Mounting CDROM crashes system

2007-12-25 8:38:00

I wrote:

> Lately, I've been unable to mount any CD-ROMs on my system. Everything worked

> fine until last week, when I started seeing the following error messages. I'm

> running a Sparc II clone with SunOS 4.1.2, one internal SCSI disk, and an

> external SMCC CD-ROM Drive. This is the original CD-ROM, not the SunCD Plus.

>

> Everytime I try to mount a CD, I see:

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: esp0: polled command timeout

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: State=CMD_DONE Last State=CMD_START

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: Latched stat=0x12<XZERO,CD> intr=0x10<BUS> fifo

> 0x20

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: last msg out: EXTENDED; last msg in: COMMAND COMPLETE

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: DMA csr=0x94400010<INTEN>

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: addr=fff00001 last=fff00000 last_count=1

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: Cmd dump for Target 6 Lun 0:

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: cdb=[ 0x1e 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x1 0x0 ]

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: pkt_state 0x7<CMD,SEL,ARB> pkt_flags 0x1 pkt_statistics 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: cmd_flags=0x0 cmd_timeout 0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: Mapped Dma Space:

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: Base = 0x0 Count = 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: Transfer History:

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: Base = 0x0 Count = 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x1=CMD_START stat=0x12

> 0x1e

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x60=SELECT_SNDMSG stat=0x0 0x6 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x23=SYNCHOUT stat=0x0

> 0x2d 0xf

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT stat=0x7

> 0x14

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x27=STATUS stat=0x7

> 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT stat=0x3

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x26=DATAIN stat=0x11

> 0x14

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x1=CMD_START stat=0x12

> 0x3

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x60=SELECT_SNDMSG stat=0x10 0x6 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x23=SYNCHOUT stat=0x10

> 0x2d 0xf

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT stat=0x17

> 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x27=STATUS stat=0x17

> 0x2

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0xb=CMD_CMPLT stat=0x13

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x1=CMD_START stat=0x12

> 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x60=SELECT_SNDMSG stat=0x10 0x6 0x0

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: current phase 0x23=SYNCHOUT stat=0x10

> 0x2d 0xf

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: runpoll: timeout on polling

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: sr0: failed to handle Unit Att.

> Jan 5 15:36:44 hawk vmunix: srintr: requeue of command fails

>

>

> What does this mean? Is my CD-ROM dead? Sundiag cannot access the drive.

> Probe-scsi can. I've tried swapping the cable, power cycling, looking for

> patches on SunSolve Online, and searching the Sun Managers SUMMARY archive, all

> to no avail. If anybody can make sense out of this, please let me know.

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> Carl Gabrielson

> ASPEC Technology, Inc.

> carl@aspec.com

>

And the answer is:

Clean your CD Player. Most people suggested a termination or cabling problem.

I rechecked all of that to no avail. The winner was Mike Myers who suggested

cleaning my CDs. I realized the disks were clean, but the player was filthy.

Allsop's Compact Disc Laser Lens Cleaner worked like a charm.

Thanks to:

glenn@uniq.com.au

miker@il.us.swissbank.com

wmg@pixels.att.com

mmyers@willamette.edu

for their prompt and helpful advice.

Best regards,

Carl Gabrielson

ASPEC Technology, Inc.

Santa Clara, CA

carl@aspec.com

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