Re: [SLUG] playing dvd's

From: Sick Twist (thesicktwist@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 18 2006 - 21:52:43 EST


>From: michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] playing dvd's
>Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:43:42 -0600
>
>This is what I get:
>
>
>/dev/hdc1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
>proc on /proc type proc (rw)
>sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
>devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
>tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
>/dev/hdd1 on /home type ext3 (rw)
>usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
>/dev/hda on /media/cdrom1 type iso9660
>(ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,user=michael)
>
>Should I assume that the last line is my pertainent information here with
>my Knoppix 4.0.1 dvd in the drive? If that means that I should have the
>player reading from /dev/hda, then I've already done that. Unless I
>straight-up did it wrong. --which is admittedly possible.
>
>--
>--Michael Hast (the evyl robot)
>I'm not picking my nose. I'm pulling things out of it.

Check the permissions for your DVD drive:

ls -l /dev/hda

You may find that the device offers read access only if you are a member of
a particular group (e.g. cdrom).

-Jonathon

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