Please keep the old IDE chipset drivers so that external CD writers can work

[Rick Knight]

Wenzhuo Zhang wrote:
> Rick Knight wrote:
>
>   
>>>   $ wget
>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb
>>>
>>>   $ sudo dpkg -i linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> I tried this tonight. I ran into dependency problems.
>> linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb depends on
>> module-init-tools_3.3-pre11-4ubuntu5_i386.deb which depends on
>> libc6_2.7-10ubuntu3_i386.deb. I don't mind replacing module_init_tools,
>> but libc6 scares me a little. Is it safe to replace the Gutsy libc6 with
>> the Hardy libc6? It will probably lead to more dependency problems.
>>
>>     
>
> Try:
>
> $ sudo dpkg --ignore-depends=module-init-tools -i linux-image-2.6.24-15-386_2.6.24-15.27_i386.deb
>
>
> Wenzhuo
>   
Wenzhuo,

I've found a fix (or work-around) for this issue. I found this kernel 
parameter "all_generic_ide" mentioned as a possible fix for a problem 
with Seagate drives. I tried using it with my default, un-modified Gutsy 
kernel but it didn't solve the problem. I tried it with the custom Gutsy 
kernel I built with the pata_via module enabled and that worked. I don't 
know why, but the combination of the pata_via module and 
"all_generic_ide" allows my system to boot and run the Gutsy kernel. Now 
I'll be ready to upgrade to Hardy after it's had a week or to to stabilize.

On another note, Brian Murray (ubuntu developer?) has marked my bug 
(212042) as won't fix because it "doesn't meet the criteria for a stable 
release update". What does this mean?

Thanks,
Rick Knight

P.S. Where is your petition to keep the old IDE drivesr?