Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:55:32 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: KSCD... Message-ID: <19990922175532.A279@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C87@site2s1>; from Christopher Michaels on Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 08:26:01PM -0400 References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105C87@site2s1>
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On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 08:26:01PM -0400, Christopher Michaels wrote: > Mark, > I'm not the original posted, but THANK YOU! I found all of the below info > in the mailing list archives about a month ago, except for what exactly had > to go in the rc file. Mine was blank just as you had described, and I just > gave up on it for the time being. > > I wonder if the maintainer of the port should print some kind of message at > the end of a 'make install' to this effect, or if it could be put in a FAQ > somewhere. > Well something should be done (I'm not overly concerned myself because I don't use it anymore) because the program core dumping just because the wrong CD device is specifed is *bad*. At least a message along the lines of "/dev/rmatcd0: device not found. Try using the -d option to specify the correct device" would point all but a very few people to the solution. Of course, using a sensible default device would be sensible as well, ideally /dev/rwcd0 since most users will have ATAPI CD-ROMs. > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Ovens [SMTP:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 4:07 PM > > To: Luis Rios > > Cc: 'questions@freebsd.org' > > Subject: Re: KSCD... > > > > On Tue, Sep 21, 1999 at 02:57:11PM -0400, Luis Rios wrote: > > > I've just recently installed FreeBSD3.2 on a pentium 166 with 64M of ram > > > along with KDE. The problem lies when I try to access the CD players app > > > (KSCD) . Everytime I try to run it starts, stops, and then dumps core.. > > The > > > only thing that I can think of is the device for the CD-ROM is incorrect > > or > > > PNP is not enabled (I removed it from the kernel). Has anyone had this > > > problem or are things just not configured correctly?? Any advice or > > hints > > > would be greatly appreciated.... > > > I installed KDE via pkg_add... > > > > > > > <sigh> > > Why can't the KDE "fix" this? kscd uses rmatcd0 as its default CD > > device. This is the proprietry Matsushita/Panasonic interface. It's > > from the days of 2x drives. Who uses *those* anymore? > > > > Anyway, either start it with ``-dev /dev/<your_raw_cd_device>'' (I > > think that is the correct option, it may just be ``-d /dev/.....''. > > > > Better still, add the following to ~/.kde/share/config/kscdrc > > > > [General] > > CDDevice=/dev/cd0c > > ^^^^ > > > > Change this to suit. ISTR that someone said that it needs to be > > the raw device for IDE CD-ROMs but I'm not sure, mine's SCSI. > > > > There is a catch-22 with kscd, the kscdrc file is empty until you > > run kscd the first time, once you get it started you can add the > > above line via the options menu, but you can't start kscd until > > you know how to specify the correct device :-/ > > > > > > > > Please reply to the sending address as I am not currently on the mailing > > > list... > > > > > > Thanks.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > > STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. > > OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. > > ________________________________________________________________ > > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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