Problem with LG GSA-H30L DVD burner

dwilkinson · 01-09-2007, 03:11 PM

Hi all,

I've purchased an HP M7650n computer and would like to get it running with Linux, preferably Debian. About 3/4 of the distributions I have don't recognize the DVD burner, an LG GSA-H30L. I was able to install Debian Etch with a CD I downloaded in december, with kernel version 2.6.17. It recognises the burner fine, but agpgart is broken in that kernel. I updated the install with a more recent etch I downloaded last week, kernel 2.6.18, but it doesn't recognize the burner. I downloaded 2.6.19 from kernel.org, compiled that, but couldn't get the burner recognized on boot. I noticed support for sata drives is distinct from scsi in the 2.6.19, so I'm wondering what I need to include for the kernel to see my dvd burner.

A few notes:
Motherboard: Asus P5BW-LA. sata interfaces, no ide (pata) interfaces

Knoppix 5.0 boots properly, sees the DVD as /dev/sr0 on boot.
Debian w/kernel 2.6.17 sees the DVD as /dev/scd0.

I boot with the pci=nommconf option, and very few distributions I have work.
Knoppix 5.1 doesn't work (can't find the cd-rom).

I've tried changing the sata set-up in the Bios. Raid and AHCI seem to have a similar result, IDE doesn't work at all (oddly).

Can someone guide me to set up a 2.6.19 kernel to get this machine running? I'm anxious to get it running "properly"! Windows isn't really an option...

Thank you!

Dave

dwilkinson · 01-09-2007, 07:25 PM

Sorry for the newbie mistake... Here is the output of lspci, under kernel 2.6.17, with the DVD recognised:

Quote:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation P965/G965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation G965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562V 10/100 Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HH (ICH8DH) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801HR/HO/HH (ICH8R/DO/DH) SATA RAID Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 Communication controller: Conexant HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
03:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Agere Systems FW323 (rev 70)
03:03.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)

Here is the relevant output of dmesg, attempting to boot 2.6.19:

Quote:

ahci 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.2[B] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1f.2 to 64
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 6 ports 3 Gbps 0x3f impl RAID mode
ahci 0000:00:1f.2: flags: 64bit ncq led clo pio slum part
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8806100 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 221
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8806180 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 221
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8806200 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 221
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8806280 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 221
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8806300 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 221
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xF8806380 ctl 0x0 bmdma 0x0 irq 221
scsi0 : ahci
ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/100, 625142448 sectors: LBA48 NCQ (depth 1)
ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 0
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi1 : ahci
ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0x80)
ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0x80)
ata2: softreset failed (device not ready)
ata2: softreset failed, retrying in 5 secs
ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0x80)
ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0x80)
ata2: COMRESET failed (device not ready)
ata2: hardreset failed, retrying in 5 secs
ata2: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0x80)
ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs, Status 0x80)
ata2: COMRESET failed (device not ready)
ata2: reset failed, giving up
scsi2 : ahci
ata3: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi3 : ahci
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi4 : ahci
ata5: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi5 : ahci
ata6: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA WDC WD3200JS-60P 21.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
SCSI device sda: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sda: 625142448 512-byte hdwr sectors (320073 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 sda6 >
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0

As you might expect, the disk is ata1, and the dvd is ata2.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Dave

davidsarmstrong · 03-06-2007, 04:51 AM

Download the new kernel - I used 2.16.20-vanille from SuSe which resolved the problem. Not exactly sure where I got it (I referenced a link) from another forum.

Best of luck,

Dave (Armstrong)

Quote:

Originally Posted by dwilkinson

Sorry for the newbie mistake... Here is the output of lspci, under kernel 2.6.17, with the DVD recognised:

Here is the relevant output of dmesg, attempting to boot 2.6.19:

As you might expect, the disk is ata1, and the dvd is ata2.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Dave