12.2 external usb dvd burner not writing

symatic · 12-29-2008, 08:24 AM

Everything so far in 12.2 seems to work quite well, accept for the dvd burner. Reads but will not write. Never had this issue until 12.2. Tested back with 12.1 just in case my hardware was starting to fail and it works just fine. Buffer IO error during boot, and also a similar error message like stated in the CHANGES and HINTS file. It is not a permissions problem. Its just all day buffer IO errors.

Just wondering if anyone has had said problem and If anyone has any suggestions about where I should look into this.

Thanks

guanx · 12-29-2008, 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by symatic

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Buffer IO error during boot, and also a similar error message like stated in the CHANGES and HINTS file. It is not a permissions problem. Its just all day buffer IO errors.
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The "Buffer IO error" should be followed by something like "This disc has not any track I recognize", which means you have a new CDR / DVD R / etc. in your drive.

Attach your complete dmesg, and give a detailed description of what you have done, what you expected the system to do, what actually happened.

symatic · 12-29-2008, 01:01 PM

All i am trying to do is burn a cd/dvd. For some reason I cannot get it done with the cli or k3b.

here is the dmesg tail(too much data to post whole thing):

Code:

cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0
end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0
usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-3: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3

also the debug from k3b:

Code:

System
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K3b Version: 1.0.5

KDE Version: 3.5.10
QT Version:  3.3.8b
Kernel:      2.6.27.7-smp
Devices
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PLEXTOR DVDR   PX-740A 1.02 (/dev/sr0, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump]

K3bIsoImager
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mkisofs print size result: 33161 (67913728 bytes)
Pipe throughput: 23957504 bytes read, 23944960 bytes written.

Used versions
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mkisofs: 2.1.1a53
cdrecord: 2.1.1a53

cdrecord
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scsidev: '/dev/sr0'
devname: '/dev/sr0'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
SCSI buffer size: 122880
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a53 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 3 = CD-ROM XA mode 2
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 3
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'PLEXTOR '
Identifikation : 'DVDR   PX-740A  '
Revision       : '1.02'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Current: CD-R
Profile: DVD+R/DL 
Profile: DVD+R 
Profile: DVD+RW 
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording 
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite 
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-ROM 
Profile: CD-RW 
Profile: CD-R (current)
Profile: CD-ROM 
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96R LAYER_JUMP
Drive buf size : 1073152 = 1048 KB
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data    64 MB        
Total size:       74 MB (07:22.17) = 33163 sectors
Lout start:       74 MB (07:24/13) = 33163 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 5
Disk Is not unrestricted
Disk Is not erasable
  Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3)
  ATIP start of lead in:  -11634 (97:26/66)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71)
Disk type:    Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 3
Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation
    Capacity  Blklen/Sparesz.  Format-type  Type
      359846             2048         0x00  No Media Present or Unknown Capacity
New start of lead in: -11634 (97:26/66)
New start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71)
Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: 326683
Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 48 in dummy TAO mode for multi session.
Last chance to quit, starting dummy write in 3 seconds.
   2 seconds.
   1 seconds.
   0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
BURN-Free is OFF.
Turning BURN-Free on
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01:    0 of   64 MB written.
Track 01:    1 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  93%]   2.0x.
Track 01:    2 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  96%]  22.3x.
Track 01:    3 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  96%]  23.2x.
Track 01:    4 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  89%]  20.4x.
Track 01:    5 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  89%]  23.2x.
Track 01:    6 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  91%]  22.2x.
Track 01:    7 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  91%]  23.1x.
Track 01:    8 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  93%]  22.2x.
Track 01:    9 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  93%]  23.1x.
Track 01:   10 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  96%]  22.2x.
Track 01:   11 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  96%]  23.0x.
Track 01:   12 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  89%]  20.3x.
Track 01:   13 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  89%]  23.0x.
Track 01:   14 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  91%]  22.1x.
Track 01:   15 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  91%]  23.0x.
Track 01:   16 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  93%]  22.1x.
Track 01:   17 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  96%]  23.3x.
Track 01:   18 of   64 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  96%]  24.2x.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB:  2A 00 00 00 25 80 00 00 3C 00
status: 0x0 (GOOD STATUS)
resid: 53248
cmd finished after 52.605s timeout 40s
/usr/bin/cdrecord: A write error occured.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: Please properly read the error message above.
write track data: error after 19660800 bytes
Writing  time:   66.870s
Average write speed   6.6x.
Min drive buffer fill was 89%
Fixating...
WARNING: Some drives don't like fixation in dummy mode.
Fixating time:    0.011s
/usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo had 194 puts and 161 gets.
/usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 156 times full, min fill was 91%.

cdrecord command:
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/usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=48 -tao -dummy driveropts=burnfree -eject -multi -xa -tsize=33161s - 

mkisofs
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/usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes.
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes.
33161
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: Cannot add inode hints with -no-cache-inodes.
Setting input-charset to 'ISO-8859-1' from locale.
  1.55% done, estimate finish Mon Dec 29 12:52:51 2008
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 31.69% done, estimate finish Mon Dec 29 12:53:28 2008
 33.20% done, estimate finish Mon Dec 29 12:53:27 2008
 34.70% done, estimate finish Mon Dec 29 12:53:28 2008

mkisofs calculate size command:
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/usr/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -print-size -quiet -volid Juno Soundtrack -volset  -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher  -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-symatic/k3bin0a3b.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-symatic/k3b6XK5mb.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-symatic/k3b7340ec.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-symatic/k3bUkhV0b.tmp 

mkisofs command:
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/usr/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -volid Juno Soundtrack -volset  -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher  -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-symatic/k3b85jxFb.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-symatic/k3bVUkpKb.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-symatic/k3bv5HlJb.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-symatic/k3bfrngac.tmp

symatic · 12-31-2008, 06:10 PM

Yeah the buffer IO is when a blank disc is inserted. That is normal, but the not writing part is not cool. I hate to give up, but I need a working system. Back to 12.1 I go. This has never happened with any other version of Slackware. Just weird I say!!

Maybe I'll have time to slap an old hard drive in and mess around with it.

symatic · 01-03-2009, 08:06 PM

I have to retract my 12.2 being the issue. The drive is starting to fail in 12.1 now as well, ie "I have to lower the speed". Maybe the new kernel is more strict when it comes to hardware. I have to test it in a windows machine to be 100% sure. Just thought I would update..

Drakeo · 01-29-2009, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by symatic

I have to retract my 12.2 being the issue. The drive is starting to fail in 12.1 now as well, ie "I have to lower the speed". Maybe the new kernel is more strict when it comes to hardware. I have to test it in a windows machine to be 100% sure. Just thought I would update..

here is the problem it is not your drive or k3b.
there is a problem with the cdrtools pkg cdrtools-2.01.01a53-i486-1 in slackware/ap uninstall it and go here and build it

Quote:

http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.2/system/cdrkit/

for some reason some devices and cdrtools are not complete or the cdrtools breaks. this is the fix for alot of us and Pat has been told about it.

Woodsman · 01-29-2009, 02:18 PM

Could be hardware. Could be software. Recently I started a similar thread.

In my case I had both happening. My DVD burner now refuses to read any CD, let alone burn as I posted originally. Yet I also am convinced there is a software issue as I have a different box with a CD-only burner and I cannot burn CDs under 12.2. I reverted the cdrtools package to the one in 12.1 and I can burn CDs in that box with no problems.

As few people are reporting this problem I don't have much else to offer. Would be nice to determine the root cause for those of us who have had problems.