Hi, My bad all, it was the libdvdecss issue - one would have thought that the software could detect the lack of libdvdcss or equivalent, however that may be tricky politically or legally.
Ben On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Simon Morgan <s...@spamcop.net> wrote: > BenM: I don't think that's the same problem. > > I didn't have the problem with Hardy and my drive can play/read > everything fine which leads me to believe that the errors are spurious. > It seems that they aren't in your case and there may be a genuine > problem with your hardware (or maybe you don't have libdvdcss > installed). > > -- > IO errors when inserting a disc > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304954 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > On inserting a disc into my DVD-RW drive, I very often got some serious > looking I/O errors in the kernel logs. At first I put this down to hardware > failure and bought a new drive. However, I not only have the same problem > with the new drive, but the way the problem manifests intself leads me to > believe it could possibly be a kernel bug. The old drive was a Pioneer DVD-RW > DVR-108 and the new one is a Pioneer Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-116D. > > The errors only appear when I insert a disc into the drive. Not only that but > I can do things like playback DVD movies and read entire discs (I tested > using dd_rescue) without a single I/O error appearing in the kernel logs. > > The type of disc also has a bearing on the problem. > > If I insert a data DVD into the drive, I don't get any errors. > If I insert a video DVD I get the following kind of errors: > > [ 3130.194461] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 16039324 > [ 3130.248798] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 16039320 > [ 3130.302954] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 16039328 > [ 3130.303145] UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly; forcing readonly mount > [ 3130.398541] UDF-fs INFO UDF: Mounting volume 'ADAM_AND_JOE', timestamp > 2006/03/09 09:54 (1000) > > If I insert a data CD into the drive, I don't get any errors. > Audio CDs give the following error: > > [ 4267.245458] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 > [ 4267.245477] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0 > [ 4267.245486] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 1 > [ 4267.245503] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 2 > [ 4267.245509] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 3 > [ 4267.245515] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 4 > [ 4267.245521] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 5 > [ 4267.245527] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 6 > [ 4267.245533] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 7 > > I think this may have to do with the dialog that pops up when I insert a disc > into the drive (the one that asks which program you want to launch), or > something related to it. It seems that whenever that dialog appears, I get > the I/O errors. Maybe whatever is scanning the disc to detect what type it is > is doing something weird, resulting in the errors? > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: amd64 > CurrentDmesg: > > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: linux-image-2.6.27-9-generic 2.6.27-9.19 > ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=03a1e31a-442c-4616-ac13-e1b6005c5ba5 ro quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > > PATH=/home/username/bin:/home/username/.cabal/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-9.19-generic > SourcePackage: linux > -- IO errors when inserting a disc https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/304954 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
