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Hi at QPxTool,

i still got this problem with Ubuntu "Feisty" and QPxTool 0.6.09 and Ubuntu "Gutsy" with QPxTool 0.6.1.2. Everytime i try to start a DVD PIE/PIF Scan with my NEC 4550A the message is "All tests complete" although no test is done.

Along with the NEC a BenQ 1655 DVD Writer and a PLEXTOR 5254 CD/RW Writer is installed on the system.

The only way to start a PIE/PIF Scan with NEC or BenQ is to use the PIONEER-Commands in the section "media". But the results are definetly wrong and reading speed is to fast.

Hope you can help, because i don't like to start Windows everytime i want to test my DVDs!

Regards: Holger

can you start sudo qpxtool from xterm and post the output?

Hello piewie,

here's the output of "sudo qpxtool":

QPxTool-0.6.1
(c) 2005-2007, Gennady "ShultZ" Kozlov
________________________________________
current system:
OS name : Linux
release : 2.6.22-14-generic
version : #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007
machine : i686
node :
domain : (none)
________________________________________
** creating mainwin
** dinamic objects init...
** Initializing menu bar...
** Read TR graph init...
** Cx/Pi graph init... C1/PIE, C2/PIF, CU
** J/B graph init... Jitter OK, Beta OK
** FE/TE graph init... FE, TE
** TA graph init... OK
** PixMaps init...
** Init scan thread... OK
** Scaning for MMC compliant devices...
/dev/sr0: _NEC DVD_RW ND-4550A 1.09

Sorry for the last one, it wasn't the complete output. Here it is:

QPxTool-0.6.1
(c) 2005-2007, Gennady "ShultZ" Kozlov
________________________________________
current system:
OS name : Linux
release : 2.6.22-14-generic
version : #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 08:02:57 UTC 2007
machine : i686
node :
domain : (none)
________________________________________
** creating mainwin
** dinamic objects init...
** Initializing menu bar...
** Read TR graph init...
** Cx/Pi graph init... C1/PIE, C2/PIF, CU
** J/B graph init... Jitter OK, Beta OK
** FE/TE graph init... FE, TE
** TA graph init... OK
** PixMaps init...
** Init scan thread... OK
** Scaning for MMC compliant devices...
/dev/sr0: _NEC DVD_RW ND-4550A 1.09
/dev/sr1: not a valid SCSI device
/dev/sr2: not a valid SCSI device
** Scan complete: 1 device(s) found

Selected: /dev/sr0
Buffer capacity: 0x0800 (2048)KB
CD parameters page length: 0x36
2A 36 3F 37 F1 77 29 23
21 13 01 00 08 00 21 13
00 00 21 13 21 13 00 01
00 00 00 00 21 13 00 06
00 00 21 13 00 00 1B 90
00 00 16 0D 00 00 10 8A
00 00 0B 06 00 00 05 83
Max speeds: R@4897KBps / W@4883KBps
Current speeds: R@4897KBps / W@4897KBps

** Reading supported mode pages...
Mode Page: 0x01 [R/W error control]
Mode Page: 0x05 [Write parameters]
Mode Page: 0x08 [Caching]
Mode Page: 0x0D [CD device parameters]
Mode Page: 0x0E [CD Audio control]
Mode Page: 0x18 [???]
Mode Page: 0x1A [Power condition]
Mode Page: 0x1D [Time-out & Protect]
Mode Page: 0x2A [MM Capabilities & Mechanical status]
Mode Page: 0x30 [???]
Mode Page: 0x00 [vendor]

** Reading supported profiles...
Profile: 0x002B [DVD+R DL]
Profile: 0x001B [DVD+R]
Profile: 0x001A [DVD+RW]
Profile: 0x0015 [DVD-R DL Sequential]
Profile: 0x0014 [DVD-RW Sequential]
Profile: 0x0013 [DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite]
Profile: 0x0012 [DVD-RAM]
Profile: 0x0011 [DVD-R Sequential]
Profile: 0x0010 [DVD-ROM]
Profile: 0x000A [CD-RW]
Profile: 0x0009 [CD-R]
Profile: 0x0008 [CD-ROM]
Profile: 0x0002 [REMOVABLE]
Current: 0x0000 [NONE]

