Very Computer

Installed RedHat9 at which time network PCMCIA 100mb Card worked a treat -  
then up2date--  50Mg later of X evvery thing which I presume installs of  
itself;
Hardware Browse can see DVD-CDR and LS-120 A drive but neither will eject,  
A wont read write, CD wont allow copy....... but can read - no idea why  
here, newbe <gulp shock horror > sorry.

Any links to FAQs or ideas much appreciated.

Cheers
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Coincidentally, I happen to have recently posted a guide to Linux on the
Inspiron 7000, your model's kin.  However, my Inspiron has neither a DVD
drive nor an LS-120, so it probably won't be relevant to your immediate
problem.  Still, just in case you're curious:

http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/inspiron7000.html

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Quote:> Coincidentally, I happen to have recently posted a guide to Linux on the
> Inspiron 7000, your model's kin.  However, my Inspiron has neither a DVD
> drive nor an LS-120, so it probably won't be relevant to your immediate
> problem.  Still, just in case you're curious:

> http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/inspiron7000.html

Thanks for that. Appears RH 9 and patches via up2date have in the main  
recognized most of the bits. However,
error kio_devices_mounthelper; cant load superblock
when attempting to mount the LS120 drive...

The lan, pcmcia card, looks ok, switch lights indicate it's talking but  
try to browse to the desk top machine on the other end and;

Klauncher said Error loading kio_lan

Stuggling here, any ideas?

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1.  So, admittedly I didn't technically say "I'm not the right person to
ask, having not used the hardware you're talking about", but I certainly
implied it, and here you are, asking _specifically me_ for help.
There's something peculiar, there.

2.  A problem with your general approach:  You're trying to use strictly
high-level, abstract tools -- ones many layers of software away from
your hardware -- which give almost nil debugging information, and
expecting people to somehow hand you a solution out of nowhere.  As
you're likely to find out for yourself, that almost never works.

You should be posting things like:  relevant excerpts from
/var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg , relevant excerpts from "lsmod"
(e.g., do you have the ide-floppy driver loaded?), exactly what manual
"mount" command you use instead of relying on the KDE automounter doing
the right thing (which may not be the case[1]), etc.

If you want to get help, you need to supply meaningful information.

Oh, and by the way:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Essays/smart-questions.html

[1] In fact, you should halt that process temporarily, lest it interfere
with diagnosis.

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ick,
NOW I understand why Linux has had such a time getting critical mass. Plus  
why you use a linux mafia domain. Hey I'll go away and find out else where  
so if and when I have some answers I'll not give the flip to self admitted  
newbies but explain the what well may be simply stuff.
Thanks for the education.

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Name-calling or typo?

Quote:> NOW I understand why Linux has had such a time getting critical mass. Plus  
> why you use a linux mafia domain.

Ah, name-calling.

Quote:> Hey I'll go away and find out else where  so if and when I have some
> answers I'll not give the flip to self admitted  newbies but explain
> the what well may be simply stuff.  Thanks for the education.

I was of course not "giving you the flip", but rather spending time
giving you careful -- and, I might add, expert and seasoned -- advice on
how to better seek help from the technical community so as to get
meaningful results quickly and not waste your and other people's time.
This subject is one that has been under intense study for well over a
decade, and the document I referred you to for information happens to be
one of the main reference works on the subject.

One of the recurring social problems of the Linux community is our
encounters with people who, like you, value only at cost anything they
receive for free.  But, momentarily unpleasant though such encounters
may be, we write off the waste of time and turn to helping others who
lack your attitude problem and accept valuable feedback in the spirit
intended.

Anyway, good luck to you.  You'll need it.

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Do you ever read what you write Rick, an answer could take 6 words, you've  
written paras of self justification.
And I'M the fool.....
I give lots of help to others Rick, in areas I' knowledgable in and for  
free, stop the finger pointing.
Please just go away.

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If you say so.

Quote:> I give lots of help to others Rick, in areas I' knowledgable in and
> for free, stop the finger pointing.  Please just go away.

Friend, I've been posting here approximately since creation of this
newsgroup, and am just not likely to leave.  On the other hand, if
you're having problems figuring out your newsreader's filters, I'd be
glad to help you on comp.os.linux.misc.  (Except, oops, you'd need to be
running Linux, rather than Opera on Win32.)

Anyhow, as I was saying, good luck.  You're going to need it.

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