FC3 disappointment: KsCD locks system; grip; CDROM in general.

[Peter Jones]

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 19:07 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 18:51 -0500, Peter Jones wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 23:04 -0600, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 11:53 -0700, Kim Lux wrote:
> > > > In my mind there is a big difference between perfection and having a
> > > > CDROM that doesn't work. 
> > > 
> > > Kim -
> > > 
> > > I'm sorry but I have not seen others with your CDROM issue with any
> > > frequency on this or on the fedora users list.  I've installed FC3 (from
> > > early testing to various RCs to release) on a bunch of machines and on
> > > every one of them the CD works as you'd expect.
> 
> Thomas: are your people ripping CDs with those computers ?  I've used
> CDParanoia for 2 years and have experienced various crashes with
> it/cdroms, especially when ripping scratched CDs.  I'm thinking that
> such activity triggers a problem with the communication between the
> kernel and the CD drive.
> 
> Peter: this might be a good place for you to start troubleshooting on
> your computer.  Find a scratched audio CD and start ripping.  I'm pretty
> certain you'll be able to replicate my problem. 

Scratched CDs work ok on several of my boxes -- often I get crap data
back, but they certainly don't crash the box.

-- 
        Peter