[PLUG-TALK] ripping a music CD?

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 08:49:13 -0800
Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtmann at gmail.com> dijo:

>> What does "dmesg | tail" say after inserting the disk? How about
>> "mount"? What happens if you insert the disk, launch Totem (Movie
>> Player), and then click on Movie >? Or VLC? Or Rhythmbox, Exaile, or
>> other music player when you try to open it from File > Open.
>>
>> And finally, what happens if you insert it into a Windows machine, or
>> insert it while running Windows in a virtual machine?
>>
>> I'm sure you've tried all of the above, but if any produced even the
>> slightest disturbance in the force, it would be helpful to know what.
>>
>> I'm especially curious about what happens in a Windows machine. If
>> there's some new kind of DRM thing going on and it also affects
>> Windows users, the net should be screaming by now.

>When I insert the CD, the light on the drive flashes for perhaps 30
>seconds, the hard drive light flashes a bit, some slight whirring
>noises come from the drive, then all is quiet and dark.  When I open
>the file browser and click on the CD-RW/DVD+RW Drive entry, a dialog
>box reports "Unable to mount location No media in the drive".
>
>If I insert a different CD I get a dialog box which says "You have
>just inserted an Audio CD.  Choose what application to launch. ..."
>
>dmesg | tail
>
>[  553.826457] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 210616
>[  553.826471] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 52654
>[  553.826479] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 52655
>[  553.830566] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 210616
>[  553.830574] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 52654
>[  553.830580] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 52655
>
>There may be some clues in the above to the cluesome among the readers
>here.  The meaningful word to me is "error".

Indeed. "Error" is the only word I understood also. Except that I dimly
recall somewhere running into CD drives being referred to as sr<number>.

The "| tail" tells dmesg to list only the last few lines. I am guessing
there are probably more error messages related to this issue, some of
which may give more clues. So try just "dmesg" and then scroll up from
the end. There may also be further information in /var/log/messages. I
think Gnome comes with a GUI log viewer utility, but you can also just
open /var/log/messages with any text editor.

>When Evan puts the CD in his drive, the drive makes lots of
>noise--clicking, whirring.  Eventually it locks up his system, which
>responds only to the eject button on the drive.
>
>Now what?  I can ask Evan to try under Windows--he has a dual boot.
>If the response of the machine is different, I will report back.

I know that you said this is the second one from the store, but if there
was a failure in the manufacturing process it may have affected the
entire shipment. Manufacturing issues may not be visible, but it might
be worth a phone call to the store manager to see if they have gotten
any more returns. I'd also see if Google can come up with anything.

In addition to putting it in a Windows machine, do you have access to a
regular CD player like you see people carry with them? Or a CD player
in a stereo setup? Maybe you could take it to a hi-fi store and ask
them to try it.

Too bad this is not Clinic day. This would be a fun project to work on.