On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 20:08, Sage wrote: > I am running Red Hat 8.0 with kernel version 2.4.18-18.8.0 in smp mode > on a dual Pentium III workstation. I have a Plextor 40x12x40 speed CD-RW > drive. It will read data CDs perfectly, though it has some trouble with > CD-R and CD-RW discs. More importantly, though, it refuses to read any > audio CDs that are placed into it. > > If I run grip or the gnome cd player, the application acts as though no > disc has been inserted. The drive spins and tries to read the disc but > never succeeds. At worst, the application will lock up and I will have > to kill the process. > > Does anyone know why this is, and how I might fix it? Is anyone else > experiencing a similar problem? More importantly, has anyone else used > the Plextor 40x12x40 CD-RW drive successfully without such problems?P
Sounds like your drive is a bit whacky. The disc recognition is done by the drive's firmware, so it's not a Linux problem. Hanging applications are a Linux problem - the kernel has problems dealing with "misbehaving" IDE hardware (long timeouts on reading discs etc). Since it seems to be a new drive, I'd take it back to the store and ask for a new one... greets, Klaasjan -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
