Package: gtcd
Version: 1.0.51

When cd is ejected, gtcd goes into a mode of scanning the CD drive to see
if a new disk is loaded.  At this point, the whole machine locks up hard
and must be restarted with the RESET button.  No message is printed or
logged.  The gtcd window notes that it is in "scanning" mode (or whatever
that mode is), and everything freezes.

The sound card is an EMU10K1 (SBLive!), and I am running the ALSA drivers
(version 0.5.5), but the failure occurs using the OSS drivers as well.
The CD player is a Ricoh CD-R/RW RW7060S SCSI drive.  The SCSI controller
is a Mylex BT-950 Flashpoint.  The kernel is the RedHat kernel-2.2.14-1.5.0
package from Rawhide, rebuilt for a stock RH6.1 system and custom-compiled.

So far (one attempt), the problem has not occurred using the cdplayer_applet
in place of gtcd.

		Matthew Saltzman
		Clemson University Math Sciences
		mjs@clemson.edu
		http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




------- Additional Comments From mjs@math.clemson.edu 2000-03-05 18:35:34 ----

Subject: Follow up (gtcd locks machine hard when scanning drive)
From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs@math.clemson.edu>
To: 6898@bugs.gnome.org
Message-Id: <200003052335.SAA01636@nautilus.math.clemson.edu>
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:35:34 -0500 (EST)

My mistake.  cdplay_applet exhibits the same sysmptoms: a few seconds 
after the disc is removed, the machine freezes and must be reset 
manually.

		Matthew Saltzman
		Clemson University Math Sciences
		mjs@clemson.edu
		http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




------- Additional Comments From mjs@math.clemson.edu 2000-03-09 17:24:20 ----

Subject: Ricoh CD/RW
From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs@math.clemson.edu>
To: 6898@bugs.gnome.org
Message-Id: <200003092224.RAA21796@math.clemson.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:24:20 -0500 (EST)

I just  saw the announcement for the latest version of cdrecord (1.8.1a02).  
The change log includes the following item:

>[cdrecord-1.8.1a01-1]
>[...]
>
>- Cdrecord:
>- Added send_opc routine to driver interface.
>  This was needed because of a Firmware bug in the Ricoh 7040 and 7060
>  drives. The MMC standad requires that a drive will automatically
>  perform OPC but the Ricoh drives don't do this.

I have had problems with machine lockups using cdrecord also, so I wondered
if this was a clue that you could use.  I have not tried burning a CD with
this version yet to know if I still have the problem there.  Unfortunately,
I am not familiar enough with the interface specs to know what MMC and OPC
are.

I will also now also approach Ricoh, but a software fix might be quicker
and will help other Ricoh owners (if this is in fact the problem).

Thanks.


		Matthew Saltzman
		Clemson University Math Sciences
		mjs@clemson.edu
		http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




------- Additional Comments From mjs@math.clemson.edu 2000-03-22 17:29:05 ----

Subject: Not really a bug
From: Matthew Saltzman <mjs@math.clemson.edu>
To: 6898@bugs.gnome.org
Message-Id: <200003222229.RAA04561@math.clemson.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:29:05 -0500 (EST)

I have reproduced the problem with a separate program that simply opens 
/dev/cdrom repeatedly.  When there is no disk in the drive, the system will
freeze after about a half-dozen attempts.

The only other thing I notice is that even with all auto-detect options 
turned off in the CD Player config screen, the player still does apparently
attempt occasional opens of the CD-ROM.  I had the player up with all 
options unchecked, and the system eventually froze.  It would be nice if,
when all those options are off, the player made *no* attempt to open the
device unless prompted by a button press.  Then I could actually use it.
I haven't had any trouble at all with xplaycd, for example.  I assume that
this means xplaycd doesn't issue background opens.

Thanks.

		Matthew Saltzman
		Clemson University Math Sciences
		mjs@clemson.edu
		http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs




------- Bug moved to this database by debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-01-28 11:33 -------
This bug was previously known as bug 6898 at http://bugs.gnome.org/
http://bugs.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6898
Originally filed under the gnome-media product and gtcd component.

Unknown version 1.0.x in product gnome-media. Setting version to the default, "unspecified".
The original reporter (mjs@math.clemson.edu) of this bug does not have an account here.
Reassigning to the exporter, debbugs-export@bugzilla.gnome.org.
Reassigning to the default owner of the component, peter@ximian.com.