Big up, the list. I've just gone out and bought a new DVD player - specs at end of the mail. The last one I had was, supposedly, RPC2 - region 2 - and the firmware wasn't rewritable.
After buying this new one, which /can/ be upgraded to RPC1, I decided to actually check out some of the errors I'd been seeing before. Did I do this the wrong way round? Uh-huh. Anyhow, the new drive gives me the following errors on the console when I try to cat an encrypted .vob file (and yes, I've done the "use multiword as default" kernel config option, before anyone asks :) hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdd: command error: error=0x54 end_request: I/O error, dev 16:40 (hdd), sector 14059180 Can someone put me right on a couple of questions? a) Is this an RPC2 issue? I haven't patched the firmware yet, and it is - supposedly - a region 2 drive, and the DVD producing these errors is a region 2 copy of The Matrix. Basically, is this being caused by my drive not ever having been put into a win box and having some magic done to it by the win drivers, the first time it's used, or some such thing? b) Has anyone ever seen this behaviour and solved it? As I said before, I've googled around for a bit, and just come up with the kernel config option, which I'd already got selected anyway. c) Could it be to do with the access mode that I'm using? I've tried all manner of modes, including the ones advertised on the player's box (PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2, and UDMA/33) with no discernable difference. d) HELP!!!!!! muchos gratias, jc DVD player specs: Artec 16x DVD-ROM bigdaddy:/home/jaycee# for I in /proc/ide/hdd/* ; do echo $I ; cat $I ; done /proc/ide/hdd/capacity 16124624 /proc/ide/hdd/driver ide-cdrom version 4.59 /proc/ide/hdd/identify 85c0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 0000 0000 2056 332e 3130 2020 4944 4520 4456 442d 524f 4d20 3136 5820 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 0000 0f00 0000 0400 0200 0006 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0007 0407 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0007 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 /proc/ide/hdd/media cdrom /proc/ide/hdd/model IDE DVD-ROM 16X /proc/ide/hdd/settings name value min max mode ---- ----- --- --- ---- breada_readahead 4 0 127 rw current_speed 0 0 69 rw dsc_overlap 1 0 1 rw file_readahead 0 0 2097151 rw ide_scsi 0 0 1 rw init_speed 0 0 69 rw io_32bit 0 0 3 rw keepsettings 0 0 1 rw max_kb_per_request 127 1 127 rw nice1 1 0 1 rw number 3 0 3 rw pio_mode write-only 0 255 w slow 0 0 1 rw unmaskirq 0 0 1 rw using_dma 0 0 1 rw bigdaddy:/home/jaycee# hdparm /dev/hdd /dev/hdd: HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 0 (off) keepsettings = 0 (off) HDIO_GET_NOWERR failed: Invalid argument readonly = 1 (on) readahead = 8 (on) HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument busstate = 1 (on) bigdaddy:/home/jaycee# hdparm -iI /dev/hdd /dev/hdd: Model=IDE DVD-ROM 16X, FwRev=V3.10, SerialNo= Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 *udma1 udma2 AdvancedPM=no ATAPI CD-ROM, with removable media Model Number: IDE DVD-ROM 16X Serial Number: Firmware Revision: V3.10 Standards: Configuration: DRQ response: 50us. Packet size: 12 bytes Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 *mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns -- It may stop, it may not. And stop calling me "dj". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]