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Old 10-11-2004, 08:21 AM   #1
eternauta3k
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Sony CD writer not working


Hi all,
I've got a sony CD-RW CRX225E (device name gotten from K3B) which isn't working. I'm using Fedora Core 2 with a 2.6.8-1.521 kernel. When I try to burn something with K3B, it says that there aren't any recording devices. In its configuration, under my drive, it says it can neither write nor rewrite CDs. After changing /etc/grub.conf and /etc/fstab for it to be seen as SCSI, I get the same from K3B except the device file is different. Also, there's something in dmesg saying I should use ide-cd:
Code:
ide_setup: hdb=ide-scsi
ide-scsi is deprecated for cd burning! Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX as device
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0,  type 5
ide-scsi: Warning this device driver is only intended for specialist devices.
ide-scsi: Do not use for cd burning, use /dev/hdX directly instead.
So neither the dmesg nor the linuxquestions advise works. Here's the ¿relevant? part of lspci, if it helps:
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS 645xx (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0003
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016
Next I'm gonna try using ide-cd instead of ide-scsi as a kernel parameter. Thanks in advance for any help!
 
Old 10-11-2004, 08:29 AM   #2
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basically you are using a driver you no longer need, seeing as you are on 2.6 kernel... you can feel both slightly smug and happy about this, not annoyed! go to your lilo.conf or grub.conf and remove the reference to ide-scsi, and restart. you can now burn directly to a normal ATAPI cd rom drive. super!

ooh my 14,000th post... kickass.
 
Old 10-11-2004, 08:45 AM   #3
eternauta3k
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THANKS!

Thanks a lot! K3B started recognizing the writer after the reboot!
WEPEE!!

edit: I think it wasn't working in the beggining because I was a normal user...

Last edited by eternauta3k; 10-11-2004 at 08:46 AM.
 
  


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