[Nottingham] Request for CDW help

Marcel Taylor nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk
Mon Jun 16 23:14:01 2003


Hi Duncan

Thanks  for your reply.

On Monday 16 June 2003 08:05, Duncan John Fyfe wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Marcel Taylor wrote:
> > Hi Everyone
> >
> > Can someone help getting my CDRW to work? Would you be willing to com=
e
> > round to my house and sort it out? I'd be happy to remunerate you in =
some
> > way, a meal,  drinks, etc.
> >
> > Trying to use the CDRW causes a kernel panic.
> >
> > manufacturer: AMACOM, model Baby CDRW AMA-BR2, connection: USB 1.0
> > laptop:Toshiba Tecra 8000
> > USB hub: UHCI
> > SuSE 8.1, KDE 3.1, kernel 2.4.19-4GB
> > Burners: K3b and KonCD
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marcel Newbie Taylor
>
> Hello Marcel et al.
> Sorry for the delay in responding but work sent me to Germany (36 C and
> humid in Garsching last Thursday).
>
> A few details for those offering hep,
> We had a quick look at the laptop/cdrw at the February meeting but deci=
ded
> there wasn't much we could do there due to short batter life and all pl=
ug
> sockets being taken.  What we did discover was that something about the
> cdrw was causing a kernel oops.
>
> Marcel,
> First, please update your kernel and modules if SuSe 8.1 has available
> packages.

Er, um, what does the above statement mean?

>
> After that I guess the best place to start is the logs.
>
> Scenario 1.
> 1. Plug the cdrw drive in, switch the machine on.
> 2. Once running would you copy the file (assuming SuSe keeps them
> in the usual place) "/var/log/messages" to a safe place (you may need
> to be logged in as root to do this).
> 3. Insert a data CD and try to do something (eg. copy a file from it).
> 4. Copy that file "/var/log/messages" to a different name in the 'safe
> place'. 5. Attatch the two copies to an email and send them to me (not =
to
> the whole list).
>
> Scenario 2.
> As Scenario 1 but plug the cdrw drive in after the machine has booted.

Many Thanks,
Marcel