On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 08:29:18PM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote: > On Sept. 7 I posted a problem, > > "I have an Etch box with a linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7. All works well but > > wodim -devices > Beginning native device scan. This may take a while ... > wodim: Invalid argument. Cannot Set SG_SET_TIMEOUT > > Apt-get install wodim confirms I have the latest release. I have also run > apt-get dist-upgrade but still get the same result from wodim -devices. > > What's wrong? > " > > The problem is still unsolved. > > I received several responses but was unable to respond to the thread until > yesterday due to an MTA problem. > > Most of the responses suggested the difficulty was the lack of SCSI > emulation. The config.gz accompanying the linux-image-2.6.18-5-k7 confirms > that the kernel was not compiled with SCSI emulation as this is no longer > necessary for 2.6 kernels. true > > Joerg Schily also responded with an emphatic message that linux uses an > old, broken version of his cdrecord program and recommending I download the > latest version of the original free program. I did but have not yet been > able to make it work either though the problems are different. I switched there was a fork of cdrecord to wodim (this is from memory). some simple things to try can you see the device normally - ie can you mount a cd from that device have you tried just a wodim -inq /dev/hda (if its known as /dev/hda ?). If you get an error here what is in dmesg or /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog > to another Etch box with an AMD 64 cpu, a linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64 > kernel, a Lite-On DVDRW drive and a CompUSA CD_RW drive. With the linux > cdrecord (wodim) I get the wodim: Invalid argument. Cannot Set > SG_SET_TIMEOUT message. With the original cdrecord the cdrecord -scanbus > finds both drives immediately but when I try to burn a cd neither works. > If I specify the Lite-On drive there are grinding noises and, after several > delays, most of the preliminary messages are written to the screen and then > the report that the drive is not ready. If I specify the CD_RW drive again > most of the preliminary messages are displayed and then the message "No > disk, wrong disk". > > I know that two months ago I burnt an iso with one of the drives on this > box. To the best of my recollection I have made no changes other than > dist-upgrades since then. > > Any suggestions as to what has gone wrong? > > Tom George > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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