CD drive not working, errors mid-burn.

johan1391 · 2012-02-08 06:27:44

I have not been able to burn CD's. Here are the outputs of various commands

(2:505)$ cdrecord -scanbus
wodim: No such file or directory. 
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
2642/3935MB	0.18 0.18 0.16 1/239 6234
[5956:5944 0:506] 10:28:03 Tue Feb 07 [jpw@john-mbp: +2] ~ 
(2:506)$ wodim -scanbus
wodim: No such file or directory. 
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
2639/3935MB	0.15 0.17 0.16 1/239 6260
[5956:5944 0:507] 10:28:12 Tue Feb 07 [jpw@john-mbp: +2] ~ 
(2:507)$ wodim -checkdrive
Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...
Detected CD-R drive: /dev/cdrw
Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'MATSHITA'
Identification : 'DVD-R   UJ-868  '
Revision       : 'KB19'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO

What should I do to start troubleshooting?

Last edited by johan1391 (2012-02-08 06:28:47)

lagagnon · 2012-02-08 20:30:17

Do you get any errors posted in "dmesg" from the kernel with respect to that drive?

johan1391 · 2012-02-10 07:19:09

Here is all of it:

http://sprunge.us/bcNX

lagagnon · 2012-02-10 15:22:06

If you search for "sr0" in your dmesg you will see quite a number of errors. I have only ever noted such errors when there is a hardware fault with the optical drive.

johan1391 · 2012-02-14 03:33:55

Here is what I get when using wodim to burn a disk:

$ wodim -v dev="/dev/sr0" systemrescuecd-x86-2.4.1.iso
wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Assuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '/dev/sr0'
devname: '/dev/sr0'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.11
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'MATSHITA'
Identification : 'DVD-R   UJ-868  '
Revision       : 'KB19'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x0009 (CD-R)
Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) 
Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) 
Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) 
Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording) 
Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording) 
Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) 
Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) 
Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) 
Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) 
Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) 
Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current)
Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) 
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 1310720 = 1280 KB
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data   352 MB        
Total size:      405 MB (40:07.64) = 180573 sectors
Lout start:      405 MB (40:09/48) = 180573 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 4
  Is not unrestricted
  Is not erasable
  Disk sub type: Medium Type A, low Beta category (A-) (2)
  ATIP start of lead in:  -12508 (97:15/17)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359845 (79:59/70)
Disk type:    Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 22
Manufacturer: Ritek Co.
Blocks total: 359845 Blocks current: 359845 Blocks remaining: 179272
Speed set to 4234 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  24.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in    0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01:   34 of  352 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf  99%]   8.5x.Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  2A 00 00 00 44 C8 00 00 1F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: F1 00 03 00 00 42 36 0A 00 2B 00 00 0C 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, deferred error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x00 (write error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 16950 (valid) 
cmd finished after 0.003s timeout 40s

write track data: error after 36061184 bytes
wodim: A write error occured.
wodim: Please properly read the error message above.
Writing  time:   48.601s
Average write speed  57.2x.
Min drive buffer fill was 97%
Fixating...
Fixating time:   35.609s
BURN-Free was never needed.
wodim: fifo had 632 puts and 569 gets.
wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 555 times full, min fill was 87%.

johan1391 · 2012-02-14 03:35:02

I sincerely apologize for the doublepost.

Last edited by johan1391 (2012-02-14 03:35:49)

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#1 2012-02-08 06:27:44

CD drive not working, errors mid-burn.

#2 2012-02-08 20:30:17

Re: CD drive not working, errors mid-burn.

#3 2012-02-10 07:19:09

Re: CD drive not working, errors mid-burn.

#4 2012-02-10 15:22:06

Re: CD drive not working, errors mid-burn.

#5 2012-02-14 03:33:55

Re: CD drive not working, errors mid-burn.

#6 2012-02-14 03:35:02

Re: CD drive not working, errors mid-burn.

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