Re: k3b problems

[Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>]

Michael Thaler wrote, on 03/06/07 00:29:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with k3b. If I start k3b with a blank CD or DVD in the CD/DVD 
> drive, k3b hangs when started and I get the following kernel message:
>
> Jun  2 16:40:20 tessa kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I 
> recognize!
> Jun  2 16:40:29 tessa kernel: hdd: DMA timeout retry
> Jun  2 16:40:34 tessa kernel: hdc: lost interrupt
> Jun  2 16:40:39 tessa kernel: hdd: status timeout: status=0xd8 { Busy }
> Jun  2 16:40:39 tessa kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
>
> However, if I start k3b with no CD/DVD in the drives or with data CD/DVDs in 
> the drives, everything works fine. I can insert a blank CD/DVD after k3b 
> started and I can then burn them without problems. 
>
> My system is Debian SID. I have the following version of k3b installed:

[snip]

> Any suggestions what to do to not hang my computer when starting k3b with a 
> blanl CD/DVD in the drives?
>
> Greetings,
> Michael

What drive do you have, and what is the output of:

lspci -v|grep -i ide

I had to disable DMA on my CD-RW drive for it to work correctly. To do 
this, I had the following in /etc/hdparm.conf:

/dev/hdc {
        dma = off
}