Gutsy will not recognize dvdr

[NoOp]

On 11/17/2007 03:54 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
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> On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:08:38 -0800 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>> 
>>> /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*
> 
> He is trying to setup a DVD drive and is missing a driver. It's got
> nothing to do with finding modules.
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 

Perhaps, but I'd recommend finding what modules he does have first.

As a BTW: sudo modprobe on my systems returns:

$ sudo modprobe pixx
FATAL: Module pixx not found.

yet:

~$ modprobe -l *piix*
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-386/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_mpiix.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-386/kernel/drivers/ata/pata_oldpiix.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-386/kernel/drivers/ata/ata_piix.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.22-14-386/kernel/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-piix4.ko