Re: linux-2.4.19-pre9 and sym53c8xx problem

Douglas Gilbert (dougg@torque.net)
Sat, 01 Jun 2002 20:34:12 -0400


Christian Thalinger wrote:
> Since 2.4.19-pre8 cdrecord does not work anymore. It worked with -pre6,
> -pre7 i've missed, don't know about this one. Maybe i'll try it after
> this mail.
>
> [root@sector17:/proc/scsi]# uname -a
> Linux sector17.home.at 2.4.19-pre9 #2 SMP Sat Jun 1 19:31:25 CEST 2002
> i686 unknown
> [root@sector17:/proc/scsi]# cdrecord -scanbus
> Cdrecord 1.11a08 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
> cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open
> SCSI driver.
> cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are
> root.

Christian,
What does the output of "cat /proc/scsi/sg/*" look like?

Cdrecord should see your plextor writer both as /dev/scd0
and /dev/sg0 (assuming you don't have any other scsi devices).
Cdrecord goes on to scan the parallel generic devices (i.e. /dev/pg*)
if it doesn't find anything suitable on its /dev/sg* scan.

Your post doesn't supply any information that would link
this problem with the sym53c8xxx driver. If there is some
problem then there will be some "noise" in the /var/log/messages
file [typically showing multiple scsi bus resets].

BTW The "-vv" switch (and/or "-VV") on cdrecord will yield more
debug information. strace may also be useful.

Doug Gilbert
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