Re: [SLUG] playing dvd's

From: michael hast (evylrobot19@cox.net)
Date: Wed Jan 18 2006 - 23:52:07 EST


>
>That, or the version of mplayer you have is crippled and can't play DVDs.
>Now that you know the correct device to use, go ahead and try the others.
>But I'd check the device permissions first; that's an easy fix. If it works
>for root but not for an ordinary user, that's an indicator of a permissions
>problem somewhere.
>
>But why do you have the DVD drive on the primary IDE bus, and the hard
>drives on the secondary? Not that it's inefficient (AFAIK), just weird.
>
>
>
That's just how I put this thing together. It was a second-hand machine
with no drives. I wasn't paying attention when I plugged everything in
and then installed my system. I guess I didn't bother to fix it because
"it wasn't broke." Does it make a difference even?

-- 
--Michael Hast  (the evyl robot)
I'm not picking my nose.  I'm pulling things out of it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 16:47:12 EDT