Guest Supah_Rob Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 I posted this in the laptop forem, but that section doesn't seem very active and I would really like some help, so forgive me but I am also posting this here: Heya everyone. I have been using Mandrake 9.1 for nearly 2 weeks now. I REALLY like it. I have (nearly) everything working the way I want it, but one thing is bugging me...I cant get DVD's to play. First, the setup: I am using mdk on a Laptop and the DVD drive is actually a combo DVD/CD-RW drive. On Redhat 8.0 and 9.0 I needed to do a ln -s /dev/scd0 /dev/dvd and then DVD's would play just fine. When I try to do that in mdk, I get: ln: `/dev/dvd': File exists Now for completly unrelated reasons I needed to reinstall this morning, so before I did, I deleted the /dev/dvd file-thing and then created the symbolic link, still no luck. After the fresh install (wiped out partitions and everything) its the same thing, although I have not yet deleted the /dev/dvd file-thing. Now what happens is this: when I try to play a DVD through either Xine, Mplayer, KMplayer or XMovie, the program apparantly tries FOREVER to open the DVD, and nothing ever happens. If I wait for like (literally) 2 minutes, I hear the DVD spin up, then spin back down...but nothnig else happens. As an added 'benifit' when I put a DVD in the drive I cant eject it. When press the eject button on the drive, nothing happens. I have to log out of X to get the drive to open. Now as a CD-Rom drive or burner the drive works perfect, no problems at all. So....anyone got any ideas? I know very little about linux, but I am learning more everyday, and I would sure like to learn how to fix this issue today Thank you, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkrekula Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 Start e.g. xine from a console and post the error messages here. /Kenneth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 From the sounds of things supermount is getting in your way. It sounds like whatever you put into the drive is being mounted as a cdrom. My first suggestion would be to disable supermount and mount the dvd drive manually as a dvd drive. Then try to play the dvd. If this doesn't work then you may have a different problem. Search around for supermount and you should find the command to disable it. An aside: patience is a virtue so don't cross post. Just because a forum seems kinda empty doesn't mean your question won't get answered. I think most of us here check new posts when we visit the board and not particular forums. At least that is what I do. So hold on and your question, if we know the answer, will get looked at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Supah_Rob Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 ok, but before I disable supermount (assuming I am able to figure out how to do that...) will that effect anything else? If you recall, this is a combo DVD/CD-RW drive...if I disable supermount, will I still be able to use it as a cd rom drive and a burner? Thanks, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fubar::chi Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 An aside: patience is a virtue so don't cross post. Just because a forum seems kinda empty doesn't mean your question won't get answered. I think most of us here check new posts when we visit the board and not particular forums. At least that is what I do. So hold on and your question, if we know the answer, will get looked at. actually i'd have to agree with him posting here on this one. I would have never looked in the laptops forums :? However i don't think a problem like this belongs there. The laptop forum is for laptop specific problems pmcia for eg) and not problems which just happen to be on laptops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 don't disable supermount just yet. did you open up a virtual console and type "eject" to eject the dvd? if it says you dont have permission su to root and then type "eject" again it should eject. is the DVD encrypted? if so you need: libdvdcss2 -- from plf libdvdnav1 -- on mandrake cd's libdvdread2 -- on mandrake cd's with those rpms and mplayer installed i can play encrypted DVD's in mplayer on 9.1 To setup urpmi sources go here http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fubar::chi Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 quick plug for the faq section IM: Installing and Configuring Mandrake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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