Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-09-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > (You aren't using olde IDE disk and burner as master and > > slave at the same controller, are you ?) do...@mail.com wrote: > I may be a newbie, But how does a newbie know about PATA and master-slave ? :)) > Can you point me to any particularly good sources where I might

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-09-11 Thread doark
Sorry for the delayed response. > Another remedy would be to use DVD+R instead of DVD-R. > > If speed influences the problem, then it is probably rather > due to drive-and-media problems. I bought the discs form Walmart, they only sell DVD-Rs now. I might have gotten some from amazon, but then I

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-29 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, do...@mail.com wrote: Also, should I get a copy of the various coloured books? Orange, Red, etc? Only if you can (*), and are interested in antique CD specs beyond what is told in SCSI volumes MMC-1 to MMC-3. Since MMC-4, CD info is vanishing from MMC. See for a list of topics:

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-29 Thread doark
Forgive my absence, my internet connection is intermittent. I tried to contact the kernel devs, no luck so far. It was nice of you to recommend using the digests, but then I can't reply. I tried signing up and got the same reply as before 5.7.1 Hello [74.208.4.201], for your MAIL FROM address

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Curt
On 2015-08-22, Thomas Schmitt scdbac...@gmx.net wrote: Eduard Bloch, founder-forker of cdrkit, got his head bitten off instead when he appeared on behalf of all burn programs: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0703.3/1760.html Seems quite civil to me. Nothing vituperative. Alan Cox

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Ah, a proxy-head then :-/ As a true Debian Developer he did not know any fear. No lock function and no open(2) flag is really safe. Hm. That's interesting... Note well that it is about device files, not data files. I documented our defeat:

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Seems quite civil to me. Nothing vituperative. Alan Cox doesn't agree with him, but that's quite another matter. It's the outcome of the discussion. Eduard's cause (and mine and Andy Polyakov's and even Joerg Schilling's) got defeated without real consideration. The list regulars who

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: And... how did you survive? Two heads? I did not make an appearance at LKML but rather put my effort in justifying my initially uncomfortable situation. I had a few exhausting weeks before i could show progress towards libburn-0.2. Eduard Bloch, founder-forker of

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 08:27:18AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: And... how did you survive? Two heads? [...] Eduard Bloch, founder-forker of cdrkit, got his head bitten off [...] Ah, a proxy-head then :-/ This

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Curt wrote: I'm just saying Edouard's head didn't get bitten off (no angry, gratuitous attacks on the poor fellow), Well, he and me perceived it as a painful defeat that a technically well founded wish was rejected on base of wrong technical statements and vague assumptions. Insults are

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Curt
On 2015-08-22, Thomas Schmitt scdbac...@gmx.net wrote: Hi, Seems quite civil to me. Nothing vituperative. Alan Cox doesn't agree with him, but that's quite another matter. It's the outcome of the discussion. Eduard's cause (and mine and Andy Polyakov's and even Joerg Schilling's) got

Re: Burn problems. Was: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Jape Person
On 08/22/2015 12:31 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, hours and hours of extra time spent each week trying to write images or backups that just fail during the burn attempt with no error messages that a mere non-programmer like me can understand. Ok. Take a deep breath and then let's go to the

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Jape Person
On 08/22/2015 04:10 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Ah, a proxy-head then :-/ As a true Debian Developer he did not know any fear. No lock function and no open(2) flag is really safe. Hm. That's interesting... Note well that it is about device files, not data files. I documented our

Burn problems. Was: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, hours and hours of extra time spent each week trying to write images or backups that just fail during the burn attempt with no error messages that a mere non-programmer like me can understand. Ok. Take a deep breath and then let's go to the work of problem diagnosis. I can't even

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-21 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 09:13:29PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, David Niklas wrote: Well there is a kernel dev mailing list. You mean Linux Kernel Mailing List ? That's a nice place to get your head bitten off. [...] Beware. Just

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-21 Thread David Niklas
error No medium found before the drive LED stops blinking. Shouldn't this be reported to the kernel devs as a regression? There are kernel devs in reach ? Well there is a kernel dev mailing list. I've wanted to contact them at least twice but my messages always get rejected because

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, David Niklas wrote: Well there is a kernel dev mailing list. You mean Linux Kernel Mailing List ? That's a nice place to get your head bitten off. At least if you have not done all reasonable research about your problem and invested some ingeniosity. Beware. Just thinking about posting to

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 21 August 2015 17:39:59 David Niklas wrote: error No medium found before the drive LED stops blinking. Shouldn't this be reported to the kernel devs as a regression? There are kernel devs in reach ? Well there is a kernel dev mailing list. I've wanted to contact them at

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 17 August 2015 22:14:15 Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, David Niklas wrote: I noticed a user who knows much about CD and DVD drives (Looking around whether anybody else feels addressed) I certainly took him to mean you, Thomas! :-) Lisi

Re: CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-17 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, David Niklas wrote: I noticed a user who knows much about CD and DVD drives (Looking around whether anybody else feels addressed) I'm curious about what books or docs he might recommend to learn about the topic, for if things continue as they are, it seems we will run out of people

CD DVD drive docs

2015-08-17 Thread David Niklas
This is not exactly about debian, but I could not resist the opportunity. I noticed a user who knows much about CD and DVD drives and I'm curious about what books or docs he might recommend to learn about the topic, for if things continue as they are, it seems we will run out of people with the