Problem with Kernel 667?

Kim Lux lux at diesel-research.com
Wed Nov 3 20:57:29 UTC 2004


Can you mount it and access it manually ?  I'd clear the fstab entries,
reboot so there are no applications trying to mount/access it and then
test it manually.  Once you get it working manually, work on getting
kscd working with it. 


On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 15:35 -0500, Neil B. Cohen wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 12:29 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> > I don't know if if is well documented, but I think /dev/cdrom is an
> > outdated mount point.  I think things are being mounted under /media
> > these days.  I'll bet the cdrom driver in the kernel is mounting the
> > cdrom under /media.
> > 
> > You might have to delete some automount and fstab entries to get things
> > working again. 
> > 
> The entry in fstab looks like this:
> 
> /dev/hdc                /media/cdrom            auto
> pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> /dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto
> pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0
> 0
> 
> So it thinks it is in the right place - could there be something
> specific with KsCD that it is looking for /dev/cdrom??
> 
> If I just type 'eject' at the console, the cdrom drive opens properly.
> 
> Anyplace else that might point to /dev/cdrom that needs to be changed??
> 
> thanks,
> 
> nbc
> 
> > 
> > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 14:00 -0500, Neil B. Cohen wrote:
> > > I have been running FC3 for a few days - no problems with kernels 639,
> > > 640, 643 etc. I just installed 667 and rebooted, and when it tried to
> > > start KsCD, I was told that /dev/cdrom had the wrong permissions or no
> > > audio CD was in the drive. I was listening to a CD before I rebooted, so
> > > I know it was working. But after the reboot, /dev/cdrom does not exist
> > > at all. Any idea why? What is the 'correct' way to restore that?
> > > 
> > > Is this a known issue? Do I need to create a bugzilla entry?
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > 
> > > nbc
> > > 
> > > NAME:   Neil B. Cohen (Cisco Systems Inc.)
> > > PHONE:  703-484-1316
> > > DOMAIN: nbc at cisco.com
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> > > 
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> > 
> 
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