cdrecord, k3b and xcdroast hang, used to work but havnt burnt a cd for a while. Have tried kernels: 2.6.8-1.521; 2.6.7-1.494.2.2; 2.6.6-1.435.2.3 with the same result. k3b and xcdroast both become unkillable (only solution) a reboot. There is loads of ugly stuff in the logs I have no idea about mentioning hcd which is the cdrom the cdrw is hdd, more than happy to make any other info available on request. lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset Host Bridge (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82845 845 (Brookdale) Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA/DB/EB/ER Hub interface to PCI Bridge (rev 12) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 12) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 12) 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 12) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 12) 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 12) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 12) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 03) 02:09.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01) 02:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01) /var/log/messages: Sep 7 16:59:36 help kernel: hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ire ason = 0x02) Sep 7 17:00:36 help kernel: hdc: lost interrupt Sep 7 17:00:36 help kernel: cdrom_pc_intr, write: dev hdc: flags = REQ_STARTED REQ_PC REQ_FAILED REQ_QUIET Sep 7 17:00:36 help kernel: sector 0, nr/cnr 0/0 Sep 7 17:00:36 help kernel: bio 00000000, biotail 00000000, buffer 00000000, data 00000000, len 0 Sep 7 17:00:36 help kernel: cdb: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sep 7 17:00:36 help kernel: hdc: cdrom_pc_intr: The drive appears confused (ireason = 0x02) cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info: CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17 drive name: hdd hdc drive speed: 8 48 drive # of slots: 1 1 Can close tray: 1 1 Can open tray: 1 1 Can lock tray: 1 1 Can change speed: 1 1 Can select disk: 0 0 Can read multisession: 1 1 Can read MCN: 1 1 Reports media changed: 1 1 Can play audio: 1 1 Can write CD-R: 1 0 Can write CD-RW: 1 0 Can read DVD: 0 0 Can write DVD-R: 0 0 Can write DVD-RAM: 0 0 Can read MRW: 0 0 Can write MRW: 0 0 Can write RAM: 0 0