Re: cdrecord 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.
Do not expect this to be fixed in wodim.
Wodim was an attempt to harm free software at the expense of the users.
The first 8 months, there was some speudo acticivies but since 4.5 months
it is dead.
>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
Did you use a recent cdrecord version? Recent is 2.01.01a35 and the old
versions (including wodim) you find on the non-cooperative Linux distributions
do not include workarounds for the bugs in recent Linux kernels.....
http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/linux-dist.html#packages
If you did never compile software, you may try to use the Ubuntu binaries...
Jörg
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