Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4749 mails)

[John LeMay <jlemay@xxxxxxxx>]

Just got my Sony CDRW/DVD combo drive in, and I could use some pointers 
in working with it from KDE and from a hardware perspective.

First, how do I determine the firmware currently on the drive? Any tips 
on updating it if an update is available?

Second, my KDE desktop still has the "DVD-ROM" icon for the old device. 
From the YaST2 Hardware Information module I see the device is 
recognised correctly as a "Sony CD-RW/DVD-ROM CRX801E". Do I need to do 
anything else for it to work properly? Should I see a "CD-RW" device on 
the KDE desktop? Trying to add a new device link in KDE only gives me a 
"CD/DVD-ROM" option, no CD-RW. Should there be a CDRW option or does it 
not matter?

thanks in advance!

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John LeMay
KC2KTH
Senior Enterprise Consultant
NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848
Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions