Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:46:31 -0500 (EST) | | From | linux-os <> | | Subject | Re: Reading Bad DVD Under 2.6.10 freezes the box. |
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le lundi 07 fÿÿvrier 2005 ÿÿ 08:05 -0500, linux-os a ÿÿcrit : > >>> Main Question >> Why does Linux 'freeze up' when W2K gives a BadCRC error msg >>> (never freezes)? >> >> Of course it should not. However, there were many incomplete changes >> made in 2.6.nn and some may involve problems with locking, etc. > > I don't remember a version of the kernel gracefully handling scratched > CD/DVD. > > Xav >
Well `cdparanoia` will read, analyze/rip, and reject trashed CDs without ever hanging the Linux-2.4.22 kernel, but will immediately hang linux-2.6.10.
Basically, when you start getting the kernel error messages on linux-2.4.22, you can ^C out and everything will quiet down. With Linux-2.6.10, nothing entered from the keyboard will do anything. Since the Caps-Lock key still functions, interrupts are still active. However, it is likely the kernel-lock that prevents signals (like ^C or ^/) from being executed.
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