Re: ITP: Diskdrake

[pixel@linux-mandrake.com]

Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:

> Chmouel Boudjnah <chmouel@mandrakesoft.com> writes:
> 
> > Goswin Brederlow <goswin.brederlow@student.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
> > 
> > > First the librpm had missing symbols and then it still gives perl
> > > errors.
> > 
> > It's fixed with the last version of diskdrake (990722).
> 
> Got it working a bit further now, but:
> 
> Uncaught exception from user code:
>         sorry, /proc/ide not available, seems like you have a pre-2.2
> kernel
>  => not handled yet :( at detect_devices.pm line 85.
>         detect_devices::getIDE() called at detect_devices.pm line 24
>         detect_devices::get() called at detect_devices.pm line 30
>         detect_devices::hds() called at diskdrake.pm line 28
>         diskdrake::diskdrake() called at ./diskdrake line 39
> 
> I have a
> > uname -a
> Linux alpha 2.2.5 #6 Fri Nov 3 00:26:07 CET 2000 alpha unknown
> 
> But I have no ide devices connected at the moment.
> 
> I will test on a PC as soon as it got debian installed or I might find
> a way around the ide stuff meanwhile. I'm not best at perl, but I know
> my way around.
> 


i've corrected... i thought it was available in any case, silly me :-/

you just have to replace

sub hasIDE() { 1 }

by

sub hasIDE() { -e "/proc/ide" }


> May the Source be with you.

:)


thanks, cu Pixel.