From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758228AbZBTRCo (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:02:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754141AbZBTRCg (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:02:36 -0500 Received: from caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca ([129.97.134.17]:41709 "EHLO caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753983AbZBTRCf (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:02:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:02:34 -0500 To: Richard Jonsson Cc: lkml Subject: Re: Unable to write dvd+r on 3 systems Message-ID: <20090220170234.GA7314@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 08:14:37PM +0100, Richard Jonsson wrote: > > Resend due to crappy formatting, sorry about that! > > It seems I am the last person on earth burning dvd's. I have tried on > three different systems, using a mix of growisofs, xfburn, brasero and > k3b. They all give the same result for their respective system. > > On system 1 it takes forever to complete the process. The system is > completely useless while burning. IO wait is 50% and hardIRQ is > 10-20%. If audio is playing at the same time it stutters in a way that > it sounds as it's playing slow. Mouse cursor jerks and it takes eons > to even open a new terminal. > > On system 2 growisofs will try for half a minute and then fail with a > message in dmesg. The disc isn't even touched. Tried homebuilt > kernel.org kernels from 2.6.25 to current git with no difference. See > attachment "growisofs_system2.txt". I have been able to burn exactly 1 > disc in total, which magically started recording immediately. > > System 3 burns at decent speed and always reports success, but about > half the time only part of the disc is actually burned. It is visible > to the eye, and it will not work. Tried at 4x too. > > I tried to compile older kernels, 2.6.24 wouldn't boot, and older > kernels would not compile on these systems. > > System 1 System 2 System 3 > System/mainb. HP DV2140eu Advent (noname) Abit NF7-S > Processor Turion TL52-X2 Celeron M420 Athlon 2400+ > RAM 2GB 512MB 1GB > DVD-burner HL-DT-ST DVDRAM Slimtype DVDRW Plextor 8x > GMA-4082N hq04 SOSW-833S vs04 > OS Ubuntu 8.10 U 8.10 server U 8.10 server > 64bit 32bit 32bit > software all above growisofs growisofs, xfburn > > I have at this time only tried one make of media (TDK 16x dvd+r): > dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd > INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][DVDRAM GMA-4082N][HQ04] > GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: > Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R > Current Write Speed: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s > Write Speed #0: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s > Write Speed #1: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s > GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: > Write Performance: 3.3x1385=4584KB/s@0 -> 8.0x1385=11092KB/s@2299967 > Speed Descriptor#0: 02/2295103 R@3.3x1385=4584KB/s W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s > Speed Descriptor#1: 02/2295103 R@3.3x1385=4584KB/s W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s > READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: > Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0] > Media ID: TDK/003 > Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992 > READ DISC INFORMATION: > Disc status: blank > Number of Sessions: 1 > State of Last Session: empty > "Next" Track: 1 > Number of Tracks: 1 > READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: > Track State: blank > Track Start Address: 0*2KB > Next Writable Address: 0*2KB > Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB > Track Size: 2295104*2KB > READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0 > > Please cc me as I'm not subscribed, and thanks in advance / Richard Is anything stupid like gnome volume manager or hal or something regularly poking at the drive to detect discs? Are you using 80conductor IDE cables (for those drives that are IDE)? I have had some DVD writers fail in odd ways when using 40conductor cables. -- Len Sorensen