Hello and thanks to anyone that has seen something like this and can help.
I'm having problems on RHLinux 8.0 system (all patches applied via RHN)
with r/w cd
drives. We used the selfsame drives to load the op sys on the box, but
are having real
trouble with the system becoming cpu bound by errors on the drive when
there is nothing
even in it. Some times this happens right after booting, sometimes after
a couple of
days. These systems reboot after a time, I suspect this is part of the
problem. I've
been killing magicdev and nautilus after boot with "killall magicdev",
etc. Still, the
systems get cpu bound and/or reboot. Here's some output from the log file:
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There are two cd drives on the system, one r only, the other r/w.
At boot time, we see this from the /var/log/messages file concerning the
r/w cd drive:
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Feb 9 14:35:59 localhost kernel: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0,
channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Feb 9 14:35:59 localhost kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Feb 9 14:36:02 localhost kernel: cdrom: This disc doesn't have any
tracks I recognize!
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Once the system is up, we start seeing these scsi0 errors, and it just
keeps on rolling:
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Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second
half of retries.
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0
channel 0.
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command:
Read TOC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 00
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: sr00:00: old sense key None
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: Non-extended sense class 0 code
0x0
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: SCSI error: host 0 id 0 lun 0 return
code =
28000000
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: ^ISense class 7, sense error 0,
extended sense
4
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command:
Test Unit Ready
00
00 00 00 00
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: Current sr00:00: sense key Hardware
Error
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: Additional sense indicates Focus servo
failure
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: SCSI error: host 0 id 0 lun 0 return
code = 28000000
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: ^ISense class 7, sense error 0,
extended sense 4
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: SCSI error: host 0 id 0 lun 0 return
code = 28000000
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: ^ISense class 7, sense error 0,
extended sense 4
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: SCSI error: host 0 id 0 lun 0 return
code = 28000000
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: ^ISense class 7, sense error 0,
extended sense 4
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) error, command:
Test Unit Ready 00
00 00 00 00
Feb 9 19:49:13 localhost kernel: Current sr00:00: sense key Hardware Error
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and it goes on until the system reboots. This could roll for hours.
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I had top running on this system to keep an eye on it. When I came back
the next day,
I noticed that magicdev was at the top of top, the screen frozen from
the disconnect.
I had killed magicdev and nautilus at the last boot.
Any relief from this r/w cdrom thing? Or, should I just disconnect them
(I have them
on 16 systems).
Any insights would be appreciated.
Regards,
Mike
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