On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:21:36 +0200 Michael Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > > Hey, > > > > Yesterday night I tried to play a DVD. No luck. I tried with Ubuntu, > > no luck either until I installed libdvdcss. So my drive works, but > > DragonFly has no means of playing a DVD. > > > > That's pathetic. > > > > A selection of error messages (all with libdvdcss installed): > > > > ogle: > > (from dmesg) > > ata0: FAILURE - non aligned DMA transfer attempted > > acd0: setting up DMA failed > > Googling for "non aligned DMA transfer attempted" lead me to this page > (in German): > > http://www.bsdforen.de/showthread.php?p=185404 > > So it seems FreeBSD (7.0) has the same problem. Someone suggests the > following: > > natacontrol mode acd0 pio4 This does work - at the cost of very high CPU utilisation (especially when trying to read a DVD at high speed with dvdbackup etc). This problem has been around a while - see "Reading DVD video broken in recent current" in bugs@ from 11 Jan. It started between preview and current at that time. I've made periodic attempts to track it down without success. -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirror Arrays The computer obeys and wins. | A better way to focus the sun You lose and Bill collects. | licences available see | http://www.sohara.org/
