abcde: "scsi_read error Cannot allocate memory"

lexan · 2014-09-24 01:04:21

I receive the following error when abcde tries to rip an audio CD:

scsi_read error: sector=1631 length=20 retry=0
                 Sense key: 0 ASC: 0 ASCQ: 0
                 Transport error: (null)
                 System error: Cannot allocate memory

I'm using a USB optical drive if that makes any difference.

Last edited by lexan (2014-09-24 01:04:42)

jasonwryan · 2014-09-24 01:30:48

Have you tried with another CD?

lexan · 2014-09-28 17:04:30

jasonwryan wrote:

Have you tried with another CD?

I've tried with other audio CDs and get the same error.
I also tried the device succesffully (ripping and reading) on a mac osx computer to see if it was a hardware device issue.

The error suggests a memory issue, but I have over 2.6 GB free.

Edit: hardware model: samsung portable dvd writer model se-218
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable- … ter+se-218

Last edited by lexan (2014-09-28 17:09:02)

jasonwryan · 2014-09-28 17:09:38

Can you please paste your conf?

lexan · 2014-09-29 00:08:46

jasonwryan wrote:

Can you please paste your conf?

#.abcde.conf

CDDBMETHOD=cddb
CDDBCOPYLOCAL="y"
CDDBLOCALDIR="$HOME/.cddb"
CDDBLOCALRECURSIVE="y"
CDDBUSELOCAL="y"
PADTRACKS=y
CDROM=/dev/sr0
OUTPUTTYPE=flac
OUTPUTFORMAT='${ARTISTFILE}-${ALBUMFILE}/${TRACKNUM} ${TRACKFILE}'

jasonwryan · 2014-09-29 00:20:42

Nothing there that leaps out at me.

Try running the script with `set -x` to see if that provides more meaningful errors.

lexan · 2014-09-29 00:24:23

jasonwryan wrote:

Nothing there that leaps out at me.
Try running the script with `set -x` to see if that provides more meaningful errors.

Excuse my ignorance, but what does `set -x` do, and do I simply include it in the .abcde.conf file?

Thanks :-)

jasonwryan · 2014-09-29 00:35:15

abcde is just a bash script: adding `set -x` to the top of the script (just under the shebang) will print a trace of the commands as they are run, when you hit your error, it might provide some insight as to what is happening.

See http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual … et-Builtin

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#1 2014-09-24 01:04:21

abcde: "scsi_read error Cannot allocate memory"

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