Hello fellow slackers,

- My slackware version is 10.2
- I updated the kernel to version 2.6.13 (from the direcoty on slackware 10.2 CD2) using the documentation in README.initrd also on CD2

The problem:

After rebooting with kernel 2.6.13 I'm having 2 problems:

1. Windows drives and the CDROM, defined in FSTAB don't get mounted anymore. While trying to mount them manually (ex. mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom) I'm getting the message "/dev/cdrom is not a valid block device"

2. My screen defined in /etc/X11/xorg.conf is not working anymore (X doesn't start). It was using nvidia drivers. When I configure it back to vesa X starts just fine

Are these problems common when updating to kernel 2.6? What can I do to fix them?

Thanks a lot in advance.

You have to re-install the nvidia driver for your new kernel, i.e. run:
About the 1st prob, take a look at the dmesg output when you try to mount your cdron to see if you find any hints.

daspooky,

What is the output of "cat /etc/fstab" and "ls -l /dev/cdrom" and "dmesg | grep ATAPI" ???

Edit: Please use [_code_] before your output and [_/code_] after your output, without the underscores (_).