On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:54:03 +0100 fruity <fruity@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > >From man cdparanoia, just to test: > -- > EXAMPLES > > Query only with exhaustive search for a drive and full reporting of > autosense: > > cdparanoia -vsQ > -- > > I also had to deal lately with faulty drives, > open up a terminal while you rip and do as root: > > tail -f tail -f /var/log/kern.log > > If you get some errors between curly brackets like { DriveSeekComplete > error } ( this is usually for hardisk but now I cannot remember the > one for optical drives ) or similar than your drive is in bad shape, > sorry. I whouls also sugest you to try to switch to scsi emulation > more and to give a try like that. > Now I cannot remember how is it 'cause I use native ide support since > ages. > > Also try to do this is a terminal: > > zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CDROM > > And see how it differs from this one(mine) > > CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD=m > CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD_BUFFERS=8 > CONFIG_CDROM_PKTCDVD_WCACHE=y > > Happy debugging :) > > > Bill White wrote: > > This is not really linux-audio related strictly, but maybe > > someone on this list has an idea. I have an ubuntu feisty system, > > and I'm trying to get CDROM ripping to work. I used to be able to > > rip my own CDs using my DVD writer, but something has stopped > > working, and I can't diagnose it. > > > > The failure mode is that the audio is read, but the reading is > > really slow. The reader, cdparanoia, tells me that > > there is a lot of "Unreported loss of streaming in atomic read > > operation" errors, which it donotes with this emoticon: > > :-P > > The output is very noisy, with a lot of transient pops and clicks. > > By "a lot" I mean an average of 3-4 a second. It's really annoying. > > > > The DVD reader reads CDs to play them, but it can't seem to read > > them to rip them, which seems completely counterintuitive to me. > > I don't have the cd audio cable connected, so I know the CDs are > > being read using the DVD reader, and not being read through > > the cd audio cable. The DVD Writer is an ATAPI writer, attached > > to the IDE1 slot. There is no other device on this IDE interface, > > and the DVD Writer is set to be an IDE master. So, the system sees > > it as /dev/hdc. > > > > I have an ubuntu feisty system, with a 2.6.20-16 32-bit kernel > > and an AMD 32 bit processor, not that that it really matters. > > > > Does anyone have (1) any clue as to why this fails, or (2) any > > clues as to how to diagnose the problem? > > > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-user mailing list > > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user Maybe also try to use a ripping application that does not use cdparanoia _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user