10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 27, 2002 11:19 AM |
gx77 |
My SCSI CDRW (listed in ASP as "Generic CRD-BP3" was listed as "Apple Disc Burning Supported" in 10.1.x, but in 10.2.1 it is listed as "Apple Disc Burning Not Supported". What gives?!? I had to install the El Gato SCSI CDRW enabler to get it to work in 10.0.x, but i think that it was installed automatically in 10.1.x. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Do you think that using the ElGato software will fix the problem? I'm really starting to HATE 10.2.x |
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RE: 10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 30, 2002 8:21 AM |
gx77 |
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well, it's totally apples deal, cause the burner works FINE with Toast (that is, when the system doesn't lock up during a burn...). I guess I'm just stuck using toast, which isn't as bad as having no burner at all. |
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RE: 10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 29, 2002 2:10 PM |
gx77 |
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the elGato thing didn't help with making it recognized. Neither did the reinstallation of iTunes. I tried burning with toast 5.1.4, but it seemed to stall for a couple of minutes when it was writing the lead-in track, then the whole damn computer froze (see my other thread about 10.2 freezing). I'm messing with this for a few more hours today, then jaguar is getting wiped from my machine in favor of 10.1.4. |
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RE: 10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 28, 2002 4:15 PM |
gx77 |
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Yeah, i think it is the Disk Recording Framework- i remember seeing something in the system.log file (see my other post from yesterday...) about not being able to update the prebinding on the DiscRecording framework. I wonder if that has anything to do with it. also, i didn't have the drive connected when i installed 10.2, so i will try removing and re-installing itunes. I will report back with my success/failure... |
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RE: 10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 28, 2002 4:02 PM |
OSXGuru |
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There was a bug in 10.2 that affected SCSI CD-RW devices, and it was fixed in 10.2.1. However, I guess it didn't solve your problem. (And I should have noticed that you mentioned 10.2.1 in your original post--sorry about that). It wouldn't hurt to try the ElGato patch--it would at least be interesting to see if it helps. I had incorporated the ElGato patch into the PatchedSCSIDeviceType05 kernel extension that XPostFacto installs. But that kernel extension does not load in 10.2--it was causing problems at one point, and then I realized that it did not appear to be necessary anymore, so I set things up so it would not load. There are (at least) two issues with respect to disc burning being supported by Apple's software. One is whether Mac OS X realizes that the device is a CD-RW at all. That is the problem which ElGato's patch solved. (It is also the question which was affected by the bug in 10.2, and fixed in 10.2.1). The second is whether the DiscRecording framework has a plugin which matches your particular device. That is something which changes between versions of Mac OS X (and versions of iTunes, come to think of it). In your situation, it sounds as though Mac OS X realizes that your drive is a CD-RW--otherwise, it would not report on whether burning was supported or not. So it may be that the ElGato patch won't help you. One way of testing this would be to see whether Toast can burn a disc in Mac OS X. If it can, then the problem is the DiscRecording framework. If that turns out to be the problem, one solution that has worked for some people is reinstalling iTunes. I'm not sure why that helps, but it may be that certain things don't get installed if Mac OS X doesn't think there is a CD burner attached at the moment. |
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RE: 10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 28, 2002 2:01 PM |
krevnik |
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Hrm, I would say to also install elGato again, but XPF already does this.... hrm. Doesn't sound good myself. Of course, I had a fun issue where my two drives were being odd with the various versions of kexts Ryan produced. When I upgraded to the new IOSCSICD/elGato combo... it broke both drives. They both could either read discs, or burn discs, not both. Some other people have been having the same problem on supported machines, but saying that elGato DOES fix the problem. So my question is, why doesn't it work here? |
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RE: 10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 28, 2002 12:27 PM |
gx77 |
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what do you mean when you say the issue was fixed? The cd burner doesn't work with apple disk burning in 10.2.1, but it worked fine in 10.1.5. |
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RE: 10.2 breaks CDRW support: requires elGato? |
September, 27, 2002 5:31 PM |
OSXGuru |
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I think that this issue was fixed in 10.2.1. Let me know if that doesn't help. |