DVD crashes system

[Nicolas Ouellette]

Le mardi 22 août 2006 12:24, Lord Sauron a écrit :
> On Tuesday 22 August 2006 09:04, Nicolas Ouellette wrote:
> > Hi­. I'm experiencing a very frustrating problem with my Pioneer
> > DVR-110D DVD-RW, on Kubuntu Dapper Drake. Each and every time I try
> > to read or access a video OR data DVD, no matter which one, my whole
> > system freezes and I have to reboot. The problem does not occur with
> > audio or data CDs. I tried multiple configurations with hdparm but
> > nothing works. Also, every DVD useful package is installed
> > (libdvdcss2, dvdread, dvdplay, etc.). Furthermore, I googled a lot
> > but with no luck.
>
> Does the normal CD work?  Have you checked the DVDs for scratches, dirt,
> or, more difficult to detect, heat distortion (leave a DVD you don't
> want out in the hot summer sun for a day or two and it warps the
> tracks - I lost a very good CD that way, unfortunately.)  The problem
> with warping is that it's near impossible to detect with the naked eye.
> I have to rely on the subtle colour change that is present.

I made it clear in my first post: 
"Each and every time I try to read or access a video OR data DVD, no matter 
which one, my whole system freezes and I have to reboot."

I also mentioned: 
"The problem does not occur with audio or data CDs"

> Also, are you sure that your IDE cable is in all the way and is
> correctly configured?  Linux crashing sounds like you're having a
> problem with bad data from hardware.  Those are just the ideas I have.
> I honestly don't know the real source of your problem, but those are
> the diagnostics I'd try next.  From the information you've supplied, I
> can't see something that could be an error, except the HDIO_GETGEO
> failed: Invalid argument part.  I don't know what that is, so I can't
> offer any help there.

I'll check for that.

> Hope that helps (as in: hope it's nothing more than a bad disk - those
> are easy to recover from).

The error "HDIO_GETGEO failed" just means there is no disc in the drive so 
hdparm can't fetch the drive's geometry and other related info.

Any other advice, anyone?

-- 
Nicolas Ouellette
Étudiant au M.A, philosophie
Registered linux user #368073