Re: cdrecord problems with TDK 440n DVD+/-rw

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Dan wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 19:19, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
> > lsof and see what process is causing the problem.
>
>
> Here's a ps -A and lsof of when I kill as much as I can and still have
> the problem:
>
>   PID TTY          TIME CMD
>     1 ?        00:00:02 init
>     2 ?        00:00:01 migration/0
>     3 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
>     4 ?        00:00:01 migration/1
>     5 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
>     6 ?        00:00:05 events/0
>     7 ?        00:00:00 events/1
>     8 ?        00:00:00 khelper
>     9 ?        00:00:21 kblockd/0
>    10 ?        00:00:10 kblockd/1
>    38 ?        00:00:00 kirqd
>    41 ?        00:03:54 kswapd0
>    42 ?        00:00:00 aio/0
>    43 ?        00:00:00 aio/1
>    46 ?        00:00:00 kseriod
>   161 ?        00:00:00 md1_raid1
>   162 ?        00:00:00 md0_raid1
>   163 ?        00:00:02 reiserfs/0
>   164 ?        00:00:00 reiserfs/1
>   382 ?        00:00:00 devfsd
>  4799 ?        00:00:00 khubd
>  6900 ?        00:00:01 dhcpcd
>  7611 tty3     00:00:00 agetty
>  7612 tty4     00:00:00 agetty
>  7613 tty5     00:00:00 agetty
>  7614 tty6     00:00:00 agetty
> 19213 ?        00:02:26 kcryptd/0
> 19214 ?        00:00:55 kcryptd/1
>  4981 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
>  5239 ?        00:00:04 pdflush
> 11005 ?        00:00:00 login
> 11462 tty1     00:00:00 bash
> 11696 tty2     00:00:00 agetty
> 11797 tty1     00:00:00 ps
>
> COMMAND     PID USER   FD   TYPE     DEVICE    SIZE      NODE NAME
> init          1 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> init          1 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> init          1 root  txt    REG        9,1   40581      7932 /sbin/init
> init          1 root  mem    REG        9,1  102218      9633
> /lib/ld-2.3.4.so
> init          1 root  mem    REG        9,1 1428354      9727
> /lib/libc-2.3.4.so
> init          1 root   10u  FIFO       0,10              1204
> /dev/initctl
> migration     2 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> migration     2 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> ksoftirqd     3 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> ksoftirqd     3 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> migration     4 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> migration     4 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> ksoftirqd     5 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> ksoftirqd     5 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> events/0      6 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> events/0      6 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> events/1      7 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> events/1      7 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> khelper       8 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> khelper       8 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kblockd/0     9 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kblockd/0     9 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kblockd/1    10 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kblockd/1    10 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kirqd        38 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kirqd        38 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kswapd0      41 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kswapd0      41 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> aio/0        42 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> aio/0        42 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> aio/1        43 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> aio/1        43 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kseriod      46 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kseriod      46 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> md1_raid1   161 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> md1_raid1   161 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> md0_raid1   162 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> md0_raid1   162 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> reiserfs/   163 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> reiserfs/   163 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> reiserfs/   164 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> reiserfs/   164 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> devfsd      382 root  cwd    DIR       0,10       0         1 /dev
> devfsd      382 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> devfsd      382 root  txt    REG        9,1   36156      9635
> /sbin/devfsd
> devfsd      382 root    3r   CHR      254,0                16
> /dev/.devfsd
> khubd      4799 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> khubd      4799 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> pdflush    4981 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> pdflush    4981 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> pdflush    5239 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> pdflush    5239 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> dhcpcd     6900 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> dhcpcd     6900 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> dhcpcd     6900 root  txt    REG        9,1   35972      9636
> /sbin/dhcpcd
> dhcpcd     6900 root    0u   CHR        1,3                 6 /dev/null
> dhcpcd     6900 root    1u   CHR        1,3                 6 /dev/null
> dhcpcd     6900 root    2u   CHR        1,3                 6 /dev/null
> dhcpcd     6900 root    3u  sock        0,4              9395 can't
> identify protocol
> dhcpcd     6900 root    4u  IPv4       9396               UDP *:bootpc 
> dhcpcd     6900 root    5u  unix 0xdf48cbe0              9397 socket
> agetty     7611 root  cwd    DIR       0,10       0         1 /dev
> agetty     7611 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> agetty     7611 root  txt    REG        9,1   14812      9614
> /sbin/agetty
> agetty     7611 root    0u   CHR        4,3                30 /dev/vc/3
> agetty     7611 root    1u   CHR        4,3                30 /dev/vc/3
> agetty     7611 root    2u   CHR        4,3                30 /dev/vc/3
> agetty     7612 root  cwd    DIR       0,10       0         1 /dev
> agetty     7612 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> agetty     7612 root  txt    REG        9,1   14812      9614
> /sbin/agetty
> agetty     7612 root    0u   CHR        4,4                31 /dev/vc/4
> agetty     7612 root    1u   CHR        4,4                31 /dev/vc/4
> agetty     7612 root    2u   CHR        4,4                31 /dev/vc/4
> agetty     7613 root  cwd    DIR       0,10       0         1 /dev
