SOLVED! Re: cdrecord no workie after upgade to 2.6.10

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 09:51:51 -0700, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:13:08 -0800, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> > Turns out something was wonky with the CDRW (disc) that i was trying to
> > use.  Using an ordinary CDR and all is well.  I still don't understand
> > why cdrecord was just hanging.  I'd think that software that's been out
> > for as long as cdrecord would have better error handling.
> >
> 
> Wow, this takes me back a hundred years (TM) in time. I had some CDRW
> blanks that I got with a computer several years ago. At that time,
> cdrecord would always fail to write or blank the disks. When I tried
> them a few monts ago, the problem had disappeared.
> 
> My money is still on cdrecord. Jorg uses low level I/O stuff that is
> extremely dependant on the kernel (and thus hangs when the kernel API
> changes even slightly), and changes (in cdrecord) are forthcoming
> seldom or never.
> 

Followup. I put up a 2.6.10 kernel (gentoo 2.6.10-r3), and cdrecord
works just fine (cdr discs). I'll check on performance next time I do
some emerges.


-- 
 Collins