I am getting frustrated with this problem. I had this drive working with SuSE 6.2 eval, but it won't write anymore since I installed SuSE 6.4 eval. I had problems with the distribution kernel 2.2.10 locking up in X windows, so I grabbed 2.2.18 and compiled it instead. That fixed the lockups, and I can read the CD just fine... I just can't seem to write to it. I have tried several blank CD-Rs, and the results below are typical. I have found a hint on the web that not all is well with ide-scsi and newer versions of cdrecord: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=cdrecord+ide-scsi+dummy&num=30\ &hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=10&seld=930816565&ic=1 but nether earlier nor later versions of cdrecord seem to work for me. Can anyone suggest direction to investigate further, before I ask in the ruckus of comp.os.linux.[setup|misc]? root@mirimichi:~ > cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) * 0,1,0 1) * 0,2,0 2) * 0,3,0 3) * 0,4,0 4) * 0,5,0 5) * 0,6,0 6) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 100 ' 'D.06' Removable Disk 0,7,0 7) * scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'SONY ' 'CD-RW CRX100E ' '1.0m' Removable CD-ROM 1,1,0 101) * 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) * 1,4,0 104) * 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * # the behaviour is similar without -dummy... I just don't want any # coasters.. # the cd spins up, the countdown finishes, and then the cd stops # spinning and the light goes out, and about 10 seconds later it spits # out the first error. root@mirimichi:~ > cdrecord -dummy speed=2 dev=1,0,0 -data /opt/x Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling scsidev: '1,0,0' scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0 Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : 'SONY ' Identifikation : 'CD-RW CRX100E ' Revision : '1.0m' Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in dummy mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 1 seconds. cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x00 (write error) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 10.383s timeout 40s write track data: error after 0 bytes Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 root@mirimichi:~ > uname -a Linux mirimichi 2.2.18 #7 Fri Mar 9 12:31:54 PST 2001 i586 unknown root@mirimichi:~ > lsmod Module Size Used by sg 15800 0 (autoclean) sr_mod 15804 0 (unused) ide-scsi 7496 0 cdrom 27452 0 [sr_mod] rtl8139 11872 1 (autoclean) aha1542 11024 0 root@mirimichi:~ > grep -i ^[^#].*scsi /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m CONFIG_SCSI=y CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y CONFIG_SCSI_LOGGING=y CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542=m CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG=m CONFIG_I2O_SCSI=m #note that I have eliminated ide-cd entirely from the kernel... root@mirimichi:~ > grep -i ^[^#].*ide /usr/src/linux/.config CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=m CONFIG_JOY_SIDEWINDER=m CONFIG_SOUND_TRIDENT=m root@mirimichi:~ > head -54 /etc/modules.conf | grep ^[^#] path=/lib/modules/`uname -r` path[misc]=/lib/modules/`uname -r'/extra alias eth0 rtl8139 alias tr0 off alias scd0 sr_mod alias sda1 aha1542 alias sda4 aha1542 alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi alias fb0 off alias block-major-48 off alias block-major-49 off alias block-major-72 off alias block-major-73 off alias block-major-56 off alias block-major-57 off alias char-major-10 off alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none,none options ide-cd ignore=hdc options w83781d ignore=0,0x2d pre-install sg modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sg pre-install sr_mod modprobe ide-scsi # load ide-scsi before sr_mod --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Work:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
