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    Sony BC-5600S and Linux

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by surfed, Jan 24, 2010.

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    surfed Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got myself a Dell XPS 1645. The problem I have is that the included DVD burner (CA10N) cant burn cds and dvds only at 0.3x under linux. So I have been eyeballing the Sony BC-5600S Blue ray drive and would like to know if somebody has this drive working (reading and burning) under linux.
    Thanks in advance for any input.
     
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    How are you writing? Does the drive info report that it should burn faster? I have the drive, and Linux, but I only have it in a USB enclosure. I'll test it later.
     
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    Been writing with k3b and from CLI with wodim. And yes the drive reports write speed of 8x but writes at 0.3x (very very slow). I am not the only one with this issue, hence i know its a hardware problem. Apparently it used to work before they updated the firmware for win7 support, ironic. Anyhow the only drive i can find that fits is the sony, but i have not found anybody who used it or had issues with it in linux.
     
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    Update:
    Tried burning in single user mode with same results (this should work)
    inserting blanc disk results in many error messages in dmesg:

    repeated many times.
     
    surfed, Feb 3, 2010
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    Update
    Replaced drive with Sony BC-5600S and i can write normally now. Seems like the CA10N with Firmware a102 is not linux friendly.
     
    surfed, Feb 22, 2010
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