Ok--I've successfully found the /etc/modules.conf file and have opened it with gedit under root. I'm just a little curious--do I add both the lines to the existing file or just the first and then type the second in a terminal window? options ide-cd dma=1 hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda
And do I add them to any specific section of the file? It isn't a very large file of text, so I'm assuming that I could add it at the end. Thanks for your patience, I'm slowly getting the hang of this Linux thing, Matt On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:48, Michael Torrie wrote: > Quoting Dave Smith: > > Well, I finally found out how to get DMA enabled in RedHat 8. They've > made it even more difficult than in previous distributions. You have to > add this line to /etc/modules.conf: > > options ide-cd dma=1 > > Then, you can do the normal hdparm stuff: > > hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda > > Once you do that, you never have to do it again. So there you have it. > Now, my DVDs play beautifully under RedHat, so I can finally trash that > annoying 400Mb Win98 partition. That brings up another point: Why aren't > Linux DVD players up to snuff with Windows ones? I can play a DVD in > Win98 _without_ DMA and it is smooth. I can move/resize the window and > it doesn't miss a beat. I can even do things in the background and it > still plays smooth, very smooth indeed. Is this cause Linux developers > are left trying to crack the DVD CSS encryption or what? > > --Dave > > > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:42, Matt Pittard wrote: > > Ok...so I symbolically linked my dvd to my cdrom and I began to watch a > > DVD. The only problem now is that the DVD plays choppy. I don't think > > I'm having video card problems--meaning my video card isn't good enough > > to render stuff fast enough--it is a 64 meg ATI all-in-wonder and I have > > a new liteon DVD rom. Things work perfectly in Windows...any > > suggestions? > > > > Might it be the fact that almost 80% of my memory is being used up? I > > have 256M of DDR Ram and I don't know what needs to run in the > > background to use up 80% of the RAM--and it is usually up near 95%. I'm > > wondering if I installed something along the way that I most likely > > shouldn't have...or something. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Matt > > > > PS--I guess I won't make rename my directories, I'll remember to just > > make new symbolic links. Thanks Michael. > > > > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:31, Michael Torrie wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:12, Matt Pittard wrote: > > > > Thanks for the advice on symlink, Michael and for the additional > > > > information on how to do it Glen. I appreciate it. Couldn't I just > > > > rename my /mnt/cdrom to /mnt/dvd...or would this cause major problems? I > > > > have a CD burner and a DVD player and it would be helpful for me to > > > > rename them anyway. Currently they are cdrom and cdrom1. > > > > > > cdrom is a symlink itself to the real device (like /dev/hdc or > > > something). So don't move it. Just make another symlink. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 09:02, Glen Wagley wrote: > > > > > You need to make a link to your dvd drive. To ensure you are making a > > > > > link to the correct drive, try eject /dev/cdrom from the command line > > > > > and make sure your dvd rom opens. Then, as root, ln -sf /dev/cdrom > > > > > /dev/dvd from the command line. > > > > > -Glen > > > > > On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 13:02, Matt Pittard wrote: > > > > > > I installed mplayer and I'm able to watch a DivX video, however, I get > > > > > > an "Could not open DVD device: /dev/dvd" error when I try and play a > > > > > > DVD. Is there something I have done wrong? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 08:18, Michael L Torrie wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 22:59, Matt Pittard wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello everyone. Name is Matt Pittard. I'm a new user to the land of > > > > > > > > Linux thanks to the Mike Halcrow zealous pitch. I'm really liking it > > > > > > > > thus far, but I'm really all about the multi-media. I have an ATI > > > > > > > > All-in-wonder TV-in and video out. I heard from Mike that a program > > > > > > > > called "mplayer" > > > > > > > > (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design5/news.html#0.90rc4) is the > > > > > > > > program I need to set this up and I'm a little confused as to the exact > > > > > > > > order of operations of installation. I have installed the apt-get > > > > > > > > program, but I don't know if this is the way to do this. The > > > > > > > > instructions go into a lot of detail about things I need, but I'm not > > > > > > > > sure if I need to install all the codex programs or what. If anyone > > > > > > > > could give me a step by step set of instructions, I'd appreciate it. > > > > > > > > I'm > > > > > > > > running Red Hat 8.0. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Although you could install it from source, you'll do just fine by using > > > > > > > apt: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > apt-get update > > > > > > > apt-get install mplayer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you want, you can download all the codecs from mplayer's site and > > > > > > > untar them and then put them all in /usr/lib/win32. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > > > > > > > Inflex Virus Scanner - installed on mailserver for domain @et.byu.edu > > > > > > > > Queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > > > > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > > > > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > > > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > > > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > > > > > Inflex Virus Scanner - installed on mailserver for domain @et.byu.edu > > > > > > Queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > > > Inflex Virus Scanner - installed on mailserver for domain @et.byu.edu > > > > Queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > -- > > > Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > ____________________ > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________ > > Inflex Virus Scanner - installed on mailserver for domain @et.byu.edu > > Queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -- > Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > ______________________________________ Inflex Virus Scanner - installed on mailserver for domain @et.byu.edu Queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
