[SOLVED] dvd drive not working, log file filled with error.

hi,
i dont know if this is something to do with the latest kernel update or something else that may have occured.
but my dvd writer has stopped working. no light on the front, pressing the button does not open the tray.
it wtill works fine when i boot into windows (dual boot with XP) so it's not a hardware issue.
also my everything.log file is filling up with the following every two seconds!
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: error=0x00 { }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: drive not ready for command
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: error=0x00 { }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: drive not ready for command
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: error=0x00 { }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: drive not ready for command
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: status error: error=0x00 { }
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Mar 1 19:27:56 adax hda: drive not ready for command
can someone please help me before i run out of disk space for my logs!
thanks,
ad.
Last edited by adax (2008-03-01 23:25:37)

Hello,
I strongly suspect that you need to change 'ide' to 'pata' in your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
#HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata usb keymap filesystems"
HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata usb keymap filesystems"
Then recreate with:
mkinitcpio -g /boot/kernel26.img
Last edited by colnago (2008-03-01 21:21:37)

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