I did the following; janet:~# useradd

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(

2000-03-22 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 10:59:17AM -0800, esoR ocsirF wrote: > Hmmm I always just made my cdrom ( hdc ) world readable. this seemed > like a nice way to handle it but it didnt work for me. > > janet:/dev# ll cdrom > lrwxrwxrwx1 root cdrom 8 Dec 13 04:54 cdrom -> /dev/hdc > > ja

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(, addendum

2000-03-22 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 12:08:03PM -0800, esoR ocsirF wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 10:59:17AM -0800, esoR ocsirF wrote: > > Hmmm I always just made my cdrom ( hdc ) world readable. this seemed > >

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(, addendum

2000-03-21 Thread esoR ocsirF
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 10:59:17AM -0800, esoR ocsirF wrote: > Hmmm I always just made my cdrom ( hdc ) world readable. this seemed should refer

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom, Does not work for me :-(

2000-03-21 Thread esoR ocsirF
On Tue, Mar 21, 2000 at 06:39:33AM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 07:09:44PM +0100, Radim Gelner wrote: > > > > On my system, the symlink /dev/cdrom is pointing to /dev/hdb. /dev/hdb is > > owned by root, group disk. When I want to allow users to play CD

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom

2000-03-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 07:09:44PM +0100, Radim Gelner wrote: > > On my system, the symlink /dev/cdrom is pointing to /dev/hdb. /dev/hdb is > owned by root, group disk. When I want to allow users to play CDs using > cdcd, can I change the group for /dev/hdb to cdrom or is there som

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom

2000-03-21 Thread Jacob Jovelou
On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Radim Gelner wrote: > > On my system, the symlink /dev/cdrom is pointing to /dev/hdb. /dev/hdb is > owned by root, group disk. When I want to allow users to play CDs using > cdcd, can I change the group for /dev/hdb to cdrom or is there some > security threa

Re: Group for /dev/cdrom

2000-03-21 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> On my system, the symlink /dev/cdrom is pointing to /dev/hdb. /dev/hdb is > owned by root, group disk. When I want to allow users to play CDs using > cdcd, can I change the group for /dev/hdb to cdrom or is there some > security threat? > i think, it is secure. i do it that wa

Group for /dev/cdrom

2000-03-21 Thread Radim Gelner
On my system, the symlink /dev/cdrom is pointing to /dev/hdb. /dev/hdb is owned by root, group disk. When I want to allow users to play CDs using cdcd, can I change the group for /dev/hdb to cdrom or is there some security threat? Thanks Radim

RE: /dev/cdrom problem

1998-11-13 Thread Shaleh
Please include the program's output and the result of: ls -al on the /dev device that /dev/cdrom is linked to. On 12-Nov-98 Vincent Murphy wrote: > i can't use xplaycd or any other cd playing program as a normal user. > the message i get from xplaycd is that permission is deni

Re: /dev/cdrom problem

1998-11-13 Thread James Dietrich
On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 11:39:26PM +, Vincent Murphy wrote: > i can't use xplaycd or any other cd playing program as a normal user. > the message i get from xplaycd is that permission is denied to use /dev/cdrom. > i can make the program work using sudo though. > any way i c

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