> agetty     7613 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> agetty     7613 root  txt    REG        9,1   14812      9614
> /sbin/agetty
> agetty     7613 root    0u   CHR        4,5                32 /dev/vc/5
> agetty     7613 root    1u   CHR        4,5                32 /dev/vc/5
> agetty     7613 root    2u   CHR        4,5                32 /dev/vc/5
> agetty     7614 root  cwd    DIR       0,10       0         1 /dev
> agetty     7614 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> agetty     7614 root  txt    REG        9,1   14812      9614
> /sbin/agetty
> agetty     7614 root    0u   CHR        4,6                33 /dev/vc/6
> agetty     7614 root    1u   CHR        4,6                33 /dev/vc/6
> agetty     7614 root    2u   CHR        4,6                33 /dev/vc/6
> login     11005 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> login     11005 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> login     11005 root  txt    REG        9,1   27316       100 /bin/login
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1  102218      9633
> /lib/ld-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   14257      8816
> /lib/libpam_misc.so.0.77
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   36838      8930
> /lib/libpam.so.0.77
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   16427      9769
> /lib/libdl-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1 1428354      9727
> /lib/libc-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   12146      8842
> /lib/security/pam_securetty.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   15416      8847
> /lib/security/pam_stack.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   10546      8866
> /lib/security/pam_nologin.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1  112946      8872
> /lib/security/pam_console.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1    6903      8827
> /lib/security/pam_deny.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   35278      9768
> /lib/libnss_compat-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   93369      9781
> /lib/libnsl-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   45665      9612
> /lib/libnss_nis-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   44776      8646
> /lib/libnss_files-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   15500      8833
> /lib/security/pam_env.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   54723      8859
> /lib/security/pam_unix.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   74782      8832
> /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   22886      8830
> /lib/security/pam_limits.so
> login     11005 root  mem    REG        9,1   24121      9783
> /lib/libcrypt-2.3.4.so
> login     11005 root    0u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> login     11005 root    1u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> login     11005 root    2u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> bash      11462 root  cwd    DIR        9,1    2064      8961 /root
> bash      11462 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> bash      11462 root  txt    REG        9,1  737983        42 /bin/bash
> bash      11462 root  mem    REG        9,1  102218      9633
> /lib/ld-2.3.4.so
> bash      11462 root  mem    REG        9,1   16427      9769
> /lib/libdl-2.3.4.so
> bash      11462 root  mem    REG        9,1 1428354      9727
> /lib/libc-2.3.4.so
> bash      11462 root  mem    REG        9,1   35278      9768
> /lib/libnss_compat-2.3.4.so
> bash      11462 root  mem    REG        9,1   93369      9781
> /lib/libnsl-2.3.4.so
> bash      11462 root  mem    REG        9,1   45665      9612
> /lib/libnss_nis-2.3.4.so
> bash      11462 root  mem    REG        9,1   44776      8646
> /lib/libnss_files-2.3.4.so
> bash      11462 root    0u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> bash      11462 root    1u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> bash      11462 root    2u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> bash      11462 root  255u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> agetty    11696 root  cwd    DIR       0,10       0         1 /dev
> agetty    11696 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> agetty    11696 root  txt    REG        9,1   14812      9614
> /sbin/agetty
> agetty    11696 root  mem    REG        9,1  102218      9633
> /lib/ld-2.3.4.so
> agetty    11696 root  mem    REG        9,1 1428354      9727
> /lib/libc-2.3.4.so
> agetty    11696 root    0u   CHR        4,2                29 /dev/vc/2
> agetty    11696 root    1u   CHR        4,2                29 /dev/vc/2
> agetty    11696 root    2u   CHR        4,2                29 /dev/vc/2
> lsof      11804 root  cwd    DIR        9,1    2064      8961 /root
> lsof      11804 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> lsof      11804 root  txt    REG      253,1  110152     67897
> /usr/sbin/lsof
> lsof      11804 root  mem    REG        9,1  102218      9633
> /lib/ld-2.3.4.so
> lsof      11804 root  mem    REG        9,1 1428354      9727
> /lib/libc-2.3.4.so
> lsof      11804 root    0u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> lsof      11804 root    1w   REG      253,5       0    198538
> /home/overridex/lsof.txt
> lsof      11804 root    2u   CHR        4,1                28 /dev/vc/1
> lsof      11804 root    3r   DIR        0,3       0         1 /proc
> lsof      11804 root    4r   DIR        0,3       0 773586953
> /proc/11804/fd
> lsof      11804 root    5w  FIFO        0,7           4209317 pipe
> lsof      11804 root    6r  FIFO        0,7           4209318 pipe
> lsof      11805 root  cwd    DIR        9,1    2064      8961 /root
> lsof      11805 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> lsof      11805 root  txt    REG      253,1  110152     67897
> /usr/sbin/lsof
> lsof      11805 root  mem    REG        9,1  102218      9633
> /lib/ld-2.3.4.so
> lsof      11805 root  mem    REG        9,1 1428354      9727
> /lib/libc-2.3.4.so
> lsof      11805 root    4r  FIFO        0,7           4209317 pipe
> lsof      11805 root    7w  FIFO        0,7           4209318 pipe
> kcryptd/0 19213 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kcryptd/0 19213 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kcryptd/1 19214 root  cwd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
> kcryptd/1 19214 root  rtd    DIR        9,1     440         2 /
>
> do you guys see anything I don't?  the only other thing I can think of
> is if it's lvm2/device-mapper, and /usr /var are both on lvm volumes, so
> I can't really disable that to test.... -Dan

What I see is a lack of another process having the device open. Unless 
someone else has a good reason to still believe that's the problem, or 
can suggest a program which might be opening and then closing the 
device, I would look for some less-likely cause.

--
bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979