Did you kill magicdev and make sure your session manager didn't restart it?
Jon On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, fred smith wrote: > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 09:09:38AM -0700, Harold Martin wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion, only problem is I can't 'alias > > scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi' because scsi_hostadapter is already alias'd > > to my real SCSI adapter. Any ideas? > > I don't have ANY if those items in my modules.conf, and my sony > CRX210A1 CDRW works fine for me. The only configuration setting is in > /etc/grub.conf, where it says: > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.9-34 ro root=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi hdf=ide-scsi > > so tht both of my CD drives use scsi emulation. > > I HAVE had trouble, in the past (with another much older CDRW drive) with > certain brands/types of CDRW media that it either refused to recognize, > or would recognize then fail during the burn operation. have you tried > a different brand of blank CDRW? I've had best luck with TDK or Fuji > 700 meg media. I had a batch of memorex last year that the older burner > would burn onto but then refused to recognize once the burn was done. > > > Thanks, > > Harold > > On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 07:45, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > > On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 20:19, Harold Martin wrote: > > > > Whenever I try to burn I CD I get the error: > > > > cdrecord: OPC failed. > > > > > > > > Yes, I know OPC means Optical Power Calibration. > > > > But why is it failing? I'm using a brand new CD-RW! > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > > > > I've been trying to hack a similar problem for months on my RH8 system > > > and finally got the burner to work. (I don't think the burner is > > > anything out of the ordinary: a SONY CD-RW CRX220E1, 52X/24/X/52X). I > > > have little more than a vague understanding as to why this fix works and > > > would be interested in any comments from the more technically > > > knowledgeable: > > > > > > (1) I use cdrecord from the command line or xcdroast (one of its GUIs) > > > (2) "cdrecord -scanbus" lists the device as 0,0,0 > > > (3) /etc/modules.conf includes the lines: > > > options ide-cd ignore=hdc > > > alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi > > > alias scsi_cd ide-scsi > > > alias scd0 sr_mod > > > (4) Although the burner specs give a write speed of 24X I don't use > > > speeds higher than 8X. > > > (5) I have the FIFO Buffer set to 16MB, the largest value possible in > > > the xcdroast "Setup - CD Settings" menu. > > > (6) I've been using heavily discounted Memorex CD-R's. > > > > > > I hope this helps! > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- > "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of > heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." > ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) ----------------------------- > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
