Re: New CD/DVD reports 'Can Play Audio NO'

[Nick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org>]

On Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:26:44 +0200
Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de> wrote:

> Nick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org> wrote:
> 
> > Very strange issue.  I recently bought a new machine that came with
> > a CD/DVD burner.  All functions normally, except I cannot play
> > audio CD.
> > 
> > Information:
> > 
> > Slackware 12.1 running latest stable kernel 2.6.26.5
> > 
> > The drive is:
> > 
> > Vendor                      : Optiarc
> > Model                       : DVD RW AD-7200A
> > Revision                    : 1.06
> > 
> > Now, I have another drive (I purchased last year) that could play
> > audio CD, so I installed that as master, and put the new drive as
> > slave (old->hda new->hdb).  The old(er) drive can and does play
> > audio OK.
> > 
> > I see this in /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info:
> 
> > Can play audio:         0       1
> 
> Same as
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/186664/comments/9
> 
> Please complain to the vendor, so he stops doing this bull*.
> 
> Signed-Off-By: Bodo Eggert
> X-Tested: Not at all
> 
> --- linux-2.6.26/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c.ori       2008-10-04
> 13:21:17.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.26/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
> 2008-10-04 13:22:15.000000000 +0200 @@ -1842,6 +1842,7 @@ static
> const struct cd_list_entry ide_cd { "MATSHITADVD-ROM SR-8176",
> NULL,   IDE_CD_FLAG_PLAY_AUDIO_OK      }, { "MATSHITADVD-ROM
> SR-8174", NULL,   IDE_CD_FLAG_PLAY_AUDIO_OK      }, { "Optiarc DVD RW
> AD-5200A", NULL,   IDE_CD_FLAG_PLAY_AUDIO_OK      },
> +       { "Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A", NULL,
> IDE_CD_FLAG_PLAY_AUDIO_OK      }, { NULL, NULL, 0 }
>  };
>  

Thank you Bodo.  This works fine now.

I guessed there might be a crapture list for buggy firmware CD drives,
but didn't find it...

The patch is fine.

Acked-by: Nick Warne <nick@ukfsn.org>


Nick
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