[Bug 7911] Can't burn CDs - ncb hangs and crashes

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------- Additional Comments From acornejo at ieee.org  2005-04-11 09:44 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #13)
> OK. Now I have a simple solution to my problem.
> I wanted to watch a DVD, but playback was jerky. So, after some research, I
> found out that dma mode was off. I turned it on with hdparm -d1 /dev/hdc , and
> now cd burning with cd's and dvd's also works (and acpi is on).
> Is dma on my cd/dvd-drive suspected to be off with hoary? Is it the default? I
> installed the system (again) with a daily cd on 20050329 (yesterday).

I have a Pioneer DVD-120S, and had a similar problem, when logging into gnome
the message "Failed to initialized HAL" apeared randomly (not every time I
logged in, but very frequently). After clicking OK the whole desktop froze and I
was left with no choice but to restart GDM. After looking at dmesg I figured the
problem was with hdb (my pioneer dvdrom), a simple firmware update did the job,
even though I had the latest firmware, aparently reflashing the drive was enough
to fix the bug. I hope this helps someone...

PS: The strange thing is, this same drive worked fine under Warty and other
older distros.

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