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Nice post. Just got done reading /. about this mess. Sorry I don't have anything constructive to say other than I hope your post saves a few drives.

The question now is:

Who is to blame? Mandrake or LG?

Yeah...Quite a few people have been arguing that. A couple A/C's were saying that if it was XP then Microsoft would get blamed. Being /. and all this idea was quickly dismissed.

I have not seen anything definitive as to what the cause is the possible use of 'flush command'. A few people have made the analogy to setting your refresh rates wrong and frying your monitor. This is actually a non-issue in most modern monitors as their acceptable refresh rates are passed via EDID and will not accept something that is out of range. In this case the hardware people are covering themselves.

I guess we won't know who is at *fault* until more information comes out. I don't personally use Mandrake but I feel real bad for the distro and it's users.

Hmm, didnt catch that article on /. still I installed 9.2 via ftp using a network boot floppy.

Has to be said that I would consider it the hardware manufacurers fault as no software should ever be able to cause irreperable damage to a hardware device, although as this seems to be isolated to mandrake im not so sure.

Thx for posting though as my linux box uses an LG writer.

I've been investigating this. Where did you find your fried/work list?

A post in the newsgroup thread.

Thanks.

Does LG stand for logi tech?

Thanks,

d-1

so what causes the drives to be destroyed? is it a certain command that mandrake sends to those drives and those drives attempt to follow through with it but fail because it is unable to perform it?

i have heard of scanner drivers for linux breaking scanners because they send "bad" (actually, too high) signals to the motors which cause them to break; the signals make the motor work above the speed it should

so just wondering what exactly causes the problem and if it pertains to older versions of mandrake

A new page has been added at Mandrake that covers the LG drive problem:

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3

There is also an updated list of LG drives that are affected at the above link.

I will sticky this for a little while to make sure everyone sees it. Thanks.

--jeremy

LG is goldstar

It's been announced in one of the Mandrake mailing lists that updates for this bug have been released. Enjoy!

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Mandrake Linux Update Advisory
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Package name: kernel
Advisory ID: MDKA-2003:021
Date: October 27th, 2003

Affected versions: 9.2
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Problem Description:

A problem was discovered where the kernel would destroy certain LG-
based CD-ROM devices. This problem has been fixed in the kernels
provided and MandrakeSoft encourages everyone to upgrade.

For more information on this particular problem, view the errata
page on this topic available at:

http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/lgerrata.php3

For full information on updating your kernel, please view the
instructions at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php

New commercial drivers for this kernel will be available at Mandrake
Club shortly.
______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

Mandrake Linux 9.2:
1c718660da91577a483433f92a3dffc7 9.2/RPMS/kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
db498188d51dc929516a6339baab50f0 9.2/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
cab4f8fd6eab503808bfdf62795700d3 9.2/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.22-21mdk.i586.rpm
49d0a3f4a513c0703d1ad5c39e890b1d 9.2/RPMS/kernel-enterprise-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
b22d9ea8b34bd0bd395b92123909b965 9.2/RPMS/kernel-i686-up-4GB-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
f1a893db6a935bc16f855e41d16a68f0 9.2/RPMS/kernel-p3-smp-64GB-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
1b0c75780c703929e13d8d9e572d72cf 9.2/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
68e0339b3ac8098258683da7e5a503e5 9.2/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
ffcfa70f85b682bbb2f927a4f65b3041 9.2/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk.i586.rpm
287669262ff8a0d4dc6497256d7cf9bd 9.2/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
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<security linux-mandrake.com>
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I have a Pine 40 LG Hitachi CD RW, will/could it effect my CD drive?

I have installed Mandrake 9.2 with it and it doesn't seem to have affected it.

d-1