Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-14 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eduard Bloch e...@gmx.de writes: I think you have some third-party IDE controller on the mainboard (with a Marvell chip) which has a faulty driver. The problem is not uncommon, i.e. if the the driver author only tested with even block sizes like

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Nelson tonynel...@georgeanelson.com writes: Can the drive /read/ CDs and DVDs in Windows? In Linux? If not, certainly try the next suggestion. Try fiddling with the cables to the drive. Replug them. Move the data cable around in the

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * Merciadri Luca [Sun, Dec 13 2009, 03:58:37PM]: I thought that I had specified it before, but, according to your message, I did not explain this in an explicit way. Under Windows (XP), I am able to read, and write, on any CD or DVD medium, whatever the writer. I am thus

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread David Kubicek
On 12/13/2009 03:58 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Nelsontonynel...@georgeanelson.com writes: Can the drive /read/ CDs and DVDs in Windows? In Linux? If not, certainly try the next suggestion. Try fiddling with the cables to the drive. Replug

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eduard Bloch e...@gmx.de writes: #include hallo.h Funny. I really enjoyed it. :-) Relax. No problem. I am relax (at least appearing like). Then I suggest testing a closed-source alternative similar to what you may know from Windows experience:

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread David Kubicek
On 12/13/2009 05:41 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Then I suggest testing a closed-source alternative similar to what you may know from Windows experience: Nero Linux 4, http://www.nerolinux.de/. This way you can exclude kernel issues as potential problem. I do not often use Windows, but I wanted

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Kubicek foc...@gmail.com writes: Reboot and send us outputs of these, I'd better see it all: cat /proc/cmdline root=/dev/sda5 ro quiet cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model:

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include hallo.h * Merciadri Luca [Sun, Dec 13 2009, 07:48:59PM]: pata_marvell4256 0 I think you have some third-party IDE controller on the mainboard (with a Marvell chip) which has a faulty driver. The problem is not uncommon, i.e. if the the driver author only tested with even

IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-12 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have two CD-DVD writers on this machine. It is equipped with a ASUS P5 which supports IDE and SATA. One of these CD-DVD writers is connected through IDE. Here is the output of `lshw' for the problematic CD-DVD writer: # lshw | grep ND-2500A

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-12 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - From Matt Harrison on Sat Dec 12: The other CD-DVD writer works like a charm, but this one does not, whatever the interface. I had mainly tried with GNOME's built-in's burning tool, but it explains me that I should try burning the CD/DVD at a

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-12 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-12-12 08:54:35, Merciadri Luca wrote: ... It looks like a hardware error, as stated before by the log, but why? I am sure this is linked with the fact that it is done through IDE, but Windows does not complain about this. Can the drive /read/ CDs and DVDs in Windows? In Linux? If not,