Can't find cdroms / unmerging KDE

Syruz · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 38

Ok I'll start with the unmerge KDE. KDE merge failed halfway and I'm not able to get it to fully merge, but thats not a problem because I'm using fluxbox. So I type:

emerge unmerge kde

But it wants specific packages. Where can I find a list of all KDE packages? If I emerge -s kde I get a huge list of stuff and I know that some of the packages aren't default KDE packages.

Next question. Which is more important. I have an IDE CDRW drive on /dev/hda and an IDE dvd drive on /dev/hdc.

In my kernel:
< > Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support
<m>SCSI Emulation support (don't know the module name??)

<m>SCSI Support (scsi_mod.o)
<m>SCSI CDROM support (module sr_mod.o)
<m>SCSI Generic support (module sg.o)
<*>Enable extra checks in new queueing code
<*>Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device
<*>Verbose SCSI error reporting

No low-level scsi drivers.

I have modules sr_mod, sg, and scsi_mod in my /etc/modules.autoload. They all load with no errors on boot.

My /etc/fstab reads:
....
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/burner iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/dvd iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0
....

cdrecord -scanbus

says "cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.

my /boot/grub/menu.lst reads:
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hdd4 /dev/hda=ide-scsi

If I "dmesg | grep SCSI" I get the following:
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00

Problem: I can't see either of my cdrom drives, so I can't mount dvds to watch movies and I can't burn cds.

Questions:
1. Can anyone help?

2. Do I need to update my /etc/fstab?
3. Is there a problem in my kernel configuration?
4. Where do I find system links to scsi cdroms? /dev/scsi? /dev/scsi is blank along with /dev/cdroms

I probably didn't list my system info in a logical manner, I just listed stuff as it came to mind.

Syruz · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 38

Syruz · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 38

I recompiled my kernel and still no luck. Gentoo doesn't see my cdroms period.

Anyone know why?

Syruz · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 38

when I dmesg | grep hd i get:

Kernel command line: root=/dev/hdd4 /dev/hda=ide-scsi
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hda: DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdc: DMA, hdd: DMA
ide2: BM-DMA at 0a800-0xa807, BIOS settings: hde:pio, hdf:pio
ide3: BM-DMA at 0xa808-0xa80f, BIOS settings: hdg:pio, hdh:pio
hda: Plextor CD-R PX-W8432T, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1202, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: WDC WD205BA, ATA DISK drive
hdd: 40088160 sectors (20525 MB) w/2046KiB cache, CHS=39770/16/63, UDMA(66)

Does that help at all?

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Syruz · n00b Joined: 02 May 2002 Posts: 38

When I modprobed ide-scsi module my cdroms were under /dev/scsi. So I put a link to the module in /etc/modules.autoload.

Thanks!!

Now I just need to get KDE to work. Its wierd because Xine has the same type of problem.

I know I have the disk space because after KDE failed I emerged Gnome.

Puzzling.