So right now I have installed k3b on this notebook. I am using my Storix DVD/CDRW usb drive. I can read cds with it.
Cannot burn CDs. First k3b suggests slowing down (from 8x to 4x). Then use TAO. Then it gave up.
So I try cdrecord directly. -checkdrive finds some interesting things. Got to close the drive manually; cdrecord says it can't. then try a cdrecord -v dev=dev/scd0 sample.iso and if fails:
cdrecord: No write mode specified. cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode. cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults. cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds... Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (cpu-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J?rg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. WARNING: Cannot do mlockall(2). cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority(). cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. scsidev: '/dev/scd0' devname: '/dev/scd0' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'SAMSUNG ' Identifikation : 'CDRW/DVD SN-308B' Revision : 'U006' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM. Current: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0009 Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0010 Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-2 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1353728 = 1322 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 48 MB Total size: 55 MB (05:32.48) = 24936 sectors Lout start: 56 MB (05:34/36) = 24936 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 cdrecord: Input/output error. read disk info: scsi sendcmd: cmd timeout after 9.040 (240) s CDB: 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 resid: 4 cmd finished after 9.040s timeout 240s cdrecord: Cannot get disk type.
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and in /var/log/messages
Dec 27 21:11:11 nc4010 kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! Dec 27 21:11:11 nc4010 kernel: usb 3-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 21
So what of this?
These are Memorex 700Mb/80min CD-R disks. Bought them probably 4 years ago. Got about 200 of them and down to about 30.
Correction.
I cannot read a CD in this Storix drive. I thought I had recently, but not. I used this drive all the time on this system when it had Centos 4.x installed. Probably the only 4.x system left around here is a Trixbox 2.2.10 install. I will have to test on that tomorrow. But no gnome installed, so it will have to be all command line....
Robert Moskowitz wrote:
So right now I have installed k3b on this notebook. I am using my Storix DVD/CDRW usb drive. I can read cds with it.
Cannot burn CDs. First k3b suggests slowing down (from 8x to 4x). Then use TAO. Then it gave up.
So I try cdrecord directly. -checkdrive finds some interesting things. Got to close the drive manually; cdrecord says it can't. then try a cdrecord -v dev=dev/scd0 sample.iso and if fails:
cdrecord: No write mode specified. cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode. cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults. cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds... Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (cpu-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J?rg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. WARNING: Cannot do mlockall(2). cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority(). cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. scsidev: '/dev/scd0' devname: '/dev/scd0' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'SAMSUNG ' Identifikation : 'CDRW/DVD SN-308B' Revision : 'U006' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM. Current: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0009 Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0010 Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-2 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1353728 = 1322 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 48 MB Total size: 55 MB (05:32.48) = 24936 sectors Lout start: 56 MB (05:34/36) = 24936 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 cdrecord: Input/output error. read disk info: scsi sendcmd: cmd timeout after 9.040 (240) s CDB: 51 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 resid: 4 cmd finished after 9.040s timeout 240s cdrecord: Cannot get disk type.
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and in /var/log/messages
Dec 27 21:11:11 nc4010 kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! Dec 27 21:11:11 nc4010 kernel: usb 3-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 21
So what of this?
These are Memorex 700Mb/80min CD-R disks. Bought them probably 4 years ago. Got about 200 of them and down to about 30.
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On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Correction.
I cannot read a CD in this Storix drive. I thought I had recently, but not. I used this drive all the time on this system when it had Centos 4.x installed. Probably the only 4.x system left around here is a Trixbox 2.2.10 install. I will have to test on that tomorrow. But no gnome installed, so it will have to be all command line....
How many CD drives are on that system? If two, can you try to burn a CentOS 5.1 or Ubuntu 7.10 disk, boot of that, then play with at least reading off the USB drive? Maybe test a store-bought CD and try burning a file from the hard drive to the store-bought CD and see what happens?
Scott
Scott Ehrlich wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Correction.
I cannot read a CD in this Storix drive. I thought I had recently, but not. I used this drive all the time on this system when it had Centos 4.x installed. Probably the only 4.x system left around here is a Trixbox 2.2.10 install. I will have to test on that tomorrow. But no gnome installed, so it will have to be all command line....
How many CD drives are on that system? If two, can you try to burn a CentOS 5.1 or Ubuntu 7.10 disk, boot of that, then play with at least reading off the USB drive? Maybe test a store-bought CD and try burning a file from the hard drive to the store-bought CD and see what happens?
Some more things to try. Meanwhile...
I put the Storix drive on my corp XP notebook. It read a CD fine and I used ISOmagic to burn an ISO image. Problem with ISO magic is the freeware version can only go up to 320Mb. And Centos isos are bigger than that. Meanwhile I am waiting for Helpdesk software support to get back to me to tell me how to order iso burning software that is corporate approved....
