[arch-general] [cdrecord] Problems with original cdrecord on latest linux kernel

[Javier Vasquez]

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:24 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at shellworld.net> wrote:
>> Your drive could need cleaning, or have worn out, or in some way have
>> been disconnected.  Those kind of drives have to be replaced every so
>> often.  If it's a usb drive, have you done a modprobe usbmass yet?  If
>> not, that may be all you need to get things going.  If you read dmesg
>> does the cd drive even show up as a valid device now?  If not, maybe
>> insmod usbmass will fix that and get you burning.
>
> I have both drives, and they both seem OK.  IDE one is sr0 and USB one is sr1:
>
> [    4.894446] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw
> xa/form2 cdda tray
> [    4.894452] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
> [    4.894842] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
> ...
> [21171.638369] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd
> [21171.655770] usb 2-2: ep 0x2 - rounding interval to 32768
> microframes, ep desc says 0 microframes
> [21171.655781] usb 2-2: ep 0x86 - rounding interval to 32768
> microframes, ep desc says 0 microframes
> [21171.700222] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
> [21171.704428] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
> [21171.704526] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
> [21171.704530] USB Mass Storage support registered.
> [21171.706759] scsi7 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
> [21171.707035] usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-cypress
> [21174.637779] scsi 7:0:0:0: CD-ROM            TSSTcorp CDDVDW
> SH-S202J  SB02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> [21174.745896] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 12x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw
> xa/form2 cdda tray
> [21174.746166] sr 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
>
> I don't think any of the drives has worn out...  It's too much of a
> coincidence cdrecord has problems with both...
>
> Your comment suggests that you would expect cdrecord to work OK.  So
> maybe you don't have any problems with it...


Forgot to mention, I can mount ISO DVDs/CDs with both drives without
problems.  So even though that's different than burning, gives the
clue that maybe it's not about the HW this time, :-)

Thanks,

-- 
Javier.