Will Parker (2006-09-08, 21:32): > Re:2 - I find that my CD/DVD goes AWOL if I have hdparm started on boot. > I think this may be because of settings I have tried to apply when fooling > with hdparm to get DVD playback working (Which I still am stumped with) > but CD playing, and reading and writing CDs/DVDs work: > > So I'm not sure if this is helpful but: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ sudo hdparm -d 1 /dev/dvd > > /dev/dvd: > setting using_dma to 1 (on) > using_dma = 1 (on) > > I must be missing something simple with the DVD Playback. gxine attempts > to start playing but hangs or errors on starting to spin up disc. Don't > know where to go with this. Can I get confirmation that DVD playback is > not problematic?
Yes, below is a fix for my problem: > > I load > > > > piix 11140 0 [permanent] > > ide_cd 43012 0 > > cdrom 42400 1 ide_cd > > ide_core 127776 2 piix,ide_cd > > > > and no ide_generic, and dvd playback works very good! Solved.. Did you try not to start hdparm on boot? here's my hdparm if that helps ~ s hdparm /dev/dvd /dev/dvd: IO_support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq = 0 (off) using_dma = 1 (on) keepsettings = 0 (off) readonly = 0 (off) readahead = 256 (on) HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device Cheers, -- Felix Groebert <> groebert.org/felix <> GPG key: 6B44113F ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
