Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[beekster]

Funny, the CD/DVD drive icon isn't there. It was earlier.

[Semme]

Open Pmusic >> file >> play cd audio.. We have ignition? If not, try pCD..

[OscarTalks]

beekster,

What Puppy is this? There's a bug in some of the recent ones, the CD drive icon doesn't appear if you load an audio CD.

01micko posted a .pet which fixes it in a thread somewhere but not sure where (I have a copy stored locally) and not sure if this is your problem.

EDIT:- see this thread http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=679757#679757

[Semme]

Ya hear this Beekster? Ya should've told me a long time ago which Pup you're run'n..

[beekster]

Oh yeah,

Sorry about that! It's Wary Puppy

[beekster]

A friend gave me this old XP Pentium 4 PC with 512Mb RAM. I've since found out that there are so many old PCs out there which can be had for next to nothing! I ran across an article by Howard Fosdick "Smart Reuse with Open Source: Linux Goes Green", and that's how I ran across Puppy, and, evidently, a community of like minded people. My background is not in IT, but, as a problem solver and fixologist the idea of getting some real value out of these things, rather than sending them to the scrap heaps of China, is something I couldn't pass up.

I've installed 2 gigs of RAM which is a noticeable improvement, and before Puppy I was able to get the DVD drive working (Good thing!) I downloaded a video decoder, opened it up and cleaned it and updated the firmware. I still haven't been able to get it to see a CD. My bet is it's some problem with the registry (Windows terminology?) That's not a deal breaker, but it's an interesting challenge. I look forward to moving on and discovering more about my Wary Puppy, and finding out about some of the other breeds too.

[`f00]

@beekster - audacious is a rather nice audio/CD-player, but you may need to check for dependencies in the particular version you dl'd and installed ~or~ go with an older version. Try starting it from the console (audacious at the #, then enter/return<key>) and it will likely have some info as to what's needed to get it running.. if that gets messy, uninstall via the ppm (Puppy Package Manager) and try another version - not all dotpets will work with all pups.

Starting 'fresh' is an option - type the bootcode "puppy pfix=ram" (you'll see it at the # prompt under the bootsplash graphic, which also shows the version number of your wary) and do some light setting work (again ), then reboot and make a new savefile (name it a bit differently, the save dialogue will guide you). Choose your new savefile when asked during the reboot.

Keep your savefile slim and healthy has some good tips.

hth & keep'em flying

[beekster]

As regards the cdrom issue:
#: dmsg.txt: command not found
gzip: dmsg.txt: no such file or directory

then

dd: opening /dev/cdrom: no medium found

So, I guess that confirms what's not happening with the cdrom!

[Semme]

Try again.. Include your Wary version.

[Semme]

Beekster- get yourself a new terminal. Open PPM (PupPackageManager) >> clk utility >> grab lxterminal.

[beekster]

Got it! It looks like my desktop. What do I do with it?

[Semme]

Good. Now where's our dmesg dump?

[beekster]

sh-3.00#

Should I start over in this terminal?

[Semme]

The file >> dmesg.txt.gz's already in you home directory. Edit your post >> browse >> add attachment.

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Late edits response..

Whaddaya do with it? You have a console icon on your desktop?

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Should you start over for our dmesg.txt? No. It's already there.

[beekster]

# dmesg > dmesg.txt
# gzip dmesg.txt
gzip: dmesg.txt.gz already exists; do you wish to overwrite (y or n)? y
# dd if=/dev/null bs=2048
0+0 records in
0+0 records out
0 bytes (0 B) copied, 1.2854e-05 s, 0.0 kB/s
#