** Reading supported features...
Feature: 0x0000, ver 3 [PROFILE_LIST]
00 00 03 34 00 2B 00 00 00 1B 00 00 00 1A 00 00 00 15 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 12 00 00
00 11 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 02 00 00
Feature: 0x0001, ver 3 [CORE]
00 01 03 04 00 00 00 02
Feature: 0x0002, ver 3 [MORPHING]
00 02 03 04 00 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0003, ver 3 [REMOVABLE MEDIA]
00 03 03 04 29 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0004, ver 4 [WRITE PROTECT]
00 04 04 04 00 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0010, ver 0 [RANDOM READABLE]
00 10 00 08 00 00 08 00 00 00 01 00
Feature: 0x001D, ver 0 [MULTI READ]
00 1D 00 00
Feature: 0x001E, ver 4 [CD READ]
00 1E 04 04 03 00 00 00
Feature: 0x001F, ver 4 [DVD READ]
00 1F 04 04 00 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0020, ver 4 [RANDOM WRITABLE]
00 20 04 0C 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 01 00
Feature: 0x0021, ver 8 [INCREMENTAL STREAMING WRITABLE]
00 21 08 08 3F 09 05 01 07 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0023, ver 0 [FORMATTABLE]
00 23 00 00
Feature: 0x0024, ver 4 [DEFECT MANAGEMENT]
00 24 04 04 80 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0026, ver 0 [RESTRICTED OVERWRITE]
00 26 00 00
Feature: 0x002A, ver 0 [DVD+RW]
00 2A 00 04 01 00 00 00
Feature: 0x002B, ver 0 [DVD+R]
00 2B 00 04 01 00 00 00
Feature: 0x002C, ver 0 [RIGID RESTRICTED OVERWRITE]
00 2C 00 04 03 00 00 00
Feature: 0x002D, ver 8 [CD TRACK AT ONCE]
00 2D 08 04 57 00 3F 09
Feature: 0x002E, ver 4 [CD MASTERING]
00 2E 04 04 7F 00 0B F0
Feature: 0x002F, ver 8 [DVD+R(W) WRITE]
00 2F 08 04 4E 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0037, ver 0 [CD-RW MEDIA WRITE SUPPORT]
00 37 00 04 00 0F 00 00
Feature: 0x003B, ver 0 [DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER]
00 3B 00 04 01 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0100, ver 3 [POWER MANAGEMENT]
01 00 03 00
Feature: 0x0103, ver 0 [CD AUDIO ANALOG PLAY]
01 03 00 04 07 00 01 00
Feature: 0x0105, ver 3 [TIMEOUT]
01 05 03 00
Feature: 0x0106, ver 0 [DVD CSS]
01 06 00 04 00 00 00 01
Feature: 0x0107, ver C [REAL TIME STREAMING]
01 07 0C 04 1F 00 00 00
Feature: 0x0108, ver 3 [LOGICAL UNIT SERIAL NUMBER]
01 08 03 0C 35 5A 43 35 30 31 35 53 31 31 31 20
Feature: 0x010A, ver 0 [DISC CONTROL BLOCKS]
01 0A 00 0C 46 44 43 00 53 44 43 00 54 4F 43 00
Feature: 0x010B, ver 0 [DVD CPRM]
01 0B 00 04 00 00 00 01
** Device is MMC-5
** Drive features...
Hide CD-R : ---
SingleSession : ---
SpeedRead : ---
PoweRec : ---
GigaRec : ---
Silent mode : ---
SecuRec : ---
VariRec CD : ---
VariRec DVD : ---
DVD+R bitsetting : ---
DVD+R DL bitsetting : ---
DVD+R(W) testwrite : ---
AutoStrategy : ---
PlexEraser : ---
Pioneer Quiet Mode : ---
== Detecting supported read speeds...
Maximum CD speed: 48X (8467 kB/s); 1X = 176 kB/s
Speeds:
Found: 4X (706 kB/s)
Found: 8X (1411 kB/s)
Found: 10X (1764 kB/s)
Found: 16X (2822 kB/s)
Found: 20X (3528 kB/s)
Found: 24X (4234 kB/s)
Found: 32X (5645 kB/s)
Found: 40X (7056 kB/s)
Found: 48X (8467 kB/s)
======
Current Read Speed : 8467kB/s (48x CD, 6x DVD)

** Unit is RPC-II
Current region : 2
User changes left : 4
Vendor resets left : 4
--- Disc UNlocked
Drive capabilities: 0x9B787FE3
Drive Read capabilities: 0x000007FF
Drive Write capabilities: 0x000007F7
** clearing results...
** init done...
** setting main widget
** initializing main window...

The problem has changed somehow. Starting qpxtool as root (with sudo as you described above) the PIE/PIF tests with the NEC 4550A now seem to work properly .

But starting qpxtool from GNOME with "Alt + F2" or starting it as a regular user in a Terminal doesn't work.

Any idea what has to be changed?

some commands are not available in user space. So qpxtool needs the s-bit:

Code: Select all

-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 916464 2007-10-22 21:21 /usr/bin/qpxtool

Since i have the same issue, can you please post the way we can use the parameters you specify?

# chmod 4755 /usr/bin/qpxtool

Merci