Next I put the drive on my Libretto running DSL 4.2.1. I have a PCMCIA USB card in the unit with the Storix plugged into that. With a mnt /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom1 I am able to read a CD with pictures on it.
So far, I have not been able to burn a CD. I get a message from cdrecord about Read-only file system. Cannot open '/dev/scd0' So I am going to ask help over on the DSL forum on what Knoppix magic I need...
But this shows the drive works. The problem is either the hardware or the Centos 5.1 install. It COULD be the server's hardware (an old Compaq SFF), but my notebook has used this CDRW in the past....
On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 00:51 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
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So far, I have not been able to burn a CD. I get a message from cdrecord about Read-only file system. Cannot open '/dev/scd0' So I am going to ask help over on the DSL forum on what Knoppix magic I need...
But this shows the drive works. The problem is either the hardware or the Centos 5.1 install. It COULD be the server's hardware (an old Compaq SFF), but my notebook has used this CDRW in the past....
Media? See my other post.
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on 12/27/2007 9:51 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following:
Scott Ehrlich wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Correction.
I cannot read a CD in this Storix drive. I thought I had recently, but not. I used this drive all the time on this system when it had Centos 4.x installed. Probably the only 4.x system left around here is a Trixbox 2.2.10 install. I will have to test on that tomorrow. But no gnome installed, so it will have to be all command line....
How many CD drives are on that system? If two, can you try to burn a CentOS 5.1 or Ubuntu 7.10 disk, boot of that, then play with at least reading off the USB drive? Maybe test a store-bought CD and try burning a file from the hard drive to the store-bought CD and see what happens?
Some more things to try. Meanwhile...
I put the Storix drive on my corp XP notebook. It read a CD fine and I used ISOmagic to burn an ISO image. Problem with ISO magic is the freeware version can only go up to 320Mb. And Centos isos are bigger than that. Meanwhile I am waiting for Helpdesk software support to get back to me to tell me how to order iso burning software that is corporate approved....
Will corporate approve free? http://cdburnerxp.se/ http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm
Scott Silva wrote:
on 12/27/2007 9:51 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following:
Scott Ehrlich wrote:
On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Correction.
I cannot read a CD in this Storix drive. I thought I had recently, but not. I used this drive all the time on this system when it had Centos 4.x installed. Probably the only 4.x system left around here is a Trixbox 2.2.10 install. I will have to test on that tomorrow. But no gnome installed, so it will have to be all command line....
How many CD drives are on that system? If two, can you try to burn a CentOS 5.1 or Ubuntu 7.10 disk, boot of that, then play with at least reading off the USB drive? Maybe test a store-bought CD and try burning a file from the hard drive to the store-bought CD and see what happens?
Some more things to try. Meanwhile...
I put the Storix drive on my corp XP notebook. It read a CD fine and I used ISOmagic to burn an ISO image. Problem with ISO magic is the freeware version can only go up to 320Mb. And Centos isos are bigger than that. Meanwhile I am waiting for Helpdesk software support to get back to me to tell me how to order iso burning software that is corporate approved....
thanks.
Will corporate approve free?
hard to tell.
haven't seen this one.
tried this one, but something they have locked down causes this to fail to write. Which is why the corporate machine is for reading corp email, and interacting with corp web resources....
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 22:55 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
So right now I have installed k3b on this notebook. I am using my Storix DVD/CDRW usb drive. I can read cds with it.
I saw your correction in your later post.
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Total size: 55 MB (05:32.48) = 24936 sectors Lout start: 56 MB (05:34/36) = 24936 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 cdrecord: Input/output error. read disk info: scsi sendcmd: cmd timeout after 9.040 (240) s
Might try the timeout= as mentioned in "man cdrecord", although even with USB 1.1 I would think 9 seconds would suffice. Maybe spin-up time delays response? Did you try using the -atip I suggested earlier? Also - prcap and -inq? I don't think these things will help, but they will show a general ability to communicate and read drive/disc info.
If they work, then your usb/scsi stack is good. That leaves mechanical issues such as drive response time, read/write head properly following the single track on media, dust in the unit and media problems, OR additional parameters needed for cdrecord due to specific hardware issues. For example, cdrecord has a driver= parameter so it even supports many drives that are not mmc compliant in all regards.
I would also suggest a google for usb/linux/can't ... I suspect that this is not a brand new problem.
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These are Memorex 700Mb/80min CD-R disks. Bought them probably 4 years ago. Got about 200 of them and down to about 30.
I've got some I bought a couple years agao. No problems with current equipment. HOWEVER, my brother-in-law was not able to use them on his eqpt (not Linux, poor fool). Note: they *do* say for use in rewritable drives bearing the high-speed logo". I had some drives they would not work in, IIRC. I later bought ones they did work in.
First: try changing media to a more generic one.
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