William L. Maltby wrote: > On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 21:59 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> <snip> >> Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using >> uhci_hcd and address 2 >> Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using >> uhci_hcd and address 2 >> Dec 25 20:46:03 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not >> ready after error recovery >> Dec 25 20:46:03 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device >> Dec 25 21:53:01 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device >> >> I terminated k3b at this point and unplugged and plugged in the usb >> cable to the drive: >> >> Dec 25 21:54:07 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2 >> Dec 25 21:54:28 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using >> uhci_hcd and address 3 >> Dec 25 21:54:28 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice >> Dec 25 21:54:32 onlo kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage >> devices >> Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8200f Rev: 1.0A >> Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 00 >> Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw >> xa/form2 cdda tray >> Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5 >> > <snip sig stuff> > > Stat of this thread is now gone, so if you've done this... > hmmm > Do an lsmod and see if you see sg, maybe sd_mod, scsi_mod, ide_cd. > Look at /etc/modules.conf (I think that's it - thngs changed in the last > decade or so). > scsi_mod 133069 4 sr_mod,sg,libata,usb_storage ide_cd 40033 0 cdrom 36705 2 sr_mod,ide_cd (also a plain-old cdrom installed via IDE (internal) on this server). And no such animal as a modules.conf anywhere on the system (per locate modules.conf) > Try just reading a cd first. Does the device have any king od "write > protect" switch? > Will try the reading. No write protect switch. This CDRW was on a Win2000 system whose board started overheating and crashing. So it was working with Veritas just 2 weeks ago. > Use cdrecord with some verbosity flags to get some clues. And I need clues to help me RTFM. Lot there ASSuMEing already knowing about SCSI and CD devices... > Are you insertinb them with the correct face up? Don't laugh - with no names w/o > labels, ... > Well, I could believe the no label problem, but I have stacks of these Memorex CDR disks and it is off the spindle onto the try as I have been doing for a few years on the Win2000 system. And I just used some on my corporate HP notebook's DVD/CDRW drive with XP (but no iso software, and the system is too locked down to add anything they don't send you). > Use cdrecord to print some of the header info of the blank disc you're > trying to write. You'll need to RTFM - I don't have it in front of me > ATM. > I case of tBltD? > Do you have another node that you can test a write on to see if the disc > is really OK? Hopefully that would be an RW disc. > See above. > Have you tried reorienting the device (horiz <-> vertical) to see if > that has an effect? > No. There is just room to put it horiz above the systems that are on a shelf in a 19" rack.... > It sound like you'll need to leave the comfy confines of the GUI room to > solve this one. Would if I could get more out of RTFM.