On Tuesday 13 June 2006 02:30, S.W. Bobcat wrote: > Nigel, > > Well your'e not the only one who is seriously T'd off with FC5. After 3 > installs and one update to FC5, I finally had it, and dropped back to FC4. > But I think part of the problems I have been having are related to the > kernel. The 2.6.15 series works fine, however the 2.6.16 series both for > FC4 and FC5, has caused me nothing but grief. Most of my problems seem to > deal with software problems. Example Star Office 6.0 which both loads and > installs under FC4 2.6.15, does not load, or is able to even be installed > under the 2.6.16 kernel. Why? I have know idea, but I suspect that > something was changed in the 2.6.16 kernel that has created a series of > incompatabilities both with software and maybe some types of hard ware. I > too had some problems with FC5 reading a Floppy Drive, but it reads just > fine under FC4. > > Bob Hi Bob. I've fixed the floppy problem. Created a floppy directory in /media, then copied the /etc/fstab entry from FC2 for the floppy to FC5's. Your suggestion to create a link to device from the desktop would not work, but only because at that time I had nothing for the floppy in /etc/fstab. Now in KDE using Kdiskfree, I can mount the floppy, then open it in a file manager, which is just as it is in FC1,2,3, and 4. FC5 has no entries for any removable media in /etc/fstab. These are being handled by another app. Hal? I have 3 ROM drives on this machine, plus the floppy drive. When you insert a DVD in the DVD ROM drive a box opens asking what do you want to do with this media? In the case of a DVD there are 2 options. Do nothing, or Open in file manager. Also there is a checkbox "Always do this for this type of media" . Man I hate those boxes, because if you check them, and have made an error, you have a hell of a job to find the config file to uncheck that box. The box that opens for the CDROM drive has more options, including "Play". As the floppy drive is removable media, I can't understand why there isn't a box that opens when inserting a floppy, asking what I want to do with it. Thats life I suppose. Nigel Thanks by the way, to all the other folks that have contributed to this thread. > > Antonio > As you no doubt realise, I'm seriously T'd off with > FC5, and thats leaving aside the Ragr 128's r128 driver problem. > > Nigel. > > >From: Douglas Phillipson <phillipd@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: No floppy device in FC5 > >Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:48:58 -0700 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from hormel.redhat.com ([209.132.177.30]) by > >bay0-mc8-f6.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, > > 12 Jun 2006 13:50:06 -0700 > >Received: from listman.util.phx.redhat.com (listman.util.phx.redhat.com > >[10.8.4.110])by hormel.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPid 7752A73266; Mon, > >12 Jun 2006 16:49:34 -0400 (EDT) > >Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com > >(int-mx1.corp.redhat.com[172.16.52.254])by listman.util.phx.redhat.com > >(8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP idk5CKnUIm027256 for > ><fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:49:31 -0400 > >Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31])by > >int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP > >idk5CKnUGl023266for <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:49:30 > >-0400 > >Received: from belak.oem.doe.gov (hqdmz1.oem.DOE.GOV [205.254.142.236])by > >mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP idk5CKnUCS001510for > ><fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:49:30 -0400 > >Received: from katana.oem.doe.gov (mailscanner.oem.doe.gov > >[172.30.10.92])by belak.oem.doe.gov (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id > >k5CKnJfK020053(version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 > >verify=NO)for <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:49:19 -0400 > >Received: from [172.20.10.7] (athlon.oem.doe.gov [172.20.10.7])by > >katana.oem.doe.gov (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k5CKkERn010492for > ><fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx>; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:46:15 -0400 > >X-Message-Info: LsUYwwHHNt2+dmJjRNpz73Qh7u0ql1EfAftAA1q9IC4= > >User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060119) > >References: <20060612203525.46104.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >X-U-ECN-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more > >information > >X-U-ECN-MailScanner: Found to be clean > >X-U-ECN-MailScanner-From: phillipd@xxxxxxxxxxx > >X-RedHat-Spam-Score: 0 X-loop: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >X-BeenThere: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 > >Precedence: junk > >List-Id: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list.redhat.com> > >List-Unsubscribe: > ><https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list>,<mailto:fedora-list- > >request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: > > <https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list> > >List-Post: <mailto:fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >List-Help: <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=help> > >List-Subscribe: > ><https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list>,<mailto:fedora-list- > >request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: > > fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >Return-Path: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Jun 2006 20:50:06.0247 (UTC) > >FILETIME=[C909C370:01C68E61] > > > >Antonio Olivares wrote: > >>Use Kwikdisk in KDE. It should let you mount a floppy > >>disk by default. The fstab line with /dev/fd0 > >>/media/floppy should be present though for this to > >>work. > >> > >>/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto > >>pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > >> > >>Hope that kwikdisk/kdiskfree is installed on your > >>computer and this little problem goes away for you. > >> > >>Worst case is open up a terminal $ su - > >>password: *** > >># mkdir -p /media/floppy # mount /dev/fd0 /media/floppy > >>and your floppy should be mounted & ready. > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Antonio > >> > >>>As you no doubt realise, I'm seriously T'd off with > >>>FC5, and thats leaving aside the Ragr 128's r128 driver problem. > >>> > >>>Nigel. > > > >There is NO /dev/fd0 device, it's notr there... > > > >Doug P > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
