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From: Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sr0 has disappeared: big mystery
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 23:11:58
Message-Id: 20090515231153.GB4988@ca.inter.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sr0 has disappeared: big mystery by Dirk Heinrichs
1 090515 Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
2 > Am Freitag, 15. Mai 2009 11:00:59 schrieb Philip Webb:
3 >> For the 1st time in 2 months, I went to write a CD & discovered
4 >> that /dev/sr0 is not being created nor symlink /dev/cdrom ;
5 >> I looked at 'dmesg': no mention of 'sr' or 'cd' being found.
6 >> I tested the drive: SystemRescue 1.1.0 (kernel 2.6.25.16) starts correctly
7 >> & mounts /dev/sr0 on /mnt/cdrom ; its 'dmesg' says :
8 >> sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray \
9 >> Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
10 > Please post your kernel config.
11
12 The relevant lines are
13
14 # Device Drivers
15 # Generic Driver Options
16 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
17 CONFIG_STANDALONE=y
18 CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=y
19 CONFIG_FW_LOADER=y
20 # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
21 CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE=""
22 # CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR is not set
23 # CONFIG_CONNECTOR is not set
24 # CONFIG_MTD is not set
25 CONFIG_PARPORT=y
26 CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=y
27 # CONFIG_PARPORT_SERIAL is not set
28 # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO is not set
29 # CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_SUPERIO is not set
30 # CONFIG_PARPORT_GSC is not set
31 # CONFIG_PARPORT_AX88796 is not set
32 # CONFIG_PARPORT_1284 is not set
33 CONFIG_PNP=y
34 # CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES is not set
35
36 # Protocols
37 CONFIG_PNPACPI=y
38 CONFIG_BLK_DEV=y
39 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
40 # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
41 # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
42 # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
43 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
44 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMEM is not set
45 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_COW_COMMON is not set
46 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
47 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CRYPTOLOOP is not set
48 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
49 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SX8 is not set
50 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UB is not set
51 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
52 # CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD is not set
53 # CONFIG_ATA_OVER_ETH is not set
54 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
55 # CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES is not set
56 CONFIG_HAVE_IDE=y
57 # CONFIG_IDE is not set <<<--- is this the important line ?
58
59 # SCSI device support
60 # CONFIG_RAID_ATTRS is not set
61 CONFIG_SCSI=y
62 CONFIG_SCSI_DMA=y
63 # CONFIG_SCSI_TGT is not set
64 # CONFIG_SCSI_NETLINK is not set
65 # CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS is not set
66
67 # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
68 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
69 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
70 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
71 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
72 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
73 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set
74 # CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SCH is not set
75
76 ...
77
78 # CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems
79 CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
80 # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set
81 CONFIG_ZISOFS=y
82 # CONFIG_UDF_FS is not set
83
84 >> BIOS reports "Auto-detecting PATA primary master: ATAPI CD-ROM".
85 > What BIOS says is irrelevant.
86
87 It does mention 'PATA' & 'ATAPI', which mb relevant.
88
89 --
90 ========================,,============================================
91 SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb
92 ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto
93 TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca

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Re: [gentoo-user] /dev/sr0 has disappeared: big mystery Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>