Unersolved issues with FC6?

[Kip Thomas]

item 7

readcd dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 -scanbus       assume you have an ATA drive

try same for cdrecord to find out your device

On 11/15/06, Knute Johnson <knute at frazmtn.com> wrote:
>
> I've still got a few problems with FC6 I'm hoping somebody can help
> me clear up.
>
> 1) I get the message "usb 1-2: device descriptor read/all, erorr -71"
> on startup.  My USB flash drives seem to work.
>
> 2) I can't enable "Desktop Effects".  Is some special hardware
> required?
>
> 3) I get vertical lines when I use the backspace or right arrow over
> text.  It shows up in Firefox text boxes and text in the main display
> window.  It doesn't happen when I backspace over text in Open Office
> Writer.
>
> 4) Minimized windows don't show up on the lower panel.  You have no
> idea that you have a minimized window anywhere.  If I hit Alt-Esc
> hidden windows will maximize.
>
> 5) Dual head doesn't work but I don't think it has ever.
>
> 6) I installed both Gnome and KDE because I wanted to see what KDE
> looked like.  Now if I switch to KDE, it starts with a dialog "I've
> Detected a Panel Already Running and Will Now Exit".  The Gnome
> panels at the top and bottom of the screen are visible along with the
> KDE panel at the bottom of the screen above the Gnome one.
>
> 7) cdrecord -scanbus returns the following message.  I did manage to
> write the Zod DVD by right clicking on the file icon.
>
> [root at knute knute]# cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (cpu-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J?rg
> Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with
> DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in
> the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla Note: The author of cdrecord
> should not be bothered with problems in this version. cdrecord:
> Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character. Cannot open SCSI
> driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
> cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
> [root at knute knute]#
>
> I'm serioiusly considering going back to FC5.  I've got it running on
> two other machines with no problems and there were none of these
> startup problems with it either.  I do think 6 is a little faster
> booting and running.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
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> Knute Johnson
> Molon Labe...
>
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