Re: cdrecord problems
"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> But reading wodim's source for write-mode detection
> i have to conclude that hald would have to _reliably_
> sabotage at least half a dozen consequtive attempts
> to set the write parameters by mode page 05h.
If this part of wodim has bot been bastardized, cdrecord would
behave the same but the only way to find this out is to try a
non-bastardized source from
http://cdrecord.berlios.de/
The people who did create the wodim fork did add many intentional
indentation changes in order to pretend work in progress. As wodim is
also based on a very old version of cdrecord, it is hard to compare the
source....
> > I think that updating wodim is a good idea anyway,
>
> Agreed.
NO, it definitely does not make sense to put any effort in a dead
fork. Another point against wodim is that it intentionally added
bugs during it's lifetime because it's maintainer did believe it
is possible to write CDs on Linux without having root privileges.
These bugs never have been removed before the fork died 3 months ago.
Offtopic:
Hal on Linux is a nightmare. As long as the Linux kernel developers and
the developers for hal on Linux do not listen to experienced people, there is
little hope that this will ever change.
Solaris did change to hal a year ago (because of Gnome). Before, Solaris did
use the old 1992 Sun "vold" that did never have any problem with CD/DVD
writing. For this reason, I was afraid that Solaris was changing from software
that worked on Solaris for many years to something that creates a lot of
problems on Linux.
The big difference between the Linux folks and the Solaris folks is that the
Solaris folks take possible issues with CD/DVD recording very seriously.
The person who did implement the code transition did listen very carefully to
my explanations on why cdrecord works on Solaris and why it does not work
on Linux. This is why there are no kown problems even after the change.
Jörg
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