Sorry, I wasn't very specific, was I?

This is mtx version 1.2.17rel on FreeBSD 4.8.  

I'm able to talk to both the changer and the drive without any trouble.  The 
issue is that when a tape is in the drive, mtx does not know what tape is 
there, reporting "Unknown Storage Element".  This confuses chg-zd-mtx, and the 
'current' and 'next' functions don't work.  Thus, amtape doesn't work.

(In the following example, the tape from slot 4 was loaded into the drive.)

zuum# mtx -f /dev/pass2 status
  Storage Changer /dev/pass2:1 Drives, 8 Slots ( 0 Import/Export )
Data Transfer Element 0:Full (Unknown Storage Element Loaded)
      Storage Element 1:Full 
      Storage Element 2:Full 
      Storage Element 3:Full 
      Storage Element 4:Empty
      Storage Element 5:Full 
      Storage Element 6:Full 
      Storage Element 7:Full 
      Storage Element 8:Empty

I've searched the list archives (on yahoo) and it seems Uwe Berger ran into 
this same problem -- I'm hoping he's listening.. :)  It seems I can't get his 
email address without subscribing there, and I want to avoid that...

Thanks,
Jim
jmr AT computing DOT com