From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 Description of problem: When attempting to mount a known-to-be-good CD in an Asus 16x max DVD drive, the following errors were recieved and the CD could not be mounted or read: Apr 6 13:55:51 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: ASUS DVD-ROM E616, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Apr 6 13:56:22 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33) Apr 6 13:58:11 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Apr 6 13:58:11 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x54 Apr 6 13:58:11 bobcp4 kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Apr 6 13:58:26 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA Apr 6 13:58:26 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA Apr 6 13:58:26 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: (__ide_dma_test_irq) called while not waiting Apr 6 13:58:26 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Apr 6 13:58:26 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: status timeout: error=0x00 Apr 6 13:58:26 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command Apr 6 13:58:56 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0x80 Apr 6 13:59:31 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0x80 { Busy } Apr 6 13:59:31 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: status timeout: error=0x01IllegalLengthIndication Apr 6 13:59:31 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command Apr 6 14:00:01 bobcp4 kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset timed-out, status=0x80 Please note, this is for a drive that worked fine under Red Hat Linux 8. I had DMA enabled for hdc. This is the contents of my /etc/modules.conf. I added the options ide-cd line in an attempt to fix the problem. [root@bobcp4 root]# cat /etc/modules.conf alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc alias eth0 8139too alias usb-controller usb-ohci alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd alias sound-slot-0 i810_audio post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L >/dev/null 2>&1 || : pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S >/dev/null 2>&1 || : alias usb-controller2 usb-uhci alias usb-controller usb-ohci alias usb-controller1 ehci-hcd options ide-cd dma=1 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.4.20-8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open DVD drive tray and put any good CD in it. Close tray. 2. Hard disk activity light on system will light up and stay lit for an extended time period. 3. The messages shown above will appear in /var/log/messages. Actual Results: I could not mount or read the CD. Expected Results: I should be able to mount and read the CD normally. Additional info:
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