[K12OSN] Fwd: DVD not working on server

Wed Jun 20 13:13:47 UTC 2007

This is probably not the issue, but does your user have permission to access /dev/dvd? 

-----Original Message-----
From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Peter Scheie
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 9:12 AM
To: Support list for open source software in schools.
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Fwd: DVD not working on server

When you run k3b or cdrecord, are you doing it as root or a regular user?

Krsnendu dasa wrote:
> Here's the latest. Any hints are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> Krsnendu dasa
> 
> I have put in a new DVD drive that I know works. I still get the same 
> output for cdrecord -scanbus I tried puting a printed CD into the 
> drive. It was not automatically mounted.
> 
> In K3b I tried to burn a DVD using media that I know works. It 
> recognized the drive but gave me an error message like this:
> Starting writing...
> :-( unable to anonymously mmap 33554432: Resource temporarily 
> unavailable Fatal error at startup: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> Debugging info looks like this:
> System
> -----------------------
> K3b Version: 0.12.17
> 
> KDE Version: 3.5.6-0.3.fc6 Fedora-Core QT Version:  3.3.7
> Kernel:      2.6.19-1.2895.fc6
> Devices
> -----------------------
> LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1P GL0G (/dev/hda, ) at  [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; 
> DVD-ROM; DVD-RAM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] 
> [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-R Dual 
> Layer Jump; DVD-RAM; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential;
> DVD+RW; DVD+R; DVD+R Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO;
> RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted 
> Overwrite; Layer Jump]
> 
> Used versions
> -----------------------
> growisofs: 7.0
> mkisofs: 2.1
> 
> growisofs
> -----------------------
> :-( unable to anonymously mmap 33554432: Resource temporarily 
> unavailable
> 
> growisofs command:
> -----------------------
> /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hda -use-the-force-luke=notray 
> -use-the-force-luke=tty -speed=18 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m -gui 
> -graft-points -volid K3b data project -volset  -appid K3B THE CD 
> KREATOR (C) 1998-2005 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher 
> -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort 
> /tmp/kde-root/k3b7KW6Oa.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list 
> /tmp/kde-root/k3bqmi9Oa.tmp -joliet -hide-joliet-list 
> /tmp/kde-root/k3bcsXSGa.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 
> -path-list /tmp/kde-root/k3bQCO8ca.tmp
> 
> 
> On 17/06/07, Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org> wrote:
>> That's not a good sign.  I think most GUI tools ultimately rely on 
>> cdrecord or its libraries to function.  You may have a bad drive, as 
>> I seem to recall getting similar results on a bad drive a while back.  
>> Be sure you're root when you run the cdrecord test.  You should be 
>> getting something like this:
>>
>> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a03-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)
>> 1995-2005 Jörg Schilling
>> NOTE: This version contains the OSS DVD extensions for cdrtools and 
>> thus may
>>        have bugs related to DVD issues that are not present in the 
>> original
>>        cdrtools. Please send bug reports or support requests to
>>        http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla The original cdrtools 
>> author should
>>        not be bothered with problems in this version.
>> scsidev: 'ATA'
>> devname: 'ATA'
>> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
>> Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
>> Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
>> cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version
>> (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.85-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c    1.85
>> 05/05/16 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
>> scsibus1:
>>          1,0,0   100) 'TSSTcorp' 'CD/DVDW SH-W162C' 'TS10' Removable 
>> CD-ROM
>>          1,1,0   101) *
>>          1,2,0   102) *
>>          1,3,0   103) *
>>          1,4,0   104) *
>>          1,5,0   105) *
>>          1,6,0   106) *
>>          1,7,0   107) *
>>
>> If you can, beg, borrow, or steal another drive to test to see if you 
>> get a different result.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>>
>> Krsnendu dasa wrote:
>> > On 16/06/07, Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org> wrote:
>> >> What does 'cdrecord --scanbus' show?
>> > [root at k12ltsp1 ~]# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 
>> > (cpu-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jï¿½rg 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.
>> > cdrecord: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character. Cannot 
>> > open SCSI driver.
>> > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
>> > cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
>> >
>> > [root at k12ltsp1 ~]# cdrecord --scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 
>> > (cpu-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jï¿½rg 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.
>> > cdrecord: Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide character. Cannot 
>> > open SCSI driver.
>> > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
>> > cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
>> >
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