cant burn data dvd anymore [NOT SOLVED]

durbanlad · Last edited by durbanlad on Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:58 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi

Up until a few days ago I could burn data dvd+r media no problem.
However I no longer can, k3b loads the blank dvd+r media, starts a
session, writes the data, closes. When you try mount it again in either
k3b or from command line, it fails to mount.

mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom

sebaro · Veteran Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1141 Location: Romania

There's a log in $HOME/.kde/share/apps/k3b.

durbanlad · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject: sata dvd writer destroys media

Hi thanks for that, does not tell me much though, maybe someone who knows what to look for,
see code block below below:

I am beginning to think that it has something to do with the new libata stuff, I say
this because, I have two box's, both identical except for the dvd writers, one is ide
(works fine) and one which is sata (trashes dvd media) Both are amd64, same kernel,
same config etc. (as far as I can tell)

The Samsung sata drive was 3 months old, but just to be sure I went and bought a new LG sata
dvd writer, guess what? it does the same thing, so the drive was fine.

Please can someone tell me where to start solving this problem, as I am really pulling my hair out.

durbanlad · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:29 pm Post subject:

Pleasesssssssssss someone :cry:

What I find strange is, if I mount any data dvd+r media that has been burned on
my ide dvd writer, this sata dvd writer sees it fine, same applies to any commercial cd or dvd.

Why can I no longer burn data on this drive without the session becoming unreadable?
How do I go about working out why it does this?
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cyrillic · Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:19 pm Post subject:

What happens if you burn using cdrecord instead of growisofs ?

durbanlad · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:34 am Post subject:

Thank you for the reply

cdrecord -scanbus

durbanlad · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:04 am Post subject:

#system spec

MB: Via K8T800 on Asus K8V Delux
CPU: AMD Athlon64 3400+ RAM: 1024MB
VIDEO: Nvidia GeForce FX5200 AGP 128MB
SOUND: Onboard Via 8237

# fstab
fstab

#make.conf
make.conf

#.config
.config
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durbanlad · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:59 am Post subject:

[BUMP] - Please :cry:

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Clad in Sky · l33t Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 888 Location: Germany

Are you in the cdrw group?
To check it type

durbanlad · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:02 am Post subject:

Hi, thanks for response.

cat /etc/group | grep cdrw
cdrw::80:haldaemon,jeff

Yes my user is, I also have tried everything as root, same thing
I also installed brasero to make sure it was not k3b, same thing.

It would appear, however you burn data to a dvd, it is not recognized by
the system thereafter.
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sebaro · Veteran Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1141 Location: Romania

You said you could burn dvds a few days ago, what did you do since then?
Maybe kernel upgrade? Do you still have the 28th? Does this work?

durbanlad · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject:

I have done at least one world update along with kernel upgrade to
2.6.29-r5, I have tried my last 2 kernel versions, both do same.

I think in all the confusion of changing writers, from IDE to SATA I think
I only read from the new SATA, writing was done only on IDE :oops:

This SATA burner will read any commercial CD DVD or DVD+R as long as it was burned on
my IDE burner.

I am now fairly sure that it is my kernel config that is not correct for burning DVD via SATA and or
something else in terms of the new libata stuff is screwed up.

It is not the DVD writer, tried 2 brand new (LG & Samsung)
It is not the media, it burns fine on IDE writer and under windoze

It is definitely something to do with the fact it is SATA, as I have two identical boxes, one
IDE burner the other SATA

So unless someone can tell me where I am going wrong in my kernel, or otherwise
I have to assume that Gentoo can not burn DVD+R on an Asus KV8 amd64 MB with a SATA DVD burner.
And the fact the no one can offer an explanation makes me believe even more this might be the case :cry:

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sebaro · Veteran Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1141 Location: Romania

Can you please re-post your kernel config file, the above expired.

durbanlad · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject:

My current kernel config
http://pastebin.com/m498f52b2
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sebaro · Veteran Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1141 Location: Romania

There are many kernel options you don't need.
If you have an AHCI SATA (lspci) in
-> Serial ATA (prod) ...
select just AHCI SATA support

durbanlad · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

Not too sure, what do you suggest based on this?
I tried deleting all PATA and as many other SATA options as I could in the kernel and leaving only
the Via SATA (rebuilt 7 times) as I believe you can get conflicts, however no joy, only eventually
succeeded in breaking the kernel.

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8385 [K8T800 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev 80)
00:08.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20378 (FastTrak 378/SATA 378) (rev 02)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
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scotus africanus · n00b Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 8 Location: umbilo,durban

i have exactly the same problem
i have disabled dma to no avail
on my 32-bit install k3b starts to write the disc but crashes at 17%
up 'til then burning is very sloooow, with device buffer empty the whole time it is burning

sigh!
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durbanlad · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject:

Hey scotus africanus

you just down the drag from me
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poly_poly-man · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject:

try playing aroun with hdparm (that's the one, right?)

you're pprobably missing some udma settng that's slowing it down to the point of an undetectable underrun...

...maybe
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durbanlad · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:46 am Post subject:

Disabling every except AHCI SATA Support renders system un-bootable, it
needs ATA SFF Support to at least boot from SATA HD, I selected VIA SATA Support only
to get it to work, but still corrupted coasters.

One thing I noticed when using k3b, after burning a dvd, when looking media info, it
showed some info about the media under the ISO9660 file-system part when I burn on my IDE
burner on my other box.

On this SATA burner, although k3b is happy that it is burnt successfully, there is no ISO9660 media info,
does this mean anything?
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durbanlad · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:53 am Post subject:

Yes I do have IDE slots, I will give that a try, thanks did not even cross my mind.
I suppose because I was hoping to continue going forward in technology rather than
backwards :cry:

Any ideas if the developers are aware of these problems and if they are likely to be
solved sometime in the near future?
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durbanlad · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject:

Well I bought a SATA to IDE converter and install, but still have a problem. k3b fails with:

sebaro · Veteran Joined: 03 Jul 2006 Posts: 1141 Location: Romania

Does the DVD drive share the ide/pata slot? Did you set the master/slave jumper?
Try to burn at a lower speed.
Or use the old ide drivers instead of libata.

durbanlad · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject:

It is a SATA -> IDE converter card, so the SATA DVD burner plugs into the card with a
SATA cable, the card then plugs into the IDE primary slot.

SATA DVD burner do not have master/slave jumpers.

I will try your other two recommendations, thanks.

By the way how does one "refresh" the devices in a system? I ask because when k3b
bombs on the burn the DVD drive is now no longer available, cant mount, unmount, eject.
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