Re: [vox-tech] ATAPI CD-R won't write

[Rusty Minden <MAPSclownsinc@home.com>]

I realize that this is not an answer to your situaltion, but I have the 
Profesional SuSE 7.1 if you are interested I will have it at the IF. Or I can 
get it to you. Let me know if you are interested.

Rusty

On Friday 09 March 2001 17:06, you wrote:
> I am getting frustrated with this problem.  I had this drive working with
> SuSE 6.2 eval, but it won't write anymore since I installed SuSE 6.4 eval.
> I had problems with the distribution kernel 2.2.10 locking up in X
> windows, so I grabbed 2.2.18 and compiled it instead. That fixed the
> lockups, and I can read the CD just fine... I just can't seem to write to
> it.  I have tried several blank CD-Rs, and the results below are typical.
> I have found a hint on the web that not all is well with ide-scsi and
> newer versions of cdrecord:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=cdrecord+ide-scsi+dummy&num=30\
> &hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=10&seld=930816565&ic=1
>
> but nether earlier nor later versions of cdrecord seem to work for
> me.  Can anyone suggest direction to investigate further, before I ask
> in the ruckus of comp.os.linux.[setup|misc]?
>
> root@mirimichi:~ > cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> scsibus0:
>         0,0,0     0) *
>         0,1,0     1) *
>         0,2,0     2) *
>         0,3,0     3) *
>         0,4,0     4) *
>         0,5,0     5) *
>         0,6,0     6) 'IOMEGA  ' 'ZIP 100         ' 'D.06' Removable Disk
>         0,7,0     7) *
> scsibus1:
>         1,0,0   100) 'SONY    ' 'CD-RW  CRX100E  ' '1.0m' Removable CD-ROM
>         1,1,0   101) *
>         1,2,0   102) *
>         1,3,0   103) *
>         1,4,0   104) *
>         1,5,0   105) *
>         1,6,0   106) *
>         1,7,0   107) *
>
> # the behaviour is similar without -dummy... I just don't want any
> # coasters..
> # the cd spins up, the countdown finishes, and then the cd stops
> # spinning and the light goes out, and about 10 seconds later it spits
> # out the first error.
> root@mirimichi:~ > cdrecord -dummy speed=2 dev=1,0,0 -data /opt/x
> Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling
> scsidev: '1,0,0'
> scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 0
> Response Format: 1
> Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
> Identifikation : 'CD-RW  CRX100E  '
> Revision       : '1.0m'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in dummy mode for single session.
> Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 1 seconds.
> cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
> CDB:  2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x00 (write error) Fru 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
> cmd finished after 10.383s timeout 40s
> write track data: error after 0 bytes
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>
> root@mirimichi:~ > uname -a
> Linux mirimichi 2.2.18 #7 Fri Mar 9 12:31:54 PST 2001 i586 unknown
>
> root@mirimichi:~ > lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by
> sg                     15800   0  (autoclean)
> sr_mod                 15804   0  (unused)
> ide-scsi                7496   0
> cdrom                  27452   0  [sr_mod]
> rtl8139                11872   1  (autoclean)
> aha1542                11024   0
>
> root@mirimichi:~ > grep -i ^[^#].*scsi /usr/src/linux/.config
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
> CONFIG_SCSI=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542=m
> CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG=m
> CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=m
>
> #note that I have eliminated ide-cd entirely from the kernel...
> root@mirimichi:~ > grep -i ^[^#].*ide /usr/src/linux/.config
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m
> CONFIG_JOY_SIDEWINDER=m
> CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT=m
>
> root@mirimichi:~ > head -54 /etc/modules.conf | grep ^[^#]
> path=/lib/modules/`uname -r`
> path[misc]=/lib/modules/`uname -r'/extra
> alias eth0             rtl8139
> alias tr0              off
> alias scd0             sr_mod
> alias sda1             aha1542
> alias sda4             aha1542
> alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> alias fb0              off
> alias block-major-48   off
> alias block-major-49   off
> alias block-major-72   off
> alias block-major-73   off
> alias block-major-56   off
> alias block-major-57   off
> alias char-major-10    off
> alias parport_lowlevel    parport_pc
> options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none,none
> options ide-cd ignore=hdc
> options w83781d ignore=0,0x2d
> pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg
> pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sr_mod
>
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