Re: CD drive stuttering problem

Peter Jones wrote:

[snip]

> This sounds like some other bug reports I've gotten.  What kernel?  2.6?
> If so, is it using /dev/sg, or /dev/hdc?  Is ide-scsi loaded?

This is /dev/hda (my hard drive is /dev/hdc) with no ide-scsi on kernel 
2.6.7 (gentoo-sources-2.6.7-r14).

> Either way, try rebuilding the latest src rpm at
> http://people.redhat.com/pjones/cdparanoia/ .  The binary there has
> experimental SG_IO support, which will likely solve the problem.  It's
> kindof hacky, but it basically works.
> 
> (can you easily do that?  I'm not very familiar with gentoo's userland
> these days.  If building from the src rpm isn't possible, I can put up a
> tarball of the sources for you to build from.)

Well, I could do srpm, but I'd have to install the rpm software and all 
that. A tarball would be easier for me.

Thanks for the good info, I'll be sure to give it a shot.


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