I have this error in dmesg.
take a look at "ata7" aka.. my dvd drive.
I have made it work by editing fstab,
(I used {/dev/scd0 . /dvd . auto . auto,rw,user,exec,sync . 0.0})
but all the extra stuff fedora sticks in such as the cd icon on desktop, ejecting the disk at all, automount, etc...
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 2.00 loaded.
sata_sil 0000:04:13.0: version 2.0
GSI 17 sharing vector 0xD1 and IRQ 17
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:13.0[A] -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
sata_sil 0000:04:13.0: Applying R_ERR on DMA activate FIS errata fix
ata1: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xFFFFC20000004080 ctl 0xFFFFC2000000408A bmdma 0xFFFFC20000004000 irq 209
ata2: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xFFFFC200000040C0 ctl 0xFFFFC200000040CA bmdma 0xFFFFC20000004008 irq 209
ata3: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xFFFFC20000004280 ctl 0xFFFFC2000000428A bmdma 0xFFFFC20000004200 irq 209
ata4: SATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0xFFFFC200000042C0 ctl 0xFFFFC200000042CA bmdma 0xFFFFC20000004208 irq 209
scsi0 : sata_sil
input: PS2++ Logitech MX Mouse as /class/input/input1
ata1: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
scsi1 : sata_sil
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
scsi2 : sata_sil
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
scsi3 : sata_sil
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
ahci 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
ahci 0000:00:1f.1: AHCI 0001.0000 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:00:1f.1: flags: ncq ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000006100 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 217
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000006180 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 217
ata7: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000006200 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 217
ata8: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xFFFFC20000006280 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 217
scsi4 : ahci
ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi5 : ahci
ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi6 : ahci
ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata7.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/66
ata7.00: applying bridge limits
ata7.00: configured for UDMA/66
scsi7 : ahci
ata8: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata8.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/133, 312581808 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
ata8.00: ata8: dev 0 multi count 16
ata8.00: configured for UDMA/133
Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: DVDR PX-716A Rev: 1.09
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Vendor: ATA Model: ST3160812AS Rev: 3.AA
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: sda1 sda2
sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised:
dm-devel@redhat.com
ata7 changes from udma66 about a hundred times, hence the reason I haven't posted the entire dmesg. finally it reaches this point and ends.
ata7: soft resetting port
ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata7.00: configured for PIO0
ata7: EH complete
ata7.00: speed down requested but no transfer mode left
ata7.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
ata7.00: (irq_stat 0x48000000, interface fatal error)
ata7.00: tag 0 cmd 0xa0 Emask 0x50 stat 0x51 err 0x24 (ATA bus error)
ata7: soft resetting port
ata7: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata7.00: configured for PIO0
ata7: EH complete
hfs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
now I simply dont understand the jargon here for the most part, which is why I'm asking for help to understand this problem, what is this problem (how do I find out/fix it?) if you need more info, just ask.