Bug#481525: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686: cdrom nonfunctional, spews errors on boot

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 01:14:11PM -0400, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-686
> Version: 2.6.24-6
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> I just upgraded from etch to lenny in order to get at some new software,
> but now the CD/DVD drive doesn't work.  There is a flood of errors on
> boot, including a couple of soft-lockup traces, all apparently having
> something to do with hdc (the cdrom).  If I put a disc in the drive
> and try to mount it, the command hangs and I get more IDE errors and
> soft-lockup traces.  (The mount command does eventually give up; it's
> not a permanent hang.)

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

Cheers,
        Moritz