CD errors (I think?)

English Hardware
#1

Hi all,

Over the last couple of days I have been trying to rip some audio CD. This has not gone as smoothly as I had hoped. Applications (Amarok/Rhyumbox/K3b/etc) seemed not to be handling CDs correctly?

So, I went and had a look at my log files. This is a small section of my /var/log/warn file:

May  3 11:09:34 gzunder kernel: [12761.472327] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 8
May  3 11:09:34 gzunder kernel: [12761.474022] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64
May  3 11:09:34 gzunder kernel: [12761.474024] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 8
May  3 11:09:35 gzunder kernel: [12761.603835] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64
May  3 11:09:35 gzunder kernel: [12761.603837] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 8
May  3 11:09:35 gzunder kernel: [12761.605618] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64
May  3 11:09:35 gzunder kernel: [12761.605619] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 8
May  3 11:09:48 gzunder kernel: [12775.420081] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda pop-up
May  3 11:10:18 gzunder kernel: [12804.641353] end_request: I/O error, dev sr1, sector 64
May  3 11:10:18 gzunder kernel: [12804.641357] Buffer I/O error on device sr1, logical block 8
May  3 11:10:18 gzunder kernel: [12804.647161] end_request: I/O error, dev sr1, sector 64
May  3 11:10:18 gzunder kernel: [12804.647164] Buffer I/O error on device sr1, logical block 8

This shows a session firstly from an audio CD in an IDE device (/dev/sr0), then from an external USB CD and different audio CD (/dev/sr1). The gray text is the separator.

My assumption from this is that:
a) The media is okay - different audio CDs
b) The drives are okay - different drives
c) The motherboard hardware is okay - IDE and USB interfaces

Any suggestions on where/how to look will be most welcome. I know, the first reaction is to suggest “If it works then its okay”. But I don’t know if the CDs are beeing read corectly or not and I don’t like error logs that can’t be attributed to something.

Regards, Martin

#2

Lets just be clear.
This is 2 different drives in the same machine?
Previously OK?
Connector type? Both the same? Not both on One cable (if IDE)?

Version of openSUSE? Did you just have a kernel update?

#3

Yes.
The first is on IDE channel 0, on its own cable and jumper set to master. (/dev/sro)
The second is an external USB (/dev/sr1)

Previously OK?

Previous to what? I have not tried using the CDs in this way (ripping) before.

Version of openSUSE? Did you just have a kernel update?

#uname -a
Linux gzunder 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop #1 SMP PREMPT 2011-04-25 21:48:33 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Does that answer the question? The red text is my emboldening. Why times-three?

Regards, Martin

#4

What are you using to rip with ? k3b? (you need k3b-codecs and lame)

Have you installed the multimedia stuff
Multimedia in One Click

#5

Its at the head of the thread

Have you installed the multimedia stuff

Yes.

Regards,

#6

Post result of

rpm -qa k3b lame k3b-codecs
#7 
mprowe@gzunder:~> rpm -qa k3b lame k3b-codecs
k3b-2.0.2-6.9.1.x86_64
k3b-codecs-2.0.2-8.pm.8.5.x86_64
lame-3.98.4-3.pm.5.1.x86_64
mprowe@gzunder:~>

Regards,

#8

It’s not particularly that I think the packages are the fault, but I’d rather know they were correct.
k3b is not the packman one, but it shouldn’t matter. But other stuff may be that way too. So I encourage you to do this:

I’m assuming you are actually using kde so here
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Switcher%20Pics/11.4_packman_switch.png

#9

Yes, I am.

I’m not physically at this box right now. I’d like to keep an eye on the console if I’m going to get this close to the OS, so if I may, I’d like to put that off until I get home tonight.
I’ll report back tomorrow.

Regards,

#10

No problem
See you then

#11

Are they by any chance protected audio CDs? Have a look at the back of the box.

#12

Hi Ken,

Couldn’t wait…
So, I without clicking Accept, I thought I’d look at the consequences of do as you suggest.
Opps! It doesn’t look good? This is the conflicts file:

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kopete-4.6.0-3.2.x86_64 requires libmediastreamer.so.0()(64bit), but this requirement cannot be provided
uninstallable providers: linphone-2.1.1-90.1.x86_64[openSUSE:11.2]
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     ] break kopete by ignoring some of its dependencies

     ] keep obsolete linphone-3.3.2-96.1.x86_64

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Any advice?

Regards,

#13

Hi Ken,

Ah… Good question. What am I looking for?

Martin

PS - Sorry, our posting seem to have overlapped and upset the flow of this thread.

#14

Possibly this, see how it responds

] keep obsolete linphone-3.3.2-96.1.x86_64

#15

I have one such CD but it’s buried somewhere in the milk crate and I’m too lazy to look for it.

Look for some notice to the effect that it might not play in PC drives but should work in CD players.

