Re: Novice libdvdread problem

Sun Jan 25 2004, Eiki Martinson wrote:
> Hello! I am attempting to play DVDs on my new Dell Inspiron 600m 
> notebook. This is what happens:
> 
> ogle -u cli /dev/dvd
> libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
> libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
> libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
> ERROR[ogle_nav]: faild to open/read the DVD
> DVDSetDVDRoot:: Root not set
> 
> I have tried the obvious solutions that are given to similar problems - 
> the symlink exists and points to the correct drive, it's not a 
> permissions problem, etc.
> 
> 'ogle --check' produces:
> 
> /dev/dvd -> /dev/hdc
> Valid DVD devices:
> WARNING: No DVD devices found
> 

No dvd capable drive is found.


> As might be expected, VLC also fails with a similar message.
> 
> I am running Slack 9.1 with a 2.4.22 kernel. Test disc was "Monty Python 
> and the Holy Grail" - although the problem must be deeper than that.
> 

Can you mount the dvd and see the files with 'ls' ?
Is /dev/hdc your dvd drive?
What does 'cat /proc/ide/hdc/model' say?
What does 'cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info' say?


/Björn