[expert] mac-binhex40

2001-06-17 Thread William Bouterse

Anyone have a line on a useable viewer which works
with mac-binhex40 . i.e. converting them to jpegs, etc. ?

Havent had much luck in tracking one down that actually works!

William Bouterse
Talkeetna, Ak




Re: [expert] Playmidi reports `/dev/sequencer unknown' with Soundblaster PCI64V

2001-06-17 Thread Peter Møller Neergaard

I really appreciate your patience with trying to help me with out with
this.  Unfortunately, I am still not able to get things to work
correctly. (It's one of those moments where I consider shifting back
to Windoze :-( )

On June 17, 2001, Laura Conrad wrote:

LC> My SBLive card uses the Ensoniq 1370 hardware.  And I use sfxload
LC> to load the soundfonts on it.  I remember the documentation not
LC> making that very clear, but that is what you do.

Interesting!  When I using sfxload, I get an error message:

  peter:~ > sudo sfxload hit7.sf2
  No AWE synth device is found

My RPM containing sfxload awesfx-0.4.3a-11mdk.  Could it make any
difference that 8.0 uses awesfx-0.4.3a-12mdk.i586.rpm?

LC> Specifically, the disk that came with my card had a directory with
LC> soundfonts in it somewhere, and I copied them to my hard drive,
LC> and now when I want to use MIDI I say:

I searched my disk, and it did not contain any *.sf2 or *.sbk files.
So the hit7.sf2 file above, was a random file I downloaded from the
net.  Could that make any difference?

Best

Peter
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Re: [expert] Playmidi reports `/dev/sequencer unknown' with Soundblaster PCI64V

2001-06-17 Thread Laura Conrad

> "PMN" == Peter Møller Neergaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

PMN> - playmidi with option -e or option -a hangs for a while and then
PMN>   exits.  I suppose it is playing the file, but sends the output to a
PMN>   device I cannot hear.

PMN> I tried following your advice and use sfxload.  Unfortunately, that
PMN> seems only to work with AWE devices, not with my Ensoniq 1370.  So is
PMN> there a special program to load sound fonts on that card?  

My SBLive card uses the Ensoniq 1370 hardware.  And I use sfxload to load the
soundfonts on it.  I remember the documentation not making that very
clear, but that is what you do.

Specifically, the disk that came with my card had a directory with
soundfonts in it somewhere, and I copied them to my hard drive, and
now when I want to use MIDI I say:

   sfxload /usr/local/lib/sfbank/8mbgmsfx.sf2

So see if you can find some files named .sf2 and try
loading them.

Another thing I've had to do to use jazz as a sequencer is to tell it
to "never" reset the MIDI, since otherwise it seems to unload the
sound fonts.  So you might want to make sure you aren't running
anything that does that. 


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[expert] now vmware dosn't work!

2001-06-17 Thread Sarang Lakare

After installing the enterprise kernel, now vmware dosn't work. It says 64GB 
memory not supported! Now I don't have 64GB memory. All I have is 1.5GB.. so 
all I need is a kernel that will use all of that. As I understand, the 
enterprise kernel support 64GB and SMP.. I don't need it! My machine is 
neither SMP nor 64GB.. why should I use the enterprise kernel then??

Can anybody please tell me how to get the default kernel with 1.5GB memory 
support? And why isn't mandrake providing a kernel like this? Its as if your 
target machines are either desktops or 10GB memory machines! What about the 
numerous machine with memory more than 1GB but less than 2GB?

Please help
thanks
sarang

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Re: [expert] NVidia drivers for enterprise kernel

2001-06-17 Thread jose orlando t. ribeiro


instead of using the RPM or src.RPM, have you tried the TAR files? I had 
some dificulties until I tried the package and now everything is ok...

Sarang Lakare wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I am asking this again.. How do I get the nvidia drivers for the enterprise 
> kernel? I am in such a mess here : To get 1.5GB recognized, I had to install 
> the enterprise kernel.. now the nvidia drivers don't install in this kernel.. 
> they give lots of unresolved symbols. I cannot even compile the src.rpm... it 
> gives tons of errors. I really have no clue what to do! Anybody from Mandrake 
> cares to answer?
> 
> All I needed was the recognition of 1.5GB of RAM on my system. Simply setting 
> 4GB memory support and recompiling the kernel dosn't help either :( "make 
> modules" gives tons of errors :( The simply fact is that kernels provided 
> with LM8.0 simply don't compile when make modules is done! I find this really 
> really strange! Why is the source released when its not going to compile??
> 
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> thanks!
> sarang
> 
> 






[expert] NVidia drivers for enterprise kernel

2001-06-17 Thread Sarang Lakare

Hi guys,

I am asking this again.. How do I get the nvidia drivers for the enterprise 
kernel? I am in such a mess here : To get 1.5GB recognized, I had to install 
the enterprise kernel.. now the nvidia drivers don't install in this kernel.. 
they give lots of unresolved symbols. I cannot even compile the src.rpm... it 
gives tons of errors. I really have no clue what to do! Anybody from Mandrake 
cares to answer?

All I needed was the recognition of 1.5GB of RAM on my system. Simply setting 
4GB memory support and recompiling the kernel dosn't help either :( "make 
modules" gives tons of errors :( The simply fact is that kernels provided 
with LM8.0 simply don't compile when make modules is done! I find this really 
really strange! Why is the source released when its not going to compile??

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

thanks!
sarang

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[expert] hang on su

2001-06-17 Thread Sarang Lakare

I installed the 2.4.3 enterprise kernel that comes with LM8.0. When I do su 
inside a shell, the system hangs completely. I can see a few pixels blinking 
on the X screen. This however dosn't happen if i ssh to the machine from 
another and do a su. Any ideas why this is happening? This did not happen in 
the regular kernel. Also, here is the output from /var/log/messages at the 
point of hanging. Its basically garbage!

Jun 17 22:07:54 vx15 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1
Jun 17 22:07:55 vx15 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Jun 17 22:12:16 vx15 syslogd 
1.4-0:restart.

Some stats on the machine:
LM 8.0
kernel : 2.4.3-20mdkenterprise #1 SMP Sun Apr 15 22:48:22 CEST 2001 i686 
unknown
1GHz Athelon, 1.5GB RAM, single processor, GeForce2 GTS graphics card

or better  yet,

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP]
00:04.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super] (rev 22)
00:04.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] (rev 10)
00:04.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10)
00:04.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B USB (rev 10)
00:04.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 
30)
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Aureal Semiconductor AU8810 Vortex 
Digital Audio Processor (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 
08)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV15 (Geforce2 GTS) 
(rev a3)

thanks for your help in advance!

regards,
sarang

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[expert] The big switch

2001-06-17 Thread Lyric


Hi all,

Currently I'm running two good machines, one for windows, and one for
Linux which acts as my server.

However, I'm picking up a new dual P3 motherboard and two 750 chips on
monday, and was thinking, since I'm doing mostly C++ work it might be a
better idea to just put Linux on that (originally that was going to
replace my Windows machine).

After thinking about it some more, I thought I might just switch over to
Linux completely.  Most of what I do is coding, and whatever else is just
standard web browsing and email.  I already use pine for all of my email.

My only concerns are how well Mandrake 8.0 would support a dual P3 750
setup using the VIA 694 northbridge.  I know in the past, with my current
linux machine, I've had to set agpgart=apg_try_unsupported to use nvidia
drivers for example.

I just want to make sure that everything is going to work, and work well,
before I spent a day setting everything up the way I like it.

I'd like to get some reassurance from others that might have recently
switched over completely, as well as people running SMP systems as
workstations.

Thanks

Current Linux kernel 2.4.3-20mdk uptime: 12 days 21 hours 52 minutes.





Re: [expert] Playmidi reports `/dev/sequencer unknown' with Soundblaster PCI64V

2001-06-17 Thread Peter Møller Neergaard

Thanks for the replies I got from Oscar and Laura.  At least, it seems
that I am a little closer now.

On June 12, 2001, Oscar  wrote:

O> Is your soundcard MIDI detected? I have a SB Awe 64 and harddrake
O> detected the sound device but not the midi port. Maybe your card's
O> midi device has not been detected by the install program.  

It is that this is what have happened to me too: harddrake only
reports the sound card, not any midi devices.  Are there other ways to
test whether MIDI has been detected?

O> Try running "sndconfig" as root from console (without X) Also, be
O> sure to select the correct midi port in kmid (not the external MIDI
O> out port) 

I tried running sndconfig, but that did not change anything.  In
particular, kmid could not find any midi devices.

I then followed Laura's advice and installed ALSA.  Now kmid lists an
``External MIDI 0 MIDI 0-0 - ALSA Device''.  However, I can still not
get it to produce any sound.
 
On June 12, 2001, Laura Conrad wrote:

LC> After I ran alsaconf, I wasn't getting the MIDI errors any more,
LC> but I still wasn't hearing the MIDI files playing, so then I
LC> remembered that you have to sfxload some soundfonts.

I am that same point now.  I have installed alsa (it took a while to
get this to work as ALSA applies some patches that are already in my
Mandrake 7.2 kernel 2.2.17 to all kernels prior to 2.2.18) and usual
sound playback works.  However, playmidi still does not produce any
sound:

- playmidi with no options, option -f, option -4, reports ``No
  playback device found.''
- playmidi with option -e or option -a hangs for a while and then
  exits.  I suppose it is playing the file, but sends the output to a
  device I cannot hear.

I tried following your advice and use sfxload.  Unfortunately, that
seems only to work with AWE devices, not with my Ensoniq 1370.  So is
there a special program to load sound fonts on that card?  Or could it
be something as stupidly simple as the midi playback having its own
volume control (I tried unmuting maximizing the volume on all channels
using alsamixer).

Best

Peter





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Re: [expert] Mozilla experts

2001-06-17 Thread Bruce E.Harris

My online bankings has a statement that says NS changed their SSL protocol 
for NS 6.0 and it it not compliant with the standard. If you could fool your 
bank it may not work anyway. You could use Squid, and set it up to make 
anyone believe anything.

Best Regards, Bruce


On Sunday 17 June 2001 08:16 pm, you wrote:
> When I used to use IBM's OS/2 there was a line, I think is was in
> 'preferences' that could be edited to fool sites to see the 2.xx Netscape
> so they would see it aa a later version of Netscape and not complain.
>
> Is this possible with Mozilla? My online banking site complains because
> Mozilla reports itself as Netscape 6.1 which they "don' support" that
> version.




[expert] Mozilla experts

2001-06-17 Thread David Boles


When I used to use IBM's OS/2 there was a line, I think is was in 'preferences'
that could be edited to fool sites to see the 2.xx Netscape so they would see
it aa a later version of Netscape and not complain. 

Is this possible with Mozilla? My online banking site complains because Mozilla
reports itself as Netscape 6.1 which they "don' support" that version. 

-- 

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ADB0






Re: [expert] Ecuational linux programes

2001-06-17 Thread Larry Sword

Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote:
> 
> Hello folks,
> I am a profesor in a Spanish University (Murcia); from four year ago I am
> using some windows applications to graduate my students and also to elaborate
> quiz (vargrade for windows, quiz..).
> 
> I am trying to find similar aplications under linux but until now I haven't
> been capable of finding anyone.
> 
> Does anybody know where can I found similar software packages runin under
> linux.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your kind attention
> 
> Francisco Alcaraz
> Murcia (Spain)

An excellent place to start is the Scientific Applications on Linux
page.
USA http://sal.kachinatech.com
Spain http://ceu.fi.ude.es/SAL/

Larry
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VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587




[expert] Recommended usable Free OCR program for Linux?

2001-06-17 Thread Steve Kieu

Hi All,

I did not even test the comercial one ( I have heard
somewhere...) but still suspect its quality. Using
gocr is very very dissapointing, it takes so long long
time to process a simple page and the out put is
unreadable. I still dont understand why they call gocr
as beta software? IMO its quality doesn't deserve that
name !. Or am I missing something when using it? If
compare even with the simple OCR engine come together
with the scanner suite (run in Windowz of course) the
windowz one is much much better, faster and usable.

I am looking for another one , if some one knows or
has any ideas pls tell me.

Thanks

Steve



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Re: [expert] cdrecord always fail

2001-06-17 Thread Larry Sword

civileme wrote:
--snip---snip--
> >
> > I see that you have an nVida GeForce video. My question, are
> > you running your   X-Windows system at a DefaultDepth 16 and
> > "DRI"? The reason for my question: I have a Maxtor G400 and
> > when my Xf86Config-4 Section "Screen" was set for a
> > DefaultDepth 16, which enabled the "DRI" my system would fault
> > with the same errors as you are having. The ONLY way I could
> > correct this was to change the DefaultDepth to 24 which
> > disabled "DRI" for my card and system. After doing this my
> > system now burns cd just fine. Don't know if this is you
> > problem, but worth a try.
> >
> > Larry
> 
> Well, if that is the case, the thing to try is updating
> mandrake_desk which also enables bluefish, screem, gfloppy and
> some others that were segfaulting or freezing in the original
> version because there was a faulty eazel-gtk theme in Gnome
> (and lots of our widets are gtk based)
> 
> Civileme

Okay, I installed the mandrake_desk update, set my xf86Config-4 to
DefaultDepth 16 and "DRI" and now my cd-burner using Gnometoster works.
It works!

Thank you

Larry
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Re: [expert] Ecuational linux programes

2001-06-17 Thread civileme

On Sunday 17 June 2001 17:40, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote:
> Hello folks,
> I am a profesor in a Spanish University (Murcia); from four
> year ago I am using some windows applications to graduate my
> students and also to elaborate quiz (vargrade for windows,
> quiz..).
>
> I am trying to find similar aplications under linux but until
> now I haven't been capable of finding anyone.
>
> Does anybody know where can I found similar software packages
> runin under linux.
>
> Thanks a lot for your kind attention
>
> Francisco Alcaraz
> Murcia (Spain)


http://www.beaconschool.org/~clehmann/projects/

http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_search=soft&exact=1&words=Educational

Those should get you started.

Civileme




[expert] Ecuational linux programes

2001-06-17 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza

Hello folks,
I am a profesor in a Spanish University (Murcia); from four year ago I am 
using some windows applications to graduate my students and also to elaborate 
quiz (vargrade for windows, quiz..). 

I am trying to find similar aplications under linux but until now I haven't 
been capable of finding anyone.

Does anybody know where can I found similar software packages runin under 
linux.

Thanks a lot for your kind attention

Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain)




Re: [expert] How do I set up a joystick?

2001-06-17 Thread jose orlando t. ribeiro


Hello Ken!

There is a homepage at home.wanadoo.nl (I don't remember the full URL) 
that helped me with that sequence:

 > > | Adding Joystick Support:
 > > | For 2.4 kernels only
 > > | 
 > > | 1. Enable the PCI port:
 > > | insmod ns558
 > > | 2. Load Input Modules (may not need if compiled
 > > | insmod input
 > > | insmod joydev
 > > | 3. Load Joystick drivers:
 > > | insmod gameport
 > > | insmod analog (or whatever your driver is called)
 > > | 4. Fix your Joystick device:
 > > | mv /dev/js0 /dev/js0.bak
 > > | ln -s /dev/input/js0 /dev/js0

But I had to do that sequence... see what works for you...

 > 1-insmod gameport
 > 2-insmod ns558
 > 3-insmod input
 > 4-insmod joydev
 > 5-insmod gravis
 > 6-mv /dev/js0 /dev/js0.bak
 > 7-ln -s /dev/input/js0 /dev/js0

orlando

ps: at line 5 I'm using "insmod gravis" cause I'm using a Gravis 
Xterminator pad... use the module correspondig to your joystick 
(thrustmaster, sidewinder, analog,...).






[expert] SMP and APM

2001-06-17 Thread Kouros Owzar

Hi.

I am running LM 8.0 on a Dual Xeon PII system.

Does LM8.0 support APM for SMP systems? 

If so, is the support already included in the rpm file on the
ISO distribution or do I need to recompile the source?

If not, would I be able to use APM if I use uniprocessor kernel
on my SMP machine.

My inability to use APM on my SMP machine, is the reason why I 
still use Windows 2000.

Sincerely,

Kouros





[expert] Found joystick problem, need Modeline help

2001-06-17 Thread Ken Arromdee

Never mind, I found it.  I needed to do a modprobe joydev and ns558 also

Now I'm having trouble setting video modes.  xmame really requires modes such
as 320x240 to work better fullscreen.

How do I set a video mode?  (Under XFree86 4.0.3.)  My XF86Config contains
Modelines for various low resolution video modes including 320x240, 400x300,
and others.  But nothing I can do can get any of these modes recognized by
anything (never mind xmame).  If I manually add "320x240" to any "Modes"
lines in XF86Config-4, or if I add them in XF86Config, I still don't get
them.  Also, when I do XFdrake, it doesn't see the 320x240 or other low
resolution modes.  I really have little idea where even to begin.





[expert] Mozilla experts

2001-06-17 Thread David Boles


When I used to use IBM's OS/2 there was a line, I think is was in 'preferences'
that could be edited to fool sites to see the 2.xx Netscape so they would see
it aa a later version of Netscape and not complain. 

Is this possible with Mozilla? My online banking site complains because Mozilla
reports itself as Netscape 6.1 which they "don' support" that version. 

-- 

David Boles
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ADB0






[newbie] new_font is not of type Gtk::Gdk::Font at /usr/X11R6/bin/DrakConf.real line 207.??????

2001-06-17 Thread Pere Castañer

I can't start DrakConf. The line that you reads in subject aperar when I 
tried to start. What it means? Anyone can help to repair?
well thanks anyway
I'm using LM8 of course




Re: [expert] cdrecord always fail

2001-06-17 Thread munehiro

On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 09:39:40AM -0400, civileme wrote:
> > here it is.
> > the mobo is a Asus P2BS, with onboard AHA2940 controller. The
> > actual cdrw is correctly terminated, and the scsi id is
> > unique.
> 
> 
> Try this
> 
> 
> rmmod aic7xxx
> modprobe aic7xxx_old
> 
> Civileme

it was not so simple. Since i have the master hd on the scsi chain, a
simple modprobe does not resolve, but even crashes the whole linux box
with an hard kernel panic (just to try the feeling having two
conflicting drivers together :) ). So i started hacking on initrd.img,
gunzipped it, mounted it on loopback, removed the module aic7xxx and
replaced with the old module from the /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk tree.

now the cdrw seems to work correctly. i've just burned an iso at 16x
with no writing errors (just a couple of them in the start/stop unit,
but i think it's quite normal since the drive is spinning up to catch
the media paramters... it's not writing time so i dont' care)
however, is not so clear why the ide cdrw had problems too... kernel 
hackers know :)

many thanks for the help. I'll broadcast the solution as fast as i can.


-- 


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[expert] Mozilla experts

2001-06-17 Thread David Boles

When I used to use IBM's OS/2 there was a line, I think is was in 'preferences'
that could be edited to fool sites to see the 2.xx Netscape so they would see
it aa a later version of Netscape and not complain. 

Is this possible with Mozilla? My online banking site complains because Mozilla
reports itself as Netscape 6.1 which they "don' support" that version. 

-- 

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ADB0





[expert] Local Sources for Software Manager/Mandrake Update

2001-06-17 Thread David Powell

Hi All,

I can't seem to get my Software Manager to look for a local source for RPMS.  
Every time I set a local source, give it a name and a path, then go back to 
the main interface, it doesn't look up the new source, and then when I go 
back into the "define sources" interface, the local source is gone.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something?

TIA

David





Re: [expert] lm-sensors install/use problems

2001-06-17 Thread Tom Brinkman


 On Sunday 17 June 2001 01:09 am, David E. Fox wrote:

>
> > that doesn't work for you, it's a hardware problem. Still, AMD
> > isn't going to fully support temperature monitoring till the Athlon
> > 4's come out
>
> Isn't that more of a mainboard issue than a CPU one?


   Not practically.  While decent motherboards socket A boards have
 monitoring chips/buses, the most important value .. the cpu core temp
 is bogus. Temps garnered from a thermistor (probe), no matter how well
 placed on the die, are a guess at best. Like tryin to measure the
 temperature of the wiring inside a wall, by pressing a thermometer
 against the sheetrock.
 
   With the cpu's core temp jumping 10 to 20°C in a heartbeat under
 instant load, a probe temp of 50°C from a Tbird or Duron is useless.  
 Even AMD docs now caution to add between 10 to 20°C to the reported
 probe temp under load to best _approximate_ the actual core temp. Even
 with this fudge factor, spikes in the core temp will not be seen.
 Overclockers have long known / used this rule of thumb.

   Current AMD cpu motherboards are ready, have been for some time, and
 the Athlon4's will have an internal diode (like Pentium processors
 have had all along) to accurately and usefully monitor the core temp.  
 The only way to sort'a kind'a accurately tell now if an AMD cpu is
 experiencing intolerable core temp spikes, is if the system randomly
 freezes or reboots (assuming everything else is in order).

   Until AMD implements accurate core monitoring, the best fix if
 you're concerned about cpu overheating is to underclock. Reduce the FSB
 about 5% or reduce the multiplier by .5   Of course, case temp should
 be kept at or near room temp, and a better than AMD 'retail' heatsink
 and fan with thermal grease (not pad) should be used. Another trick is
 to try an' reduce Vcore a little, no more than ~5% and increase IO
 voltage up to ~12%. 'Course now this is a motherboard issue, you havt'a
 have a decent enough one to support doin' all this ;>
-- 
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Re: [expert] cdrecord always fail

2001-06-17 Thread Oscar

Hi.
I had the same problem in the past.
Today I can still have the problem: I only need to do a dummy write before 
really burning a CD.
In other words, I had the same error, but it only appears when I had a dummy 
write (simulated write, I don'k know if you understand me, my english maybe 
is not perfect;)
When I not do a dummy write, the problem is missing.
Maybe It can help you ???
Salu2,
Oscar.


El Dom 17 Jun 2001 01:24, escribiste:
> i've a lot of problems with LM8 and cdrecord.
> Some weeks ago i bought a ATAPI Acer cdrw, and tried to record some
> cd's. Cdrecord always produced errors, so i thought the recorder was broken
> and i took back. I changed the cdrw with another acer. Tried this, same
> problem. Brought back, took another, same problem.
> After this, i brought back the last acer and took an yamaha 2100 SCSI.
> tried it. same problem. This time i'm quite sure it's not an hardware
> problem.
>
> I tried the cdrecord shipped with mandrake, and the cdrecord 1.11a03
> (the last from the schilling site). I also recompiled the last 2.4.5
> kernel. same problem.
>
> i also tried to change the media, and i tried 2 or 3 different media. No
> results.
>
> I started searching on deja. A lot of people have my problem, but no one
> get a valid and useful (for them and for me) reply.
>
> this is the report (with 1.9, the report with 1.11a03 is identical).
> Sometimes instead of fatal error i get a retryable error, but the
> writing fails in the same manner.
>
>
> [root@quela bin]# ./cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/sgb /mnt/iso.iso
> Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling
> TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> scsidev: '/dev/sgb'
> devname: '/dev/sgb'
> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
> Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17
> Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
> atapi: 0
> Device type: Removable CD-ROM
> Version: 2
> Response Format: 2
> Capabilities   : SYNC
> Vendor_info: 'YAMAHA  '
> Identifikation : 'CRW2100S'
> Revision   : '1.0H'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
> Drive buf size : 7582848 = 7405 KB
> FIFO size  : 4194304 = 4096 KB
> Track 01: data  629 MB
> Total size: 723 MB (71:38.58) = 322394 sectors
> Lout start: 723 MB (71:40/44) = 322394 sectors
> Current Secsize: 2048
> ATIP info from disk:
>   Indicated writing power: 4
>   Is not unrestricted
>   Is not erasable
>   Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3)
>   ATIP start of lead in:  -11079 (97:34/21)
>   ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
> Disk type:Long strategy type (Cyanine, AZO or similar)
> Manuf. index: 11
> Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
> Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 37455
> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 8 in write mode for single session.
> Last chance to quit, starting real write in 1 seconds.
> Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
> Performing OPC...
> Starting new track at sector: 0
> Track 01:   6 of 629 MB written (fifo  85%)../cdrecord: Input/output error.
> write_g1: scsi sendcmd: fatal error CDB:  2A 00 00 00 0C 5A 00 00 1F 00
>
> write track data: error after 6475776 bytes
> Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> Writing  time:   21.307s
> Fixating...
> Fixating time:   31.199s
> ./cdrecord: fifo had 166 puts and 103 gets.
> ./cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 20 times full, min fill was 84%.
>
> many thanks for the help. After this, i'll start downloading nero and
> seek for a windoze installation ;_;