I think there are several protection schemes. Usually they work by disrupting the layout in such a way that the computer drive gets confused. The resulting disc is not Red Book compliant and Philips has stated that they are not allowed to bear the Audio CD logo. See here:

Compact Disc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As for that copy protected audio CD I bought without realising it, I simply digitised it using my sound card, which is always connected to my amp and CD player anyway, split the tracks and encoded as MP3. I then added the track titles. I had half a mind to submit the titles to CDDB and befuddle the CD company who might happen upon the list and wonder how someone ripped their CD. Heck all I wanted to do was listen to it on my portable player and in my car.

#16

Hi again Carl/Ken,

I think that the errors are something to do with Audio CDs?
However, I don’t think that it is Copy Protection as I still get the errors on some very old CDs (before copy protection was even thought about, I suspect?).
I get the errors with both original (.wav) and homemade (.mp3) audio discs.

I don’t get the errors with data CDs (say, the 11.4.iso burnt with K3b) or DVDs.

Additional, I notice that the messages in /var/log/warn are a subset of those found in /var/log/messages. This is a sample of these:

May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101495] sr 10:0:0:0: [sr0]  Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101501] sr 10:0:0:0: [sr0]  Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101507] sr 10:0:0:0: [sr0]  Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101513] sr 10:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 02 00
May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101523] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 64
May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101526] quiet_error: 2 callbacks suppressed
May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101531] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 16
May  5 07:42:25 gzunder kernel:  2057.101533] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 17

This block is repeated 42 times(!) on each mount of an audio CD, and thereafter, over and over during access to the CD. If nothing else, my log files are getting a bashing!

Carl,
Due to the large number of warnings when trying to switch to the Pakman Repo, I’m holding off on such drastic action. I’m sure its perfectly safe, but I’m a wimp!
Or if you know of a way of being a little more selective and only changing specific modules, I’d be a little more relaxed about trying it.

Best regards, Martin

#17

I think you have drive problems then. You may be unlucky to have two bad drives, but it happens. A CD drive is a beautiful cheap precision mechanism, but when it goes it goes.

#18

Hi Ken,

Yes, I agree that that is a real possibility.
However, what I have failed to mention (because I thought I’d covered the point by mentioning that I had substituted drives on the box in question), is that I get very similar errors on many other (SuSE 11.4 32/64bit and 11.3 32/64 bit) machines.

If you have not lost all patience with this enquiry, would you mind seeing if you can duplicate it for me?
a) Open console
b) #tail -f /var/log/messages
c) Insert audio CD and close draw.

If you have device notifier running, the message log should display errors just as it pops open - at least that is what I’m seeing.

Regards, Martin

#19

I don’t get anything from device notifier or messages in /var/log/messages. The drive blinks a bit and then decides it’s not a data CD. However if I run grip, it shows me the tracks available for ripping. This is on 11.3 and 11.4.

You know that the layout of an audio CD and a data CD differ? Do you have one of those mixed format CDs?

#20

On 05/05/2011 10:06 AM, martinprowe wrote:
>
> If you have not lost all patience with this enquiry, would you mind
> seeing if you can duplicate it for me?
> a) Open console
> b) #tail -f /var/log/messages
> c) Insert audio CD and close draw.
>
> If you have device notifier running, the message log should display
> errors just as it pops open - at least that is what I’m seeing.

  • i get errors but, i can also
    click the device notifier to “Play Audio CD with Amarok”, and i’m
    listening to it now as i wonder about these:

10:56:55 [14193.879280] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0
10:56:55 [14193.879288] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 1
10:56:55 [14194.453424] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK
driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
10:56:55 [14194.453436] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request
[current]
10:56:55 [14194.453446] Info fld=0x0
10:56:55 [14194.453450] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for
this track
10:56:55 [14194.453461] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 02 00
10:56:55 kernel: [14194.453476] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
10:56:55 openSUSE11-3 kernel: [14194.453484] Buffer I/O error on device
sr0, logical block 0
10:56:55 openSUSE11-3 kernel: [14194.453492] Buffer I/O error on device
sr0, logical block 1

oops! Amarok just threw a fit at the end of the first track, “closed
unexpectedly” “Signal: 6 (Aborted)”

so i repeat the steps and select “Open with VLC Media Player”…get the
same errors and complaints to ‘messages’ as above (but, VLC is a LOT
faster springing to life…and, it does not close unexpectedly, just
keeps on playing (another good reason for VLC to be the best choice for
lots of things besides just CDs)…

so, see what happens if you just ignore the stuff in messages and enjoy
your music (if you can…i’ve not read the thread to see if you
can’t–sorry)

oh, i just looked at your initial post, and try ripping with
K3b…worked perfect, mp3 plays perfect…suggest you look elsewhere for
the cause of your “Over the last couple of days I have been trying to
rip some audio CD. This has not gone as smoothly as I had hoped.
Applications (Amarok/Rhyumbox/K3b/etc) seemed not to be handling CDs
correctly”…that is to say, i think maybe the reason for your
un-smooth handling is not shown in ‘messages’ (i didn’t check for
exactness, but mine and yours look at least similar, huh?)

maybe you should precisely describe those symptoms of not as “smoothly
as I had hoped”…maybe someone else as seen them.

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