On Saturday 25 Oct 2003 1:37 pm, Steffen Barszus wrote: > Am Samstag, 25. Oktober 2003 14:27 schrieb Anne Wilson: > > Jim Connor has documented this problem on the TWiki page > > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/CDroms > > > > If anyone can add the model number, please make adding this a > > priority. > > > > Anne > > From GC on Cooker List: > > [Cooker] [IMPORTANT] [UPDATED: origin of the problem found] 9.2 > install potentially frying some LG cdrom drives > > From: Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Yesterday 23:12:39 > > Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > For the moment, it seems it's related to LG CRD-84xx drives. > > Ok, here's status: Nicolas Planel found the origin of the > problem. It's the "packet writing support" for cd/dvd burners > that was introduced on 15th of August, changelog reading: > > - 2.4.22-rc2q5. > [...] > * add packet cdvd support (svetoslav). > > What amazes me is that we've had it in the kernel of 9.2-RC1 and > 9.2-RC2, and it still managed to be, erhm, "featured", in the > final version. All people who say we should do more beta and RC > versions see that such a big problem passed one month of > RC-testing... Real problem would perhaps be to enlarge our > testing community? Anyway, that's not the topic for this day :). > > I've passed suggestions to our management as to what to do now - > I think we should act *fast* and be responsible, but I don't know > what will be decided exactly. > > By the way, latest list: > > fried: > COMPAQ CRD-8322B(CP1) > CRD-8400B (machine: Dell Optiplex gx1) > CRD-8400B (machine: IBM PC 300 PL) > CDR-8400B(mi) > CRD-8400C > COMPAQ CRD-8402B > LG CRD-8480C (machine: Old Dell XPS T650r) > GCR-8481B (machine: Dell Optiplex gx270; rom: 1.06; date: jun 2003) > CRD-8482B (machine: Dell Optiplex GX1) > GOLDSTAR CDR-8482B (machine: HP Vectra VL400; firmware: 1.01) > CRD-8482B (Dell Precision 220, rom: 1.05) > LG ???? (machine: HP Vectras VL4xx) > GCC 4480B DVD/CD-R/RW/CDROM (firmware 1.00 - upgrading firmware to > 1.01 workarounds problem) > > work: > LG GMA-4020B DVD-RW > LG GCC-4120B CDRW/DVD > LG CD-RW CED-8080B DVD/CD-R/RW/CDROM > LG CD-RW CED-8120B (motherboard: ASUS K7M) > HL-DT-ST GCC-4480B (machine: Shuttle SB 62 G2 - i865/ICH5; firmware > 1.01 - WARNING, firmware 1.00 is reported to have the fry problem!) > HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4480B (motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-Deluxe) > HL-DT-STDVD-ROM GDR8161B (motherboard: Soyo) > HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B > HL-DT-ST GCE-8481B CD-CDRW (chipset: SIS 651/962) > HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8520B > HL-DT-ST GCE-8520B (motherboard: ASUS P4P800)
Thanks Steffen. Will you please go to http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/LgCdrom and check out that what I have done is readable/understandable. Make any changes you wish. Annd -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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