Some FC-2 questions

[David Curry]

Hi all.

I have some rather generic questions about FC-2 (Kernel 2.6.10-1.9, AMD 
Athalon cpu) sound and CD recording.

CD matters:
The command "cdrecord -scanbus" returns information on both of the two 
CD drives on my system along with a note and two warning messages.  The 
note advises that the software is an "unofficial", modified version of 
cdrecord with DVD support.
Warning message #1 reads in part, "inofficial libscg transport code 
version (Schily-Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH ....)".
Warning message #2 follows the parameter listing for my ATAPI  CD-R/RW 
24X10 drive and reads, "Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD 
capabilities page."

Have others seen this second message on their systems?  What does it 
mean with respect to functionality (useability) of the drive for writing 
CDs?

Sound matters:
Gnome hardware browser reports:
Sound cards -        VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 audio controller device 
manfg by VIA Technologies sound card and a snd-82xx driver;
Pointing devices - PC Speaker, PS/2 mouse

When first used, the hardware browser did not list "PC Speaker" 
anywhere.  That item only appeared after entry of "modprobe pcspkr" at a 
command line in root.  Is it customary for PC Speaker to be identified 
as a pointing device?

On bootup, I have no sound at all.  Each time I reboot, I must issue the 
"modprobe pcspkr" command to get PC speaker sound.  Shouldn't PC Speaker 
sound implement automatically?

I get no sound at all from the motherboard integrated sound card (a 
problem I am not asking anyone on this list to address now).  My 
question for the list arises from the fact that each time I reboot I 
find that volume settings on all sound control software are set to zero 
on launch.  Is this normal?  Can it be overridden?