Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-14 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eduard Bloch writes: > I think you have some third-party IDE controller on the mainboard > (with a Marvell chip) which has a faulty driver. The problem is not > uncommon, i.e. if the the driver author only tested with "even" block > sizes like 512 a

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Merciadri Luca [Sun, Dec 13 2009, 07:48:59PM]: > pata_marvell4256 0 I think you have some third-party IDE controller on the mainboard (with a Marvell chip) which has a faulty driver. The problem is not uncommon, i.e. if the the driver author only tested with "even" block

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Kubicek writes: > Reboot and send us outputs of these, I'd better see it all: > > cat /proc/cmdline root=/dev/sda5 ro quiet > cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: ST3320620AS

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread David Kubicek
On 12/13/2009 05:41 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: Then I suggest testing a closed-source alternative similar to what you may know from Windows experience: Nero Linux 4, http://www.nerolinux.de/. This way you can exclude kernel issues as potential problem. I do not often use Windows, but I wanted to

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eduard Bloch writes: > #include Funny. I really enjoyed it. :-) > Relax. No problem. I am relax (at least appearing like). > Then I suggest testing a closed-source alternative similar to > what you may know from Windows experience: Nero Linux 4, >

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread David Kubicek
On 12/13/2009 03:58 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Nelson writes: Can the drive /read/ CDs and DVDs in Windows? In Linux? If not, certainly try the next suggestion. Try fiddling with the cables to the drive. Replug them. Move the data cable a

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * Merciadri Luca [Sun, Dec 13 2009, 03:58:37PM]: > I thought that I had specified it before, but, according to your > message, I did not explain this in an explicit way. > > Under Windows (XP), I am able to read, and write, on any CD or DVD > medium, whatever the writer. I am thus fully

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-13 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Nelson writes: > Can the drive /read/ CDs and DVDs in Windows? In Linux? If not, > certainly try the next suggestion. > > Try fiddling with the cables to the drive. Replug them. Move the data > cable around in the computer case. I thought

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-12 Thread Tony Nelson
On 09-12-12 08:54:35, Merciadri Luca wrote: ... > It looks like a hardware error, as stated before by the log, but why? > I am sure this is linked with the fact that it is done through IDE, > but Windows does not complain about this. Can the drive /read/ CDs and DVDs in Windows? In Linux? If no

Re: IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-12 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - From Matt Harrison on Sat Dec 12: > The other CD-DVD writer works like a charm, but this one does not, > whatever the interface. I had mainly tried with GNOME's built-in's > burning tool, but it explains me that I should try burning the CD/DVD > at

IDE CD-DVD Writer won't write

2009-12-12 Thread Merciadri Luca
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have two CD-DVD writers on this machine. It is equipped with a ASUS P5 which supports IDE and SATA. One of these CD-DVD writers is connected through IDE. Here is the output of `lshw' for the problematic CD-DVD writer: # lshw | grep ND-2500A