Mage,

Thanks for the tip.  I didn't see the Linux version on their site but they 
say they're updating they're server so hopefully that's a termporary thing.

Vaughn


On Saturday 31 January 2004 21:41, you wrote:
> try www.free-av.com.
> they have a linux capable virus scanner (it uses the dazuko engine) and can
> auto-update daily if set so.
>
> I use it here and its been a real life saver. :)
>
> Mage
>
> On Saturday 31 January 2004 03:16 pm, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > On Saturday 31 January 2004 19:30, you wrote:
> > > I got that a lot as well. started with my old cd/cd-r drive (thought it
> > > was blown). howeverm replacing with a new emprex DVD/R, CD/r didn't
> > > solve the problem. it works ok in windows on the same box, but for some
> > > reason, linux (mandrake 9.1) seems to bitch about it.
> > >
> > > I am beginning to think its an OS/software related issue. did you
> > > recently upgrade your OS?
> > >
> > > Mage
> >
> > No, this has been a Mandrake 8 box for well over a year.  I'd been having
> > a hard time with a previous CD drive that seemed flakey - sometimes it
> > would read a CD, sometimes it wouldn't.  I moved it to another box and
> > eventually it failed there, so I threw it out.  It was old and slow so no
> > big loss. This new CD/DVD drive worked well for quite some time, but I've
> > had rare occasions when it had trouble playing a CD audio disk.  On a
> > couple of those occasions, a gratutitous reboot fixed that problem.
> >
> > One thing I did see last week made me think I'd caught a virus - and
> > maybe I did, but the problem seemed to go away and unfortunately I didn't
> > pursue it any further.  What happened was that I suddenly couldn't access
> > the Internet - but only on this box.  I could still ping the firewall box
> > (it also runs Mandrake) and get to the web from other Linux and MS
> > machines. I ran "top" and discovered that kmail had gone crazy, was
> > sucking up most of the system's RAM and was possibly trying to send an
> > email to someone I'd never heard of. Of course, I may have accidentally
> > replied or forwarded some piece of spam I was deleting.  Probably should
> > look for a virus checker for this thing.
> >
> > Vaughn
> >
> > > On Saturday 31 January 2004 02:00 pm, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > > > Symptoms:  The drive mounts OK, but when I try to "ls" or "cd" it,
> > > > the message is "bash: cd: /mnt/cdrom: Input/output error"  I've also
> > > > noticed that in dmesg there are a number of CD-failure related
> > > > messages, the most notable being:
> > > >
> > > > hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
> > > > Error } hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
> > > > hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
> > > > hdc: command error: error=0x54
> > > > end_request: I/O error, dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 64
> > > > isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=16:00, iso_blknum=16, block=32
> > > > cdrom: open failed.
> > > >
> > > > And then that last one repeats a bunch of time.  I've tried to clean
> > > > it I can't tell if the drive is actually trying to spin the cleaning
> > > > disk.
> > >
> > > hmmmmmmmm
> > >
> > > > Another interesting symptom:  when I try to unmount the CD, it says:
> > > > umount: it seems /mnt/cdrom is mounted multiple times
> > >
> > > haven't gotten this one yet.
> > >
> > > I am going to try both drives in another box. it could be a bad
> > > secondary port (I hope not!).
> > >
> > > my suggestion, don't toss the drive just yet.
> > > have it tested in another box.
> > >
> > > Mage
> > >
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