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From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: ATAPI CD-ROM locks system up
Date: 19 Mar 1997 12:49:14 -0800
Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh
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[posted to comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc and emailed to questions@freebsd.org]
I have a crappy 2x <CD-ROM CDU55E/1.0q> (Sony) unit. I run Workman
1.3 (which would not work with my drive before the recent patches to
the wcd driver) and sometimes it will simply lock up at the end of a
track and sit there. The process enters an uninterruptible I/O wait
(if you run ps, the process has a "D" flag) and is therefore
unkillable; it also seizes control of my X console, leaving me no
choice but to log in remotely and restart the server AND leaving me
unable to access my CD-ROM drive. Could it be a bug in the driver or
is it more likely to be my crap unit?
thanks
rone
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Ron Echeverri Best Internet Usenet Administration rone@best.net
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