Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-11 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > > I've found a fix (or work-around) for this issue. I found this kernel > parameter "all_generic_ide" mentioned as a possible fix for a problem > with Seagate drives. I tried using it with my default, un-modified Gutsy > kernel but it didn't solve the problem. I tried it with

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-11 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >>> $ wget >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>> >>> $ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>> >>> >>> >> I tried this tonight. I ran into dep

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-09 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >>> $ wget >>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>> >>> $ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb >>> >>> >>> >> I tried this tonight. I ran into dep

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-08 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I'm not sure I follow you here. Are you suggesting I upgrade to the >> Hardy beta, or just set my repositories to Hardy and update. Won't that >> be an upgrade? How stable is Hardy. I know the code freeze is this week, >> but is it safe to upgrade

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-08 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > I'm not sure I follow you here. Are you suggesting I upgrade to the > Hardy beta, or just set my repositories to Hardy and update. Won't that > be an upgrade? How stable is Hardy. I know the code freeze is this week, > but is it safe to upgrade to Hardy? I am suggesting you t

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-07 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I downloaded the Kubuntu 8.04 Desktop CD ISO, burned the ISO and booted. >> It DOES install my hard drives as /dev/hd devices, not /dev/sd and I can >> access them without any problem, so whatever is causing my problem with >> Gutsy, has been fixe

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-05 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > I downloaded the Kubuntu 8.04 Desktop CD ISO, burned the ISO and booted. > It DOES install my hard drives as /dev/hd devices, not /dev/sd and I can > access them without any problem, so whatever is causing my problem with > Gutsy, has been fixed in Hardy. Also, I think tells m

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-04 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I've removed/commented everything from /etc/initramfs-tools/modules except >> >> via82cxxx >> ide_generic >> ide_disk >> ide_cd >> >> And I've run >> >> $update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.22-14-generic. >> >> I still can't boot the 2.6.22-14-generic kern

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-04 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> I've removed/commented everything from /etc/initramfs-tools/modules except >> >> via82cxxx >> ide_generic >> ide_disk >> ide_cd >> >> And I've run >> >> $update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.22-14-generic. >> >> I still can't boot the 2.6.22-14-generic kern

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-04 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > I've removed/commented everything from /etc/initramfs-tools/modules except > > via82cxxx > ide_generic > ide_disk > ide_cd > > And I've run > > $update-initramfs -c -k 2.6.22-14-generic. > > I still can't boot the 2.6.22-14-generic kernel but now I can see my > CDrom and D

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-04 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> That's almost done it. I can see my two CD drives, /dev/hdc and >> /dev/hdd. It seems that something else is still missing, or maybe I need >> to take something out. Would anything else be effected by taking out >> libata? >> > > /etc/initram

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-03 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > That's almost done it. I can see my two CD drives, /dev/hdc and > /dev/hdd. It seems that something else is still missing, or maybe I need > to take something out. Would anything else be effected by taking out > libata? /etc/initramfs-tools/modules should be empty by default.

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-03 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > >> I'll file the bug report as you, suggest, tonight or this weekend. But >> until I hear a respones to the bug report, is there anyway to force the >> newer kernel to setup drives by path with hdxn instead of sdxn? Also, if >> I do rebuild the kernel,

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-03 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > I'll file the bug report as you, suggest, tonight or this weekend. But > until I hear a respones to the bug report, is there anyway to force the > newer kernel to setup drives by path with hdxn instead of sdxn? Also, if > I do rebuild the kernel, which module(s) do I need to ac

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-03 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Matthew Garrett wrote: > No, something else is going on here. usb-storage is entirely unrelated > to the IDE subsystem, so doesn't care whether you're using libata or > not. Something else is triggering this bug. usb-storage is indeed unrelated to the IDE subsystem. However, both libata and usb

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-03 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > > >> boot the 2.6.22.14-generic kernel? I have a 4 year old Soyo motherboard >> with Via chipset. Can I rebuild the kernel to get this older IDE >> support? I can still boot into my Feisty kernel. >> > > > If your chipset is not supported by lib

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-03 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Rick Knight wrote: > >> Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Starting from Gutsy, the old IDE chipset drivers are no longer included in >>> the kernel package. >>> >> Could this be my problem? See post "Help with Gutsy upgrade" in this >> list. After an u

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-03 Thread Matthew Garrett
No, something else is going on here. usb-storage is entirely unrelated to the IDE subsystem, so doesn't care whether you're using libata or not. Something else is triggering this bug. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-02 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > boot the 2.6.22.14-generic kernel? I have a 4 year old Soyo motherboard > with Via chipset. Can I rebuild the kernel to get this older IDE > support? I can still boot into my Feisty kernel. If your chipset is not supported by libata, and you want rebuild the kernel to add

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-02 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Rick Knight wrote: > Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Starting from Gutsy, the old IDE chipset drivers are no longer included in >> the kernel package. > Could this be my problem? See post "Help with Gutsy upgrade" in this > list. After an upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy the new kernel will not lo

Re: Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-02 Thread Rick Knight
Wenzhuo Zhang wrote: > Hi, > > Starting from Gutsy, the old IDE chipset drivers are no longer included in > the kernel package. Could this be my problem? See post "Help with Gutsy upgrade" in this list. After an upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy the new kernel will not load my hard drive. When I upg

Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

2008-04-02 Thread Wenzhuo Zhang
Hi, Starting from Gutsy, the old IDE chipset drivers are no longer included in the kernel package. The libata based drivers, being cleaner and easier to maintain, have taken the places of the old drivers. However, external CD writers don't work with the new libata based IDE drivers. Please se