-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-10-22 at 20:53 -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote:
What is the output of
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom
That should tell you what the CD device is to help narrow things down.
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The output of that command scrolls across the screen and is gone in less than 1 second.
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom > cdrom-info than you can see details in file cdrom-info, or /usr/sbin/hwinfo --cdrom | grep Device although relevant information should be on the screen as it is listed last.
When I do either of these commands, the result is "No such file or directory." I'm running 9.3. Should I be in root?
I don't understand. A moment ago you said that you got so much output that it scrolls out of the window, now you say you get "no such command". I don't understand, unless you are typing incorrectly. If you enter "hwinfo" - and of course that you have to use it as root! - you should get a lot of output. And you should already know, as an old linux user, that in those cases you have to "pipe" the output. There are many ways: hwinfo | more hwinfo | less hwinfo > any_file_name hwinfo ... and go back up the screen using the terminal scroll bar or [Shift][PgUp] And remember that "|" is not "one" nor "L", but the pipe symbol. Or simply read the help for "hwinfo" and learn how to "log" the output. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFHHU+9tTMYHG2NR9URAtdMAJ9ZQDJ+ZvHDgLEPt1hLIS+FtNOCJgCfdLPZ Vz9CpXqihw/7EOOprcG/6xQ= =kuSt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org