Thank you for this assistance. I am rebuilding my 2.6.17.11 patched kernel and taking great care with the modules and configuration symbols that you have mentioned. Yes, disabling hdparm at boot has helped - I now am able to play some DVDs but I get errors about demuxer when they start and although I have googled this I have'nt a solution yet.
Here is my hdparm which may not indicate that a better kernel config will help: spitfire Mactel_patches # 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 > 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
