Alpha 3 is out, so I am downloading the PS3 version from: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/

There is also a url for a daily build from July 22nd. No idea which is better or if there is any difference. Anyone got any ideas?

btw, I'v downloaded the today's (01072009) build of Karmic Koala and it do not detect my PS3's disc drive. Anyone had the same? Is it a problem from today build?[/quote]

I've had this issue, found a fix at all?

Is drive mentioned at all in fstab? What does command print?

i think this error is caused by burning the install cd to a dvd insteasd of a cd, try burning again on a low speed to a cd. This fixed it for me

I installed Karmic today, I think it was the 8/24/09 iso. I couldn't install from the Alternate iso; installer said it couldn't detect any cdrom drives.

So I installed from the Desktop iso;
install_nosplash video=ps3fb:mode:131 (or 3 or whatever, for you.)
The graphical installer is So slow, but the text-based installer couldn't find packages at all, so oh well.

If you want to use kboot (which I like better than petitboot, because I can add kernel options at the prompt), then you have to make sure you partition your /etc and/or /boot drive as ext3 and not ext4.

Snes9x works now with much better performance than I was getting under Jaunty (about the same now as under Intrepid).

Unfortunately, I haven't gotten sixaxis over bluetooth to work (whereas it worked great for me with Jaunty thanks to falkTX's updated scripts.) Something to do with HAL going away in 9.10, or did I dream that?

However, for reasons I don't understand, my wireless USB mouse doesn't seem to work with my 9.10 install. It worked in the Live installer, if I unplugged and reconnected the receiver (though the Live environment was all so slow that I'm not sure whether I needed to do that.) My wired USB mouse works fine. Annoying, I dunno.

I may be able to answer some questions about this process.

I downloaded the Xubuntu 9.10 daily from 8.31.09, and during install it had no drivers for the CD ROM. I tried a few times, and kept hitting that wall. Strange that during install from a CD that it can't find the CD ROM anymore. Very strange...

Try the desktop installer, (not alternate)

install_nosplash at the kboot prompt

bring something else to do.

@barrybarrykelly: I used a CD burned on 4x the slowest my drive will go, and had the same problem.

@Refried: I don't think I used the alternate, unless you are saying I shouldn't use the one that says it is for the PS3. Can you share the exact URL of the iso you say worked?

Yes, I was saying not to use "karmic-alternate-powerpc+ps3.iso". When I used it, it gave me the same "can't detect cdrom drive" error you got. I used "karmic-desktop-powerpc+ps3.iso" and was able to successfully (though very slowly) install.

Unfortunately, it looks like desktop/ps3 isn't being built anymore, because there's none at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/daily/current/ at the time of this posting. So! I guess your only alternative now is to say a prayer and try the newest "alternate" installer.

Let me know if it works? :-\

Has anyone actually had a karmic install work with a "304R" drive (brand-new 80G, just pre-slim), instead of the 302R that shows up in google? I dug into the "couldn't detect cdrom" a bit, and found this:



and in fact it created /dev/sg0 which is the generic scsi low-level interface (ie. "well, it's a scsi device but we don't know what to do with it") but no /dev/sr0... that was with daily/current/karmic-alternate-powerpc+ps3.iso from 9/9/2009...

Also there's no sr_mod in /lib/modules, but I don't see one on my desktop post 2.6.27 either...