Gutsy will not recognize dvdr

[Ed Miller]

NoOp wrote:
> On 11/17/2007 02:55 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
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>> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:35:54 -0500 Ed Miller
>> <miller07 at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> James Takac wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sunday 18 November 2007 07:34:01 Ed Miller wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I reinstalled gutsy to make using my extra hard drive easier. I
>>>>> used my dvd to install it. Now I am trying to use the dvd
>>>>> player to install build-essentials but can't get Gutsy to
>>>>> recognize the dvd. It's not just
>>>>>           
>>>> Do you per chance no the type of drive, i.e. sata or pata, maybe
>>>> scsi? I had the same on my other laptop before and I should check
>>>> to to see if I need to apply the workaround again as I
>>>> reinstalled Gutsy fresh on it. Ok they fixed what was the prob
>>>> for me earlier in Gutsy
>>>>
>>>> I can remember having to do a
>>>>
>>>> sudo modprobe piix sudo update-initramfs -u
>>>>
>>>> then editing /etc/modules adding the piix line to make it stick
>>>>
>>>> Just doing the modprobe should tell you if this is your prob as
>>>> you should be able to read from the drive again in that session
>>>> if it is
>>>>         
>>> Thanks for the quick reply. I believe the drive is a pata. When I
>>> run modprobe piix it tells me the module does not exist. Any ideas
>>> where i can find it? I googled it and found some stuff but no
>>> downloads.
>>>
>>>       
>> I have these on my system:
>>
>> /lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko 
>> /lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.ko 
>> /lib/modules/2.6.22-2-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko 
>> /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko 
>> /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.ko 
>> /lib/modules/2.6.22-3-686/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko
>>
>> You probably got "command not found" - you have to run modprobe as
>> root..so try sudo modprobe piix
>>
>> Cheers
>>     
>
> I don't think that he really wants to do that...
>
> If he just needs to find what modules are available on this system he
> should:
>
> modprobe -l *piix*
>
>
>   
here is what is available on my system

/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko

i am going to load each one until i find one that works?
Ed