Re: ide-scsi error - sr0: CDROM not ready?
On Monday 19 January 2004 18:13, Alphonse Ogulla wrote:
> Hi,
> I recently got a BenQ 48X48x24x16 ATAPI CD-R/RW/DVD combo drive and managed
> to get it working with Debian GNU/Linux and custom kernel 2.4.24 using the
> generic scsi library. I think its working because at least it created an
> audio cd out of a blank cd-rw which apparently can't be read by my hifi
> music system even after fixating twice.
>
> However I get this very annoying scsi error on all 12 virtual consoles
> telling me CDROM is not ready when I have not even made an attempt to
> access the drive.
>
> sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disk in the drive.
>
> The above error message is repeated over and over in all virtual consoles I
> swich to thus giving me no space to type any command or do any useful work.
>
> Grateful if someone can save the situation and show me how to stop sr0 from
> taking over my PC.
Ah! Just realised that the error bombardment is set off immediately after
starting X (kde 3.15). I have no X applications trying to access /dev/cdrom
which now points to /dev/scd0. Still can't figure out the connection between
X and ide-scsi. Any ideas?
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Alphonse Ogulla
Nairobi, Kenya
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