Buckley Hopper wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a Plextor PX-320A combo cdr/rw dvd drive. On the first access
> after a reboot, the freevo startup sequence will hang temporarily while
> trying to make the cd drive close its door. If I do not intervene,
> freevo eventually continues loading and the following appears in the
> freevo log:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File
> "/usr/share/pycentral/python-freevo/site-packages/freevo/plugins/rom_driv
> es.py", line 334, in move_tray
> s = ioctl(fd, CDROMCLOSETRAY)
> IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
>
> In the system log, I get the following:
>
> hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy }
> ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> hda: DMA disabled
> hda: ATAPI reset complete
>
> The workaround I have found to keep my DMA from being disabled is to
> manually open the drive tray when the hang occurs. The tray promptly
> closes itself again (presumably carrying out orders from freevo), freevo
> startup continues normally, and the DMA for the drive does not get
> disabled. Subsequent restarts of freevo (not reboots) cause no problems
> and don't require the workaround. I just have to do this once per reboot.
>
> My question is, does anybody know what's going on and why this problem
> is happening? I'm using kernel 2.6.18, freevo version 1.7.3.
I wonder if this is still a problem, some changes have been done to the
rom_drives program in the current svn.
I certainly haven't seen a startup delay caused by rom drive being
close. I could add some additional code to check the state of the drive
before trying to close it but not all drives support this call.
You could try a test installation of the rel-1-7 branch. The
instructions are here: http://doc.freevo.org/SourceSVNInstallation. This
does not mess with an installed version.
Duncan
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