CDRW Stopped Working Moving to 6.x

[Predrag Punosevac]

Crist J. Clark wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 03:15:10PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
>   
>> I know where is your problem the burning device is always cd0
>>     
>
> Huh? Burncd(8) is explicitly for ATAPI CD-R/RW. From the man page,
>
>   DESCRIPTION
>        The burncd utility is used to burn CD-R/RW media using the ATAPI cd
>        driver.
>
> All of the examples on the manpage use /dev/acd0.
>
>   
>> you must give the device node /dev/cd0
>>     
>
> If I try it,
>
>   # burncd -f /dev/cd0 -v -s 32 data hw.iso fixate
>   burncd: ioctl(CDRIOCGETBLOCKSIZE): Device not configured
>
>   
>> Crist J. Clark wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 01:21:09PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Make sure you add atapicam into your kernel it is not in generic! I had 
>>>> the same problem.
>>>>
>>>> /etc/loader.conf   atapicam_load="YES"
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>> I did a,
>>>
>>> 	# kldload /boot/kernel/atapicam.ko
>>>
>>> And to reinitiallize the drive,
>>>
>>> 	# atacontrol detach ata1
>>> 	# atacontrol attach ata1
>>>
>>> I got the same console message,
>>>
>>>  acd0: detached
>>>  (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): lost device
>>>  (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): removing device entry
>>>  atapicam1: detached
>>>  stray irq15
>>>  acd0: CDROM <CRD-8400B/1.06> at ata1-master UDMA33
>>>
>>> And still get,
>>>
>>> 	# burncd -f /dev/acd0 -t -s 32 data ~cjc/hw.iso fixate
>>> 	burncd: ioctl(CDIOCSTART): Input/output error
>>>
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Crist J. Clark wrote:
>>>>    
>>>>         
>>>>> I just tried to burn a CD for the first time in a long time
>>>>> on a machine. The burncd(8) command worked fine on this machine
>>>>> in FreeBSD 5.x (or was it 4.x?), but now in 6.2, I get,
>>>>>
>>>>> # burncd -f /dev/acd0 -s 32 data hw.iso fixate
>>>>> burncd: ioctl(CDIOCSTART): Input/output error
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking at the dmesg(1) from the last boot,
>>>>>
>>>>> # fgrep cd0 /var/run/dmesg.boot
>>>>> acd0: CDROM <CRD-8400B/1.06> at ata1-master UDMA33
>>>>>
>>>>> Makes me think the system is not recognizing the device as CDRW,
>>>>> only CDROM. I get this from atacontrol(8),
>>>>>
>>>>> # atacontrol info ata1
>>>>> Master: acd0 <CRD-8400B/1.06> ATA/ATAPI revision 0
>>>>> Slave:       no device present
>>>>> # atacontrol cap acd0
>>>>>
>>>>> Protocol              ATA/ATAPI revision 0
>>>>> device model          CRD-8400B
>>>>> serial number         1999/10/12
>>>>> firmware revision     1.06
>>>>> cylinders             0
>>>>> heads                 0
>>>>> sectors/track         0
>>>>> lba supported         
>>>>> lba48 not supported       
>>>>> dma supported
>>>>> overlap not supported
>>>>>
>>>>> Feature                      Support  Enable    Value           Vendor
>>>>> write cache                    no       no
>>>>> read ahead                     no       no
>>>>> Tagged Command Queuing (TCQ)   no       no      0/0x00
>>>>> SMART                          no       no
>>>>> microcode download             no       no
>>>>> security                       no       no
>>>>> power management               no       no
>>>>> advanced power management      no       no      0/0x00
>>>>> automatic acoustic management  no       no      0/0x00  0/0x00
>>>>>
>>>>> How can I restore burning capability?
>>>>>
>>>>>      
>>>>>           
>>>  
>>>       
>
>   
I can just repeat what I read in the Gnome FreeBSD book that enable me 
to burn CD and DVD.

kernel:

device          scbus
device          cd
device          pass
       

This IS in GENERIC kernel or it was in 6.2 Stable.
You must also make sure you have the following configured in your kernel 
if you are using an ATAPI CD/DVD drive:

device     atapicam
       

THIS IS NOT IN THE GENERIC KERNEL! I added atapicam_load="YES" into my 
/boot/loader.conf file and
rebooted my computer as it is not a server.

To figure out which CD/DVD drive you will be using, run the following 
command as root:

# camcontrol devlist
       

Your output will look similar to the following:

<QSI CDRW/DVD SBW-242 UD22>      at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass0)
       

The devices in parentheses at the end are important. You must make sure 
the /dev entries for those devices are writable by the users that will 
be using nautilus-cd-burner, totem, goobox, or sound-juicer. In addition 
to those devices, /dev/xpt* must also be writable to your 
nautilus-cd-burner, totem, goobox, and sound-juicer users. The following 
/etc/devfs.conf configuration will achieve the desired results given the 
above devlist:

perm    cd0     0666
perm    xpt0    0666
perm    pass0   0666
         

I also have 

link acd0 cd0
perm acd0 0666
perm cd0  0666

I did burn on Sunday iso DVD from the command line! The device node was /dev/cd0
since somebody told me that it has to be cd0 not acd0. (Maybe it is true only for DVD
and if I remember examples from the book about DVD burning it was cd0)
I was supper user during the burning to avoid any possibility of permission problems.
I did burn at least 4 CD with music and one data CD using K3b since my Nautilus 
(I have Gnome on this system) is complaining about something. 
I was logged into my regular account when I used K3b. Obviously not supper user mode.
I like K3B better than any of the Gnome applications anyway so I am not going to bother 
about Nautilus.

I read the Handbook carefully and also FAQ. I am sure I forgot quite a bit as my 
system is fully configured and I am mostly light user (text editing, mail, browsing, FTP,
VNC, and occasional multimedia)

Cheers,
Predrag