santner Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 First of all, Totem player like a CHAMP. :D First time using it and WOW, are you kidding me? Moving on, I just installed my new DVD-RW drive and xine and mplayer won't play my dvd's. Both error out because I don't have a dvd device file. Anyone know how to setup /dev/dvd/ properly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 your dvdrw is probably being listed as a cdrom, such as: /dev/cdrom0 or /dev/cdrom1 depending on how many cdroms you have, and which one it is on the ide cable. just change the players configuration to look at the correct /dev/cdrom, it's easier than trying to set up /dev/dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 /dev/dvd is just a link to the actual device file. If you can load regular data cds and view the contents in konqueror, your new drive should be listed in /etc/fstab. Post the file so I can get the right /dev/cdrom* but basically you just create a link to /dev/cdrom*. Sometimes the drive will be listed as /dev/hdx where "x" is usually a,b,c,d. It's obvious from the fstab line which one is a cd drive if you know what to look for. Once you determine the device file for your new drive, you create your /dev/dvd link by opening a console and running: $ su <enter root password> # ln -s /dev/<hdx or cdrom*> /dev/dvd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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