On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 22:24:50 -0600 Scot Jenkins <scot+tcluggen at thinkunix.net> wrote: > Check if the kernel sees your tape drive controller: dmesg|more > look for 'scsi' (assuming you have a scsi tape drive) > also try 'cdrecord -scanbus'; this should work whether you're using > scsi or ide-scsi (scsi emulation). You might need a kernel from the > '/kernels' directory from the slackware iso > cdrecord -scanbus picks up my DVD/CD-R/W drive but not my tape drive which is SCSI. When looking at dmesg, here is what I see aside from my cd/dvd drive: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2 I can hear the tape drive actuate as if in a self test once the kernel takes over and starts to work. What would I look for when recompiling the kernel to turn it on? Slack released a kernel security message not that long ago, so I suppose that and the SCSI tape issue would give me good reasons to recompile/build a new kernel. > is lpd running? ps -ef |grep lp > No. When I start lpd then try to print I get the message below. lpd is set to start automatically, but won't on boot. root at fjorn:/etc/rc.d# lp -dhp960c rc.bind Status Information, attempt 1 of 3: sending job 'root at fjorn+3' to hp960c at localhost connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer hp960c at localhost job 'root at fjorn+3' transfer to hp960c at localhost failed error 'NONZERO RFC1179 ERROR CODE FROM SERVER' with ack 'ACK_FAIL' sending str '^Bhp960c' to hp960c at localhost error msg: 'spool queue for 'hp960c' does not exist on server fjorn.int.mn-ttkd.org' error msg: ' non-existent printer or you need to run 'checkpc -f'' Waiting 10 seconds before retry if I do a checkpc -f then I get: root at fjorn:/etc/rc.d# checkpc -f Warning - hp960c: Bad printcap entry - missing 'sd' or 'client' entry? Did something change? Before we never had to create a printcap file, as CUPS did that. Here's the /etc/printcap file: root at fjorn:/etc# cat /etc/printcap # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the # /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file # will be lost. hp960c|hp960c:rm=fjorn:rp=hp960c: > do you have dvd+rw-tools package installed? > it's under <cdrom>/slackware/ap/ > Yes, package is installed. I'm assuming it's a line change within lilo.conf such as to enable it, but not certain. I can't find any documentation on how to set it properly. > sounds like something strange with either your xterm or window > manager. I suspect you wouldn't have this problem working from the > console, ie, NOT running X11. (from X11, CTRL+ALT+F1, login and do > your 'ls')-- Yes, I can see the files that way. Also, I just tried a standard "su" without the - to see if I can see the files and I can. Must be something with the color set to display the files. The files I can't see are anything with a .mpg or .mpeg extension. I'll see if I can track down how to change these settings. Thanks for the assistance Scot. -- Shawn "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear." -Mark Twain Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list