Re: Floppy operation eratic - Suse Linux 9.3

As listed in the subject, 9.3, the version of the KDE is 3.4.
Not sure of all updates, drivers are being placed on this machine which
is NOT allowed on the Internet to get any updates!

ac wrote:
> SuseNewbie wrote:
> > I can access the floppy via the command line
> > mdir and see the files present, but when I attempt to view the floppy
> > via the GUI, I get this error message:
> > Error - Konqueror
> > The process for the media protocol died unexpectedly. Another box pops
> >
> > up with Mounting /dev/fd0 as the title, with 0% listed.
> >
> >
> > I Click on the OK button of the error message, then click on cancel of
> > the Mounting /dev/fd0
> > window to exit.
> >
> > Yet, Mdir and Mcopy work to access files on the floppy.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > The floppy was operational prior to running "make mrproper" in user
> > mode.
> > I later ran "make mrproper" in root mode and rebuilt the kernel.
> >
>
> I do not use th efloppy much at all, but I recall that mounting or
> unmounting was something I needed to take special care over, at least
> on earlier versions than 10.0 (9.1, 9.2?).
>
> A general shot here: which version of suse are you using, and are
> updates in place, also it might be worth knowing your version of kde
> of it is not the suse version default.
>
> --
> ac

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