Re: cdrecord bug?

[John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>]

David Fokkema wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> with the cdrecord versions from testing and unstable (2.0) I am unable
> to work with an ATAPI CDROM. With the woody version (1.10) I can do:
>
> cdrecord dev=0,0 -toc
>
> and get a table of contents of an inserted audio cd. On two different
> systems, I get an error using the 2.0 version: 'cannot init drive'. It's
> picking the same drivers, using scsi (ide-scsi) so no problem there,
> except that it keeps complaining it can't do anything with the drive. I
> haven't tried on other systems (due to the lack of other systems) but I
> suspect generic-mmc scsi cdrom support is broken. Any clues? Should I
> file a bug report?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
>  
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I had to build a new kernel with more specefic scsi support, namely 
emulation  of scsi by atapi.
Seems there is a serious lag in linux development in this area and 
scanners as well. It was the
same with sound and printers for a long time.

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John Foster