Re: ide-scsi error - sr0: CDROM not ready - SOLVED
On Monday 19 January 2004 19:15, Alphonse Ogulla wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I recently got a BenQ 48X48x24x16 ATAPI CD-R/RW/DVD combo drive and
> > managed to get it working with Debian GNU/Linux and custom kernel 2.4.24
> > using the generic scsi library. I think its working because at least it
> > created an audio cd out of a blank cd-rw which apparently can't be read
> > by my hifi music system even after fixating twice.
> >
> > However I get this very annoying scsi error on all 12 virtual consoles
> > telling me CDROM is not ready when I have not even made an attempt to
> > access the drive.
> >
> > sr0: CDROM not ready. Make sure there is a disk in the drive.
> >
> > The above error message is repeated over and over in all virtual consoles
> > I swich to thus giving me no space to type any command or do any useful
> > work.
> >
> > Grateful if someone can save the situation and show me how to stop sr0
> > from taking over my PC.
>
> Ah! Just realised that the error bombardment is set off immediately after
> starting X (kde 3.15). I have no X applications trying to access /dev/cdrom
> which now points to /dev/scd0. Still can't figure out the connection
> between X and ide-scsi. Any ideas?
kscd was the culprit. a session crashed sometime back but resumed in the
background whenever I started X.
ps aux | grep kscd confirmed a running process which was subsequently killed
by passing a SIGHUP signal.
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Alphonse Ogulla
Nairobi, Kenya
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