> I have a new HP xw9300, dual 2.5 GHz cpus, 6 GB RAM, KDE -- everything > appears to work as expected -- except playing DVD's ;<
Well, mplayer dvd:// is enough for me, but but Gnome's totem plays DVDs just fine and maybe some KDE user will post his/her favorite KDE DVD playing app. > I googled, and found ogle. I installed ogle-gui & ogle-mmx. I am able Last time I saw ogle (winter 2005?) it looked a bit outdated. It supports DVD menus, though. > ogle crashes. I restart it, playing _same_ DVD, and it invariably > crashes at some other point of play time. > > /var/log _sometimes_ shows this; other times NOT: > > Aug 29 23:56:25 odin kernel: hda: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { > DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > Aug 29 23:56:25 odin kernel: hda: media error (bad sector): error=0x30 { > LastFailedSense=0x03 } > Aug 29 23:56:25 odin kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown > Aug 29 23:56:25 odin kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector > 192888 Looks like some kind of DVD copy "protection". Have a look at the DVD backcover, it should be mentioned there. Vit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]