2010/2/11 Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com>: > On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:03:25 -0500 (EST), Leonardo Canducci wrote: >> >> Maybe a little off-topic: hardware issue with lenny. >> >> I've just replaced a broken LG dvd burner on my parents pc with an >> ASUS drw-22b2s (IDE interface) and it works fine except it cannot read >> audio cds. This didn't happen with the old one. Anyway serpentine or >> cdcd or else fail or return errors on lenny. I checked on win2k (it's >> a dual boot pc) and programs that use analog audio for cds fail while >> other that use digital audio work. >> I also tried installing the burner on another pc (mythtv box with >> etch) and had the same problems. Can't test it on my desktop 'cause it >> has SATA interface only. >> I went to the shop and asked for another unit (same model because it's >> the only one they sell with IDE interface) and had the same problems. >> So I imagine there must be some issue with this particular model or >> maybe some lethal mixture of motherboard, chipset and burner. Anybody >> had similar experiences? Do you have some hints? >> >> Actually there's a SATA connector on the gigabyte 7vt600 motherboard >> on the pc but I never used it and it was quite experimental at the >> time it was bought (maybe 6 years ago). Should I try with a SATA >> burner? > > There are several things you can try. First of all, under Linux, > I recommend the cdtool package if all you want to do is listen to an > audio CD. (I.e. you're not interested in "ripping" audio data clips > or anything like that, you just want to listen to it.) The cdtool > package contains a number of command-line utilities, such as cdplay, > cdpause, cdstop, cdeject, cdinfo, etc. Install that package, place > an audio CD in the CD drive, cancel any programs that start automatically > on the desktop, such as "Sound juicer" in GNOME, then type "cdplay". > If you only have one drive capable of reading audio CDs in your system, > you usually don't have to specify the device. It usually finds it. > If that is not the case, you may have to specify the device in the > command line. See the man page for details. I used cdcd from command line. I'll try cdplay... maybe there's more debugging information. > > First thing to check: Is the activity light on the drive flashing on > and off at regular intervals? On my system, it's on for about 0.5 > seconds, then off for about 0.5 seconds, just like clockwork. > If you don't see that, then either the device never received the > play command or it doesn't support it. I doesn't flash. Drive starts spinning when cd is loaded but doesn't spin when I try to play the disc and returns some error. > > Next: If you see the light flashing, the next thing to check is whether > or not there is an audio cable running from the audio output of the > CD drive to the CD input on the sound card. No cable, no sound. > It's as simple as that. Fist thing I double checked when I installed the drive. > > Next thing: run "alsamixer". Check to see that the "CD" input is not > muted. You should see OO, not MM, at the bottom of the CD column. > If it is muted, unmute it with the "m" key. Finally, make sure that > the volume in the CD column is turned up. For many audio chipsets, > the CD input, being analog, is not subject to the master volume > control, which is digital. That's the second thing I checked. Anyway to be sure I switched the drive with some old cd burner and everything was ok, so... > > If the drive has a headphone jack on the front, plug in a set of > headphones and see if you can hear sound there. If so, the audio > cable is suspect. Check for loose connections. No jack or play button in newer drives. > > Of course, the obvious stuff too: are there speakers plugged in to > the audio output of the sound card, are they turned on, can you > play wave audio files with aplay, etc. Well... that would be really lame of me :) No, audio stuff is ok.
My main concern is that if the single drive isn't defective and the problem occurs only in linux (windows has minor issues) I can't return the unit. I'll test the drive in some other pc before giving up. Thanks -- Leonardo Canducci -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
