[Tfug] CD-R Problem on FC-2

[Andrew Huntwork]

2.6.8 and 2.6.8.1 are both apparently broken with respect to cd writing. 
  at least, that's what the k3b people say.  maybe a fc3 kernel might be 
good.

Jim Secan wrote:
> I've just updated a system that had been running RH8 to fedora core 2
> (2.6.8-1.521 kernel; clean install, not an update) and I've lost the
> ability to burn CDs (I have a Sony ATAPI drive).  I had been using xcdroast
> under RH8 with no problems.  Now I've tried xcdroast, k3b, and in final
> desperation cdrecord directly.  I also tried writing an iso to a blank CD
> using nautilus (which does detect that there is a blank CD in the burner).
> In all cases I've tried as a user and as root, with the same result - the
> entire system locks up at some point in the process requiring a hardware
> reset.
> 
> I didn't notice any odd complaints from cdrecord (other than a statement
> that this was a version modified to handle DVD and don't bother the author
> with problems), and it hung up both times I tried to burn a CD with a last
> output line of:
> 
> Drive buf size = 1821440 = 1774 KB
> 
> After this is displayed on the terminal screen the system is still running
> for 10s of seconds, and then it just locks up.  I believe all the other
> things I've tried eventually use cdrecord to do the dirty work, so I think
> the problem is with cdrecord.
> 
> I've not had time to rftm (CDR HOWTO) yet, and I've been told that it
> hasn't been updated to deal with issues related to the 2.6 kernel.  Has
> anyone run into this problem before?
> 
> TIA
> Jim
> 
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