On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 19:07 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 18:51 -0500, Peter Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 23:04 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 11:53 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> > > > In my mind there is a big difference between perfection and having a
> > > > CDROM that doesn't work.
> > >
> > > Kim -
> > >
> > > I'm sorry but I have not seen others with your CDROM issue with any
> > > frequency on this or on the fedora users list. I've installed FC3 (from
> > > early testing to various RCs to release) on a bunch of machines and on
> > > every one of them the CD works as you'd expect.
>
> Thomas: are your people ripping CDs with those computers ? I've used
> CDParanoia for 2 years and have experienced various crashes with
> it/cdroms, especially when ripping scratched CDs. I'm thinking that
> such activity triggers a problem with the communication between the
> kernel and the CD drive.
>
> Peter: this might be a good place for you to start troubleshooting on
> your computer. Find a scratched audio CD and start ripping. I'm pretty
> certain you'll be able to replicate my problem.
Scratched CDs work ok on several of my boxes -- often I get crap data
back, but they certainly don't crash the box.
--
Peter