From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:11:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:11:04 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:27777 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 11:11:03 -0500 Subject: Re: 2-4-18 crash trying to blank a CD From: Alan Cox To: Luca z Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20021230155739.76748.qmail@mail.com> References: <20021230155739.76748.qmail@mail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 30 Dec 2002 17:01:03 +0000 Message-Id: <1041267663.13615.22.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 15:57, Luca z wrote: > I do cdrecord -blank= dev=x,y,z > and i got this in the log, it repeats every second: > > Dec 30 16:19:46 koala kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 5233 > 8, scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0 Read (10) 00 00 13 80 dd 00 00 01 00 > Dec 30 16:19:46 koala kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 52338) timed out - resetti > ng How long after you start the command ? Basically the kernel has discovered that the command in question took longer than the timeout cdrecord told it to allow. It is then trying to get the system back. > and after some time it hard freezes, nothing responds, i can't switch numlock > off and i can't change to console (i am in XWindow). Can you see what occurs if you are not in X windows as that might display an oops or other information of use.