fedora-list Digest, Vol 9, Issue 318

[Ian Hilliard]

On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 19:05, fedora-list-request at redhat.com wrote:
> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:02:25 -0600
> From: Randy Kelsoe <randykel at swbell.net>
> Subject: Re: cdrecord problems
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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> Andrew Smith wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >got two problems with cdrecord on fc2 and noone seems to have
> >mentioned them here or in bugzilla so I'm wondering what's wrong ...
> >
> >Firstly,
> >if I write a 9 second blank wave file twice onto a blank CD with
> >the following command:
> >
> ># cdrecord -eject -v dev=/dev/cdrom -speed=4 -pad -audio -tao blank9.wav
> >blank9.wav
> >
> >What I get is a 9 second blank track followed but a 9 second 'almost'
> >blank track
> >The problem is that there is a very loud click at the end of the last
> >track (and there always is not matter what is in the wave file)
> >Maybe the fixating code has a bug?
> >
> >Config info:
> >CPU: AthlonXP 2400+ (2.0Ghz)
> >kernel = 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 (i686)
> >cdrecord-2.01-0.a27.4.FC2.1  AND  cdrecord-2.01.1-0.FC2.1
> >motherboard = ASRock K7S41GX
> >
> >  
> >
> I have seen something similar with k3b and cdrecord.  It was working 
> fine until sometime recently (perhaps after I upgraded cdrtools?). Data 
> cd's are being burned without a problem. I went to burn an audio cd with 
> cd-text, and went I went to listen to it, it was just a pattern of 
> noises. I tried again and had the same results. I do not have 
> cdrecord-2.01-0.a27.4.FC2.1 installed, just cdrecord-2.01.1-0.FC2.1:
> 
> # cdrecord --version
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jrg 
> Schilling
> Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
> Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
> Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to 
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
> Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in 
> this version.
> 
> 
> >Secondly,
> >if I write a CD with a second computer that is an Athlon64 then
> >the CD is just full or noise not the original audio
> >(same command as above with one or more wave files)
> >The writer was in the other PC for a long time and didn't have
> >this problem until if moved to the newer PC
> >
> >Config info:
> >CPU: Athlon64 3000+ (2.0Ghz)
> >kernel = 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 (i686)
> >cdrecord-2.01-0.a27.4.FC2.1  AND  cdrecord-2.01.1-0.FC2.1
> >
> Seeing the same thing with an Athlon XP 2800 and a PlexWriter CD-RW. Why 
> do you have two versions of cdrecord install?

I had the same problem, it was caused by a memory leak in the 2.6.8
kernel. An upgrade to the 2.6.9 kernel fixed the problem.

Ian