I have activated the DMA mode hdparm -d1 -X66 /dev/hdc
an now k3b displays a permanent write speed from 3,9x This is very good because the medium is only for 4x writing... Thank you for the fast and good help !! Mfg Frieder Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 18.05.04 18:44:16: > > It's as important to keep discussion on the list as to pose initial > requests to the list. Therefore I send a copy of my reply to list. > > > I have downloadet the newest version dvd+rw-tools-5.19-1.4.9.7.tar.gz > > > > but the problem is always there... > > I didn't say it fixes your speed selection problem with your particular > unit. 5.19-1 prevents you from running into another problem and is a > *mandatory* update for *all* 5.19 users. > > > sometimes k3b says the writing speed is 2,8x but then it goes back to 2,2x .... > > Varying speed in progress indicator most likely indicate that DMA is > off. Verify DMA setting with hdparm and engage it if it's off. > > > here my "dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvdrecorder verbose" output: > > > > INQUIRY: [ATAPI ][DVD RW 8XMax ][140D] > > ... > > GET CURRENT PERFORMANCE: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 15 a4 00 23 05 3f 00 > > 00 15 a4 > ^^ Firmware should have returned 2 in > this position. Value of 2 would indicate that following data is *write* > speed descriptor, while value of 0 indicates that it's *read* > descriptor, which is why growisofs terminates. I mean point is that > growisofs tries to verify if speed setting was successful, it does ask > for *write* descriptor, but apparently gets read descriptor. It's > clearly a firmware deficiency. Check vendor site for firmware update. > > Even if it's not fixed in new firmware yet, you should always be able to > temporarily work around the problem by first issuing growisofs with > desired -speed argument and have it fail, and then [without re-loading > media!] re-issuing same command *without* -speed to perform the actual > recording. A. __________________________________________________________________ Zeigen Sie Emotionen mit der WEB.DE Bild-SMS! Das Bild ist gratis, Sie bezahlen nur den Versand. http://freemail.web.de/?mc=021196 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
