On 17/10/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Yes, it sounds as though Linux has found and set up your drive fine. Try getting a CD lens cleaner on it. Woolworths sell them for about £6 or £7 I think. It looks like a CD but underneath it has series of fine brushes that clean the lens. It may work or it may not. It is a good investment to make whatever the outcome. If it doesn't work then the drive may be nearing the end of its days :-( -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(R) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

Andrew, Sorry to be so thick but how do I get the etc fstab file? S

Andrew, # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details ## fstab created by Livecd-install none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0 # fd: H1440 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,exec,rw,noauto 0 0 # /dev/hda1, size=6361677, type=131: Journalised FS: ext3 (primary) /dev/hda1 / ext3 noatime 1 1 # /dev/hda5, size=1285137, type=130: Linux swap (extended) /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 # /dev/hda6, size=4080447, type=131: Journalised FS: ext3 (extended) /dev/hda6 /home ext3 noatime 1 2 # cdrom: CD-224E-B /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,exec,ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/removable vfat pamconsole,exec,noauto,noatime,managed 0 0 [root@localhost ~]#

Mark, This doesn't look right-- even to me! Stuart [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# # mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/hdc /mnt/removable [root@localhost ~]# [root@localhost ~]# mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/hdc /mnt/removable mount: mount point /mnt/removable does not exist [root@localhost ~]#

On 17/10/06, Mark Leese <mark(a)staffslug.org.uk&gt; wrote: Agreed with Mark. The fstab (stands for file system table) is the linux way of showing you what drives are available and their various permissions and mount points. The onyl thing I would say is that is it a plain CD ROM drive or is it a writer? The change to be made if it is a writer wouldn't affect the problem you are having though. As you say, the KDE CD program (sorry, I forget which program it was) can give you a listing of the tracks. So, this would point to the fact that the drive is working to some extent. I'm inclined to think that it is either the lens or possibly the transport mechanism for the lens. Not wishing to get over technical but I wonder if the transport is stuck? The CD laser lens runs on a set of parallel tracks as the disk plays and progresses. This is opposite to the old LP's of our youth (Andrew, you can go to sleep here as this is antique ;-))))) ) where the tracks on a disk started at the outer edge. On a CD/DVD the information ( a series of pits on optical disks) starts from the inner edge of the disk. So, I'm wondering if it is stuck at the track information area? Another thing you could try is giving the inside of the drive a good blowing out. The compressed air cannisters are good for this as they have a straw to get into hard to reach areas (like WD 40 cans). Don't try spraying any lubricant in there though, you'll ruin the drive altogether. Try a plain old drinking straw and carefully blow into the drive to dislodge any dust and detritus. It may work but again, it may not, sorry. Just some thoughts :-) -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(R) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR

On 18/10/06, stuart bell <sailing1(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: I think the Kaffeine bit is the curse of sound output in KDE. I'm not hot on it but I have managed to sort it on PC's of mine in the past. In a nutshell, you may not be getting sound because KDE is looking at using the wrong mixer. Does anybody have sound output experience on here? If not I would sugest a Google search using something like KDE+sound. Try using the Linux specific Google though. http://www.google.com/linux? -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(R) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR