Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Jens Axboe
On Sun, Feb 11 2001, Alan Olsen wrote: > > It's no news that vendors only implement what they want to. New > > cd-r/w and dvd drives are not required to implement this command, > > so it may not work there either. > > Take a look at the code for cdparanoia or one of the other MP3 ripping >

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Feb 10 2001, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > ioctl(cd_fd, CDROM_SELECT_SPEED, speed); > > Does this actually work? I helped my friend with partly broken cdrom > (worked only at low speeds) and it did not have much effect. It did > not make my cdrom quiet, either, AFAI can remember.

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Jens Axboe
On Sat, Feb 10 2001, Pavel Machek wrote: > > ioctl(cd_fd, CDROM_SELECT_SPEED, speed); > > Does this actually work? I helped my friend with partly broken cdrom > (worked only at low speeds) and it did not have much effect. It did > not make my cdrom quiet, either, AFAI can remember. It's no

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any > > utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it > > should not work at full speed? > > > > Basically, some drives make way too much noise when they're > > operating at full speed. When

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it should not work at full speed? Basically, some drives make way too much noise when they're operating at full speed. When I'd like to

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Jens Axboe
On Sat, Feb 10 2001, Pavel Machek wrote: ioctl(cd_fd, CDROM_SELECT_SPEED, speed); Does this actually work? I helped my friend with partly broken cdrom (worked only at low speeds) and it did not have much effect. It did not make my cdrom quiet, either, AFAI can remember. It's no news

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Feb 10 2001, Pavel Machek wrote: Hi! ioctl(cd_fd, CDROM_SELECT_SPEED, speed); Does this actually work? I helped my friend with partly broken cdrom (worked only at low speeds) and it did not have much effect. It did not make my cdrom quiet, either, AFAI can remember.

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-11 Thread Jens Axboe
On Sun, Feb 11 2001, Alan Olsen wrote: It's no news that vendors only implement what they want to. New cd-r/w and dvd drives are not required to implement this command, so it may not work there either. Take a look at the code for cdparanoia or one of the other MP3 ripping programms.

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Feb 05 2001, Jens Axboe wrote: > ioctl(cd_fd, CDROM_SELECT_SPEED, speed); I'd like to thank everybody that replied either on the list and privately. I didn't know that I could just use the /proc entries to change the IDE driver speed with a simple: echo

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Jens Axboe
On Mon, Feb 05 2001, Guest section DW wrote: > I missed the original post, but there is a mount flag "-o speed=" > for precisely this purpose. Hah, this I did not know. Checking the util-linux source, it might be a really good idea to not about if setting the speed fails. This will happen quite

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Guest section DW
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 01:34:24AM -0200, Rogerio Brito wrote: > > Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any > > utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it > > should not work at full speed? I missed the original post, but there is a mount

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Jens Axboe
On Mon, Feb 05 2001, Rogerio Brito wrote: > Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any > utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it > should not work at full speed? > > Basically, some drives make way too much noise when they're >

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Ingo Oeser
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 01:34:24AM -0200, Rogerio Brito wrote: > Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any > utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it > should not work at full speed? /proc/ide/hdX/settings ? The (current,init)_speed

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Ingo Oeser
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 01:34:24AM -0200, Rogerio Brito wrote: Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it should not work at full speed? /proc/ide/hdX/settings ? The (current,init)_speed

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Jens Axboe
On Mon, Feb 05 2001, Rogerio Brito wrote: Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it should not work at full speed? Basically, some drives make way too much noise when they're

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Guest section DW
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 01:34:24AM -0200, Rogerio Brito wrote: Well, this has nothing to do with the above, but is there any utility or /proc entry that lets me say to my CD drive that it should not work at full speed? I missed the original post, but there is a mount flag "-o

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Jens Axboe
On Mon, Feb 05 2001, Guest section DW wrote: I missed the original post, but there is a mount flag "-o speed=" for precisely this purpose. Hah, this I did not know. Checking the util-linux source, it might be a really good idea to not about if setting the speed fails. This will happen quite

Re: Slowing down CDROM drives (was: Re: ATAPI CDRW which doesn't work)

2001-02-05 Thread Rogerio Brito
On Feb 05 2001, Jens Axboe wrote: ioctl(cd_fd, CDROM_SELECT_SPEED, speed); I'd like to thank everybody that replied either on the list and privately. I didn't know that I could just use the /proc entries to change the IDE driver speed with a simple: echo