Hello everyone.
I believe my laptop's DVD-ROM had a mechanical issue today, for reasons unknown to me.
I keep getting this kind of error messages in my dmesg:
Code:
hdc: ide_intr: huh? expected NULL handler on exit
hdc: ATAPI reset complete
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0
hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x40 { LastFailedSense=0x04 }
ide: failed opcode was: unknown
And whenever i insert *any* kind of disc my KDE autostart invarably reports a Blank CD; which makes me think that either the disc is not spinning or the lens is not moving in order to read. The drive still makes *some* of the familiar noises associated with reading, but it doesnt work even during boot.
I also attempted fiddling around with DMA, just in case:
Code:
dfuentes@raziel:~$ sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
setting using_dma to 1 (on)
using_dma = 1 (on)
dfuentes@raziel:~$ sudo hdparm /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit)
unmaskirq = 0 (off)
using_dma = 1 (on)
keepsettings = 0 (off)
readonly = 0 (off)
readahead = 256 (on)
HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
And then the DMA flag is deactivated whenever i try to read a disc.
Does anyone know of a way of confirming my suspicions? I am already finding out about my warranty and/or a possible replacement, but i want to make sure before i do anything.
