no cd* devices appear in /dev [was Re: device atapicam not enabled in GENERIC kernel for FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE]

Duane Whitty duane at greenmeadow.ca
Mon Mar 6 20:12:54 UTC 2006


> On Monday March 6 2006 16:09
> David J Brooks <daeg at houston.rr.com> 
>wrote
>
> This reminds me to ask: I have
> ATAPICAM enable in my kernal,
> specifically so that k3b can find my
> dvd+rw ... but no cd* devives appear
> in /dev, and k3b cannot find anything
> no matter where I tell it to look ..
> I must be overlooking something, but
> what?

Hi,

look at man 4 atapicam.  The examples 
section lists the other devices you 
need configured in the kernel.

Hope this helps,

--Duane


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