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Hello,

I would like to report 2 problems:cdrecord hang problem and cdrw not
able to set the speed. I am using S9 x86 12/02

My IDEs devices:

ide0 master Seagate 80GB
ide0 slave Plextor PX-W2410A

ide1 master Seagate 80GB
ide1 slave LG DVD ROM

# cdrw -l
Looking for CD devices...
     Node                   Connected Device                Device type
----------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------
  /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2   | PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W2410A 1.04 | CD Reader/Writer
  /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2   | LG       DVD-ROM DRD8160B 1.01 | CD Reader

# /opt/sfw/bin/cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.9 (i386-pc-solaris2.9) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J?rg Schilling
Warning: Using USCSI interface.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
         0,0,0     0) *
         0,1,0     1) 'PLEXTOR ' 'CD-R   PX-W2410A' '1.04' Removable CD-ROM
         0,2,0     2) *
         0,3,0     3) *
         0,4,0     4) *
         0,5,0     5) *
         0,6,0     6) *
         0,7,0     7) *
scsibus1:
         1,0,0   100) *
         1,1,0   101) 'LG      ' 'DVD-ROM DRD8160B' '1.01' Removable CD-ROM
         1,2,0   102) *
         1,3,0   103) *
         1,4,0   104) *
         1,5,0   105) *
         1,6,0   106) *
         1,7,0   107) *

Problems:
I. CDRECORD

When I am trying to write a CD at speed 1 or 4 everytime at the end of
the burning process, when the process writes fixating ... the OS hangs.

the command:
/opt/sfw/bin/cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=4 /path/to/isofile -v

no core dumps, no kernel panic nothing. Just the entire box is hanged.

Any ideas ? I can simulate this. It hangs everytime .

II.

When I am trying to burn via cdrw like:

cdrw -i -d c0t1d0s2 -p 4

# cdrw -i -p 4 -d c0t1d0s2 ./file.iso
Initializing device...done.
Unable to set speed.

everytime I get can't get the speed set. Even "-p 1" does not work. I
then switched to:

cdrw -i -d c0t1d0s2 /path/to/isofile
Everything goes fine but at dmesg I have some messages:

Feb  9 13:52:47 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:

Feb  9 13:52:47 jupiter         Error for Command: load/start/stop
    Error Level: Retryable
Feb  9 13:52:47 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
0                         Error Block: 0
Feb  9 13:52:47 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor: PLEXTOR
                            Serial Number: 04/25/02  19
Feb  9 13:52:47 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key: Not Ready
Feb  9 13:52:47 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x4
(<vendor unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x8, FRU: 0x0
Feb  9 13:52:52 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:

Feb  9 13:52:52 jupiter         Error for Command: load/start/stop
    Error Level: Retryable
Feb  9 13:52:52 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
0                         Error Block: 0
Feb  9 13:52:52 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor: PLEXTOR
                            Serial Number: 04/25/02  19
Feb  9 13:52:52 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key: Not Ready
Feb  9 13:52:52 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x4
(<vendor unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x8, FRU: 0x0
Feb  9 13:52:57 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:

Feb  9 13:52:57 jupiter         Error for Command: load/start/stop
    Error Level: Retryable
Feb  9 13:52:57 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
0                         Error Block: 0
Feb  9 13:52:57 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor: PLEXTOR
                            Serial Number: 04/25/02  19
Feb  9 13:52:57 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key: Not Ready
Feb  9 13:52:57 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x4
(<vendor unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x8, FRU: 0x0
Feb  9 13:53:02 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:

Feb  9 13:53:02 jupiter         Error for Command: load/start/stop
    Error Level: Retryable
Feb  9 13:53:02 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
0                         Error Block: 0
Feb  9 13:53:02 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor: PLEXTOR
                            Serial Number: 04/25/02  19
Feb  9 13:53:02 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key: Not Ready
Feb  9 13:53:02 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x4
(<vendor unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x8, FRU: 0x0
Feb  9 13:53:07 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:

Feb  9 13:53:07 jupiter         Error for Command: load/start/stop
    Error Level: Retryable
Feb  9 13:53:07 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
0                         Error Block: 0
Feb  9 13:53:07 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor: PLEXTOR
                            Serial Number: 04/25/02  19
Feb  9 13:53:07 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key: Not Ready
Feb  9 13:53:07 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x4
(<vendor unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x8, FRU: 0x0
Feb  9 13:53:12 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:

Feb  9 13:53:12 jupiter         Error for Command: load/start/stop
    Error Level: Retryable
Feb  9 13:53:12 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Requested Block:
0                         Error Block: 0
Feb  9 13:53:12 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Vendor: PLEXTOR
                            Serial Number: 04/25/02  19
Feb  9 13:53:12 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   Sense Key: Not Ready
Feb  9 13:53:12 jupiter scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]   ASC: 0x4
(<vendor unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x8, FRU: 0x0

the burning process works fine anyway via cdrw with no -p option. the CD
is written but there are lots of Warnings under dmesg

Any ideas about cdrecord/cdrw problems ?

thank you very much.
stefan

Quote:>Hello,

>I would like to report 2 problems:cdrecord hang problem and cdrw not
>able to set the speed. I am using S9 x86 12/02

># cdrw -l
>Looking for CD devices...
>     Node                   Connected Device                Device type
>----------------------+--------------------------------+-----------------
>  /dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2   | PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W2410A 1.04 | CD Reader/Writer
>  /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2   | LG       DVD-ROM DRD8160B 1.01 | CD Reader

># /opt/sfw/bin/cdrecord -scanbus
>Cdrecord 1.9 (i386-pc-solaris2.9) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J?rg Schilling

Outdated for ages.....

ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/
http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php
http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

Quote:>Problems:
>I. CDRECORD

>When I am trying to write a CD at speed 1 or 4 everytime at the end of
>the burning process, when the process writes fixating ... the OS hangs.

Looks like you did not read the cdrecord documentation and did not stop vold.

http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

Quote:>the command:
>/opt/sfw/bin/cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=4 /path/to/isofile -v

>no core dumps, no kernel panic nothing. Just the entire box is hanged.

I cannot recommend cdrw, use cdrecord.

Quote:># cdrw -i -p 4 -d c0t1d0s2 ./file.iso
>Initializing device...done.
>Unable to set speed.

Looks like cdrw is broken

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URL:  http://www.fokus.fhg.de/usr/schilling    ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily

Good morning,

Quote:> Outdated for ages....

What do you mean. What is outdated ? the version of cdrecord or the docs

Quote:

> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/
> http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php
> http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

> Looks like you did not read the cdrecord documentation and did not stop vold.

Well, vold does not work. I can not even run cdrecord -scanbus if the
vold is running. I bet you know this better than me. So I have no vold
running.

Do you want me to Copy the process list table ?

Quote:

> http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

GERMAN only - The English part it is shorter than german explanations.
Might be useful to add good english explanations if you want your
software be documented.

So do I need to upgrade a better version of cdrecord ?
If this version broken or ?

thank you,
stefan

http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

Sorry the above page has English descriptions. I will try to use latest
version of cdrecord -

thanks
stefan

Quote:>> Outdated for ages....
>What do you mean. What is outdated ? the version of cdrecord or the docs

It is just the obvious answer: cdrecord-1.9

Quote:>> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/
>> http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php
>> http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

>> Looks like you did not read the cdrecord documentation and did not stop vold.

>Well, vold does not work. I can not even run cdrecord -scanbus if the
>vold is running. I bet you know this better than me. So I have no vold
>running.

>Do you want me to Copy the process list table ?

Do you have any other process running that tries to access the drive?
You may easily verify this by using:

        cdrecord -raw96r ...

because in RAW mode, the CD does not become partially accessible before the
writing is completely finished.

Quote:>> http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...
>GERMAN only - The English part it is shorter than german explanations.
>Might be useful to add good english explanations if you want your
>software be documented.

        >>>>>Why don't you read it? <<<<<<<
The English text is the same length as the German and contains the same content!

Quote:>So do I need to upgrade a better version of cdrecord ?
>If this version broken or ?

If you pay me 100000 $ per year, I might start to support older versions too...
1.9 is _two_ major releases in the past....

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URL:  http://www.fokus.fhg.de/usr/schilling    ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily

Hi,

True, I will use the latest version ASAP. I will let you know what's up.
I will let Sun know about Freeware that needs to include a newer version
  of cdrecord. I used cdrecord with no problems: SPARC S8,S9. X86 S8.
This is the first time something like this happens.

So once again, I have to install a newer version and retest.

Quote:> Do you have any other process running that tries to access the drive?
> You may easily verify this by using:

>    cdrecord -raw96r ...

> because in RAW mode, the CD does not become partially accessible before the
> writing is completely finished.

I will double check that too. No other process was running.

Quote:> The English text is the same length as the German and contains the same content!

Yes my mistake. I am just reading.

thanks a lot
stefan

Quote:

>>So do I need to upgrade a better version of cdrecord ?
>>If this version broken or ?

> If you pay me 100000 $ per year, I might start to support older versions too...
> 1.9 is _two_ major releases in the past....

Quote:>Hello,

>I would like to report 2 problems:cdrecord hang problem and cdrw not
>able to set the speed. I am using S9 x86 12/02

You've got SCSI-errors which most often pop up when cabling is loose
or of poor quality.  It could also be a microcode issue with the plextor.
Anyway, newer versions might have a fix or a workaroud implemented.

/wfr
Fredrik

Quote:

>thank you very much.
>stefan

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Fredrik Lundholm  

Hi,

I've updated the cdrecord to 2.0. Here are the results.

Quote:

> It is just the obvious answer: cdrecord-1.9

I can confirm on my box the new cdrecord works fine.

cdrecord dev=0,1,0 speed=4 /file/to/file.iso -v
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.0 (i386-pc-solaris2.6) Copyright (C) 1995-2002

Updating to 2.0 solved the problem. I noticed Sun about this.

Many thanks indeed,
stefan

Quote:

>>>ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/
>>>http://www.blastwave.org/packages.php
>>>http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

>>>Looks like you did not read the cdrecord documentation and did not stop vold.

>>Well, vold does not work. I can not even run cdrecord -scanbus if the
>>vold is running. I bet you know this better than me. So I have no vold
>>running.

>>Do you want me to Copy the process list table ?

> Do you have any other process running that tries to access the drive?
> You may easily verify this by using:

>    cdrecord -raw96r ...

> because in RAW mode, the CD does not become partially accessible before the
> writing is completely finished.

>>>http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/p...

>>GERMAN only - The English part it is shorter than german explanations.
>>Might be useful to add good english explanations if you want your
>>software be documented.

>    >>>>>Why don't you read it? <<<<<<<
> The English text is the same length as the German and contains the same content!

>>So do I need to upgrade a better version of cdrecord ?
>>If this version broken or ?

> If you pay me 100000 $ per year, I might start to support older versions too...
> 1.9 is _two_ major releases in the past....