Mandrake 9.2 and LG CD Drives

[JoeHill]

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:15:45 -0400
Ilya Palagin <IlyaPalagin-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> uttered:

> > Just a heads up, many people are reporting that the 9.2 install of
> > Mandrake has hosed their CD drive *permanently*. Seems to be
> > particular to LG drives, but there is more info here:
> > 
> > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=12989&forum=10
> > 
> > Is someone trying to tell me to switch distros...? ;-)
> > 
> LG and Samsung has always been the worst CD drives, so Mandrake just 
> does ? natural selection, helping Linux community to cut feebles off
> :-)

Verrrrry funny...anyway, it *seems* to be limited to CDROM drives,
really el-cheapo ones, and more to do with the kernel version than
the distro itself (kernel module trying to configure drive to beyond
it's limits?) We shall see. My LG burner, BTW, has never spit out one
coaster, very reliable, I've been using it since about 8.2 with no
problems.

Lot of complaints on the Mandrake lists about this release, missing
packages, broken init.d, missing kernel source, some other stuff. I
wonder if they were in too much of a hurry to get this "out the door".

Just so no one gets me wrong, I am very thankful for my rock-solid 9.1
install, does everything I want it to, no complaints at all. I'm sure
this will all come out alright in the end.

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