From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QbdMM-0002cS-CY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:50:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A48951C070 for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.majordomo.ru (smtp.majordomo.ru [78.108.84.6]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988E01C08D for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:55:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [78.108.81.7] (helo=mail.majordomo.ru) by smtp.majordomo.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.74 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1QbbZT-0005bv-Hy for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:55:31 +0400 Received: from 79.165.175.113 (auth. user shumkar@shumkar.ru@192.168.0.44) by mail.majordomo.ru with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:55:30 +0400 To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: no cdrom (IDE) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:55:30 +0400 X-Mailer: IlohaMail/0.8.14 (On: mail.majordomo.ru) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: "Alexey Mishustin" Bounce-To: "Alexey Mishustin" Errors-To: "Alexey Mishustin" Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1251 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 1b615a807abf987166bc3f447c719c9a 6/27/2011, "walt" =E2=FB =EF=E8=F1=E0=EB=E8: >On 06/27/2011 09:28 AM, Alexey Mishustin wrote: >> >> Here is the output of my lspci -k: >> >> SATA IDE Controller #1 >> =09Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4 >> =09Kernel driver in use: ata_piix >> =09Kernel modules: ata_piix >> SATA IDE Controller #2 >> =09Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82d4 >> =09Kernel driver in use: ata_piix >> =09Kernel modules: ata_piix >> >> If I understand well, dvd-player should be connected to one of the two >> ata_piix IDE interfaces? My motherboard is ASUS P5Q SE2. > >My hardware is several years older than yours, so my knowledge is obsolete := ( > >My dvd player uses the old flat-ribbon cable (5 cm wide) attached to an old >PATA controller plug, so naturally I need a PATA kernel driver to use the dv= d >drive. > >Does your dvd drive use a new (small) SATA cable to connect to the motherboa= rd? No, it is conected by the old flat-ribbon cable. >If the answer is yes, then your understanding is correct, and your kernel *s= hould* >be announcing your dvd hardware in dmesg. I don't see any mention about the dvd-player in dmesg. >Are you sure the cables are connected properly to the dvd drive? Are the li= ghts >on the dvd drive blinking normally during boot? Yes, it blinks normally. >I'm still trying to separate hardware/driver problems from udev problems. What should I do to make the kernel see the dvd-palyer? How to turn on the PATA driver? -- Regards, Alex