External CDDVDW not working correctly
Hi everyone,
I have an external Samsung SE-S204N DVD writer drive that I've been using since ever with Ubuntu. But now, since Precise (I'm on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 64bits), the drive sometimes works sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't work, it can't mount the media, there's no led blinking and even the eject button is useless.
On the desktop I also have an old internal Asus DVD drive that is working flawlessly. It mounts, with no problem, the media that the Samsung can't mount.
I've tried it on a machine with the OS we do not speak of and everything worked fine.
I've made some "tests" to see the output and find if the hardware is ok, here are the results:
asensio@Linux:~$ lsusb
Code:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13fd:2040 Initio Corporation
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0cf3:7015 Atheros Communications, Inc. TP-Link TL-WN821N v3 802.11n [Atheros AR7010+AR9287]
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
asensio@Linux:~$ ls -l /media
Code:
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mai 18 01:05 floppy -> floppy0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mai 18 01:05 floppy0
asensio@Linux:~$ sudo lshw -C disk <---- started to spin
Code:
*-disk
descrição: ATA Disk
produto: MAXTOR STM316021
fabricante: Maxtor
physical id: 0.0.0
informações do barramento: scsi@0:0.0.0
nome lógico: /dev/sda
versão: 3.AA
serial: 5RA98GF2
tamanho: 149GiB (160GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuração: ansiversion=5 signature=f0c798a9
*-cdrom
descrição: DVD reader
physical id: 0.1.0
informações do barramento: scsi@0:0.1.0
nome lógico: /dev/cdrom1
nome lógico: /dev/dvd1
nome lógico: /dev/sr0
capabilities: audio dvd
configuração: status=nodisc
*-disk
descrição: ATA Disk
produto: WDC WD3200AAJS-5
fabricante: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
informações do barramento: scsi@2:0.0.0
nome lógico: /dev/sdb
versão: 01.0
serial: WD-WCAV2CA14602
tamanho: 298GiB (320GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuração: ansiversion=5 signature=15f75b9e
*-cdrom
descrição: DVD-RAM writer
produto: CDDVDW SE-S204N
fabricante: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
informações do barramento: scsi@4:0.0.0
nome lógico: /dev/cdrom
nome lógico: /dev/sr1
versão: TS00
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuração: status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
nome lógico: /dev/cdrom
asensio@Linux:~$ ls -l /dev/cdrom
Code:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Mai 24 21:43 /dev/cdrom -> sr1
asensio@Linux:~$ dmesg | grep /dev/sr1 <---- no output
asensio@Linux:~$ dmesg | grep /dev/cdrom <---- no output
asensio@Linux:~$ wodim --prcap dev=/dev/sr1
Code:
wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'TSSTcorp'
Identification : 'CDDVDW SE-S204N '
Revision : 'TS00'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:
Does read CD-R media
Does write CD-R media
Does read CD-RW media
Does write CD-RW media
Does read DVD-ROM media
Does read DVD-R media
Does write DVD-R media
Does read DVD-RAM media
Does write DVD-RAM media
Does support test writing
Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
Does read digital audio blocks
Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
Does read multi-session CDs
Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
Does not read CD bar code
Does read R-W subcode information
Does return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
Does return CD media catalog number
Does return CD ISRC information
Does support C2 error pointers
Does not deliver composite A/V data
Does play audio CDs
Number of volume control levels: 256
Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
Does support independent mute setting for each channel
Does not support digital output on port 1
Does not support digital output on port 2
Loading mechanism type: tray
Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
Is currently in a media-locked state
Does not support changing side of disk
Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
Does not support Individual Disk Present feature
Maximum read speed: 7056 kB/s (CD 40x, DVD 5x)
Current read speed: 7056 kB/s (CD 40x, DVD 5x)
Maximum write speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Current write speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
Buffer size in KB: 2048
Copy management revision supported: 1
Number of supported write speeds: 5
Write speed # 0: 8468 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Write speed # 1: 7056 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 40x, DVD 5x)
Write speed # 2: 5645 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 32x, DVD 4x)
Write speed # 3: 4234 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 24x, DVD 3x)
Write speed # 4: 2823 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 16x, DVD 2x)
asensio@Linux:~$ wodim --devices
Code:
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (2 found) :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 dev='/dev/sg1' rwrw-- : 'ASUS' 'DVD-ROM E616'
1 dev='/dev/sg3' rwrw-- : 'TSSTcorp' 'CDDVDW SE-S204N'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
asensio@Linux:~$ wodim -scanbus
Code:
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) 'ASUS ' 'DVD-ROM E616 ' '2.0 ' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
scsibus4:
4,0,0 400) 'TSSTcorp' 'CDDVDW SE-S204N ' 'TS00' Removable CD-ROM
4,1,0 401) *
4,2,0 402) *
4,3,0 403) *
4,4,0 404) *
4,5,0 405) *
4,6,0 406) *
4,7,0 407) *
asensio@Linux:~$ sudo mount /dev/sr1 /media/floppy <---- started to spin
Code:
mount: block device /dev/sr1 is protected; mounting in read only mode
asensio@Linux:~$ sudo umount /dev/sr1
Code:
umount: /dev/sr1: not mounted
asensio@Linux:~$ sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/floppy0 <---- started to spin
Code:
mount: block device /dev/sr1 is protected; mounting in read only mode
asensio@Linux:~$ sudo umount /dev/cdrom
Code:
umount: /dev/cdrom: not mounted
It's everything ok? If so could it be a software problem? Hope that someone can help
Thanks
Cheers
asensio
Re: External CDDVDW not working correctly
I tried with a Precise LiveCD in the old Asus to see if the External Drive would mount a CD. It didn't work...
Again, if someone could tell me if the outputs in the first post are ok, I would appreciate.
Thanks,
Cheers
asensio
Re: External CDDVDW not working correctly
anyone? someone?
:(
asensio
