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[ts-7000] Re: Where is the EJECT command (CDROM support, etc...)?

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Where is the EJECT command (CDROM support, etc...)?
From: "pezimadio" <>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:04:04 -0000

--- In  "pezimadio" <> wrote:
>
> 
> I am trying to use a Verizon (NovaTel) USB760 cell modem on a TS-7800 running 
> the stock TS-Linux 2.6.21. Everything I have read/googled implies that this 
> device initially is detected (always, not just the first time) as a CD (e.g. 
> /dev/sr0) which needs to be ejected (via linux eject command) in order to 
> cause the USB760 device to transition to its next state of operation as a 
> modem. That's fine. Unfortunately, I see no "eject" command on the TS-Linux 
> 2.6.21 distribution. I've tried downloading the 2.6.21 source and rebuilding 
> with more and more subsystems enabled (like SCSI CDROM support), still no 
> luck. Any ideas about how I can go about adding the CD support I seem to need 
> in order to get this modem working? 
> 
> To summarize, I believe I need to be able to:
> 
> 1) See the USB760 device initially as a CD at /dev/sr0 or similar (instead of 
> /dev/sda as it is doing now)
> 
> 2) Be able to "eject" the CD so that the modem then appears at /dev/ttyUSB0 
> (currently the only things I see added under /dev when the device is inserted 
> are scd0, sda, sg0, sg1, usbdev2.3_ep00/06/08/85/87).
> 
> Maybe /dev/scd0 is the CD I am looking for as opposed to the standard 
> /dev/sr0? Still, I need to be able to eject it somehow.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
>

Fixed. TS Support told me to just do "apt-get install eject". Der. Sorry to bug 
the list with this. I had no idea it would be that simple.

FWIW, the sarge repository is at "deb ftp://archive.kernel.org/debian-archive 
sarge main" these days. Update /etc/apt/sources.list accordingly.




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