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Article #47074Re: CD-ROM not working under linux slakware
From: Aaron Todd
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 00:00
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I had the same problem with my Virge and Xwindows... I have a virge DX 4M and was told that it should use the SVGA server... yeah right... I use the S3V server and it works great from 640 480 to 1027 768 just like it should... Darrin Smith wrote in message <77mdkp$8so$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au>... >I sucessfuly set up linux (I thought) installing it from the slakware CD >Now when I boot and login (as root) I can't use the cd-rom. >During the startup detect it reports that the cd-rom format is not >compatable and that no cd was found. >I have the CD as secondary master (ie /dev/hdc) the linux swap and native >partitions are on primary slave (hdb) win98/fat32 is primary master (hda) >I think maybe the secondary controller hasn't been enabled. >How can I check this and change it? >(I didn't install package "Q" do I need that too?) >I'm also having stacks of problems getting X to run. startx bombs >with heaps of errors. I've got a S3 ViRge 4MB PCI. Does anyone know >what settings I should use? even startx -probeonly bombs. >Thanks! >-- >Darrin Smith Phone(work)08 9224 0263 (+61 8 9224 0263) >Ph.D Student, University Dept of Medicine(fax) 08 9224 0246 (+61 8 9224 0246) >Medical Research Foundation Building (home)08 9305 9425 (+61 8 9305 9425) >Level 4, 50 Murray St. PERTH WA 6000 NEW(mob) 0414 756 502 (+61 414 756 502) >-----------------------PORSCHE- There is no substitute----------------------- >E-Mail: darrins@cyllene.uwa.edu.au WWW:http://www.uwa.edu.au/cyllene/darrins >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 102983,16d35ab716a138d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: "Aaron Todd" <guldee@hempseed.com> Subject: Re: CD-ROM not working under linux slakware Date: 1999/01/19 Message-ID: <77vbs3$6ce$1@ftp.curtin.edu.au> X-Deja-AN: 433982035 References: <77mdkp$8so$1@enyo.uwa.edu.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 X-Complaints-To: news@news.curtin.edu.au X-Trace: ftp.curtin.edu.au 916665027 6542 134.7.112.22 (18 Jan 1999 13:10:27 GMT) Organization: Curtin University of Technology NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jan 1999 13:10:27 GMT Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux