Re: Problems with Matshita UJ-810
> > And there is another thing to check. If you run 2.4.x kernel, then you
> > should know that there is a kernel bug, which discards timeouts passed
> > by growisofs and sets default of 30 seconds on all commands. Meaning
> > that whenever your unit requires more that 30 seconds to perform OPC,
> > then you're in trouble. In order to tell if you suffer from this,
> > examine your log, /var/log/messages. Did it log anything by the time
> > growisofs failed? A.
>
> Aha?! It actually is a 2.4.22 and it spills out (for the "known DVD-R
> case"):
>
> Nov 4 13:22:07 sol kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command: 0x54 01
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> Nov 4 13:22:07 sol kernel: Current sr00:00: sns = 70 3
> Nov 4 13:22:07 sol kernel: ASC=73 ASCQ= 3
> Nov 4 13:22:07 sol kernel: Raw sense data:0x70 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00
> 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00
> 0x00 0x73 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
This is not a timeout, therefore you don't suffer from that kernel
deficiency. This means that you can concentrate on your unit firmware
and not Linux kernel. A.
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