Re: cdrecord can't burn

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@oz.net>]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 10:21:52AM +0200, Armin Wegner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> to say it short
> 
> 	kernel support for graphics card + Xfree86 4.0.2 = cdrecord
> 	does not burn anymore
> 
> I can write cds if I stop X and write cds at the console or if use
> the kernel driver for nvidia chips "nv" comming with X. Using the
> driver from nvidia or compiling support for graphic cards into the
> kernel shows a strange behavior:
> 
> cdrecord starts printing the usual messages and hangs immediatly
> before it should start writing. Pressing Ctrl-C stops cdrecord and
> gives me the shell again, but the cd-writer does not stop. I have to
> reboot to get the blank cd out ouf the drive. Trying to force cd
> drive to eject the cd with eject causes the whole system to hang.
> 
> Any idea?

I am running woody with Xfree 4.0.2, the NVidia driver and the nvidia
kernel module (installed using the nvidia-glx-src and nvidia-kernel-src
packages) and am not experiencing any problems with cdrecord.

Bob Nielsen