[sf-lug] i586 ThinkPad CD-ROM problems

[jim stockford]

    seems to me one big issue is how to point someone,
who's relatively new, to information that will help them
identify the information that's germane.
    what to look for specifically? (maybe restate what exactly
we're trying to identify.)
    there's info on the outside of the box. there may be info
inside (e.g. battery compartment). there may be info in
/var/log/dmesg (i.e. the output of the dmesg command).
there may be info in the /proc/ filesystem.
    anywhere else?
    the following commands might include some useful
system data (commands show root user prompt):
# dmesg | grep CPU
# dmesg | grep sizeof
# echo $HOSTTYPE
# less /proc/cpuinfo
# more /proc/stat


On Nov 12, 2007, at 5:10 PM, Blake Haggerty wrote:

> I didn't mean to HighJack this string with my own issues with a Vaio 
> Laptop I just wanted to throw in my two cents on what an issue may be 
> with Alex's CD drive... using my issue as an example.
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> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] i586 ThinkPad CD-ROM problems
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> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Rick Moen wrote:
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> > If it's the same type of VAIO outboard CD drive that my old laptop 
> has,
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> You know, this thread would have been way shorter if only we could know
> which the heck laptop this was.
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> I think that i586 issue is almost totally a red herring.
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