[olug] dvd set-up woes

[David Walker]

Try this for fstab
/dev/dvd             /mnt/dvd               iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0

Make sure you experiment with different DVDs and cd-roms so you get an 
accurate picture of what is wrong.

I don't use mplayer so I'm not sure if it requires the dvd to be mounted 
but I am pretty sure that if you are not able to mount the dvd that mplayer 
will not work.  
(If that doesn't make sense the first time, read it through a few more times.  
If it still doesn't make sense try this
if {MPlayer_requires_mount or !MPlayer_requires_mount} {
	if {!Able_To_Mount} {
		error "Unable to read DVD"
	}
}
)




On Tuesday 08 October 2002 08:42 pm, (Via wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some difficultly getting my DVD-ROM working
> and I thought I'd check to see if anyone has any tips.
>  I just installed the newest SuSE (8.1) on my desktop
> (first Linux to break-in this particular computer).
> It appears that the DVD is being detected and set-up
> properly (via boot-up kernel messages), but I'm unable
> to mount dvds (or cds) let alone watch them (I've only
> tried mplayer so far).
> Here's a snip of /var/log/boot.msg
>
> <4>    ide0: BM-DMA at 0xb800-0xb807, BIOS settings:
> hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> <4>    ide1: BM-DMA at 0xb808-0xb80f, BIOS settings:
> hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA
> <4>hda: Maxtor 4D080H4, ATA DISK drive
> <4>hdb: WDC AC36400L, ATA DISK drive
> <4>hdc: CDD4851 CD-R/RW, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> <4>hdd: PIONEER DVD-ROM DVD-116 ATAPI Model 012, ATAPI
> CD/DVD-ROM drive
> <4>ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> <4>ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> ---SNIP---
> <4>hdc: no flushcache support
> <4>hdd: no flushcache support
> <6>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI
> devices
> <4>  Vendor: PHILIPS   Model: CDD4851 CD-R/RW   Rev:
> C3.7
> <4>  Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI
> SCSI revision: 02
> <4>  Vendor: PIONEER   Model: DVD-ROM DVD-116   Rev:
> 1.21
> <4>  Type:   CD-ROM
>
> The CD-R is set to hdc and works fine, however, the
> DVD at hdd doesn't mount dvds, cds, neither can I
> 'eject' the drive.
>
> $ eject /media/dvd
> eject: unable to eject, last error: Input/output error
>
> Here's fstab:
> /dev/dvd             /media/dvd           auto
> ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
>
> And the device link
> $ ls -l /dev/dvd
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 2002-09-24
> 20:52 /dev/dvd -> /dev/hdd
>
> And when I attempt to mount:
> $ mount /media/dvd/
> /dev/dvd: Input/output error
> mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and
> none was specified
>
> mplayer poops out like this (Note: dvd not mounted -
> doesn't need to be, right?):
> $ mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/dvd
> MPlayer 0.90pre8-3.2 (C) 2000-2002 Arpad Gereoffy (see
> DOCS)
>
> CPU: Intel Pentium 4 Willamette (Family: 8, Stepping:
> 10)
> CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1
> SSE2: 1
> Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 SSE
> SSE2
>
> Reading /home/hp/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 38 audio & 106
> video codecs
> Font /home/hp/.mplayer/font/font.desc loaded
> successfully! (206 chars)
> Using Linux hardware RTC timing (1024Hz)
> Input config file /home/hp/.mplayer/input.conf parsed
>
> : 50 binds
>
> Setting up lirc support...
> mplayer: could not connect to socket
> mplayer: Connection refused
> Failed opening lirc support!
> You won't be able to use your remote control
>
> Playing DVD title 1
> Reading disc structure, please wait...
> libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
> Can't open VMG info!
>
> Exiting... (End of file)
>
> This dvd doesn't even spin when attempting to run
> mplayer, so I'm guessing it's not the viewer's problem
> (since I can't mount/eject dvds in the first place).
> I'm really stumped as it appears (to me anyway) that
> the dvd is being set up properly by the kernel.  I
> browsed the DVD-HOWTO, but it seems a tad out-of-date.
>  If anyone can steer me in the right direction, I'd be
> much obliged.
>
> Thanks for reading all this!
> Eric Pierce
>
> Ps. Nice chatting w/the few of you at the last meeting
> (my second).  I look forward to seeing you all at next
> months lug.
>
>
>
>
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