On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:19:49 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: (...)
> Playback failure: > DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/dvd". Your input can't be opened: > VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/dvd'. Check the log for > details. > > Now there appears to be no /dev/dvd, as tetified by ls in another shell > window: > > hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ ls -l /dev/dvd > ls: cannot access /dev/dvd: No such file or directory > hendrik@notlookedfor:~$ > > So the first step seems to be to find out why there's no /dev/dvd. That's weird... sm01@stt008:~$ ls -l /dev/dvd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 sep 25 11:13 /dev/dvd -> sr0 Does the system detect the insertion of the DVD? I mean, can you see an icon on the desktop or something under "/media/*"? > But I did find a device /dev/video0. Hum... this is usually for webcams or video cameras, not DVDs. What's the out put of "ls -la /dev/video0" and "dmesg|grep -i dvd"? (...) > Not sure where to go next. An I missing device drivers? Do I need a > kernel module for the UDF file system? Some other packages? I think the problem could be at DVD media detection, it seems not to be recognized by the system. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.09.25.13.24...@gmail.com