Why don't you request a free CD from Canonical? It'll take a couple of weeks, but it will be a real CD from source and no worries about bad download or burn.
https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit Location: Canada On 11 October 2010 19:59, Ray Drouillard <ray-li...@quixnet.net> wrote: > > > Thanks for the info > > It turns out that I actually have Jaunty -- and I just downloaded it a > couple weeks ago. I just got a message that a new version is available, > so I'll go through the long process of using Bit Torrent to download it > over our wireless mobile cell modem (we live out in the boonies.) > > Meanwhile, I'm going to use Mint for most things, and save ArtistX for > the multimedia stuff. It looks like VLC will read Blu-Ray without a > problem. > > Ray > > > Roy wrote: > > Karmic is rather old. It is two versions ago. The kernel in Linux is > > responsible for most detection, drivers etc. and the kernel in Karmic > would > > be something that you would want to upgrade. > > > > You should consider one of the following: > > > > 1) upgrade to 10.04, Lucid Lynx, LTS > > > > 2) do a fresh installation of the latest version 10.10, Maverick Meerkat > > > > 3) enable the backports > > > > 4) compile a new kernel > > > > 5) a combination of one or two and three > > > > Backports give you newer versions of applications, but would no likely > > resolve your problem as the base would still be dated. > > > > Karmic expires in 6 months. Lucid expires in 2 1/2 years because it is > LTS, > > and Maverick expires in 18 months. > > > > Roy > > > > Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit > > Location: Canada > > > > > > On 10 October 2010 22:59, Ray Drouillard > > <ray-li...@quixnet.net<ray-lists%40quixnet.net>> > wrote: > > > > > >> > >> I just put together a computer with a blu-ray drive and installed Ubuntu > >> ArtistX Karmic. I found a bunch of programs that I can probably get to > >> run under Wine that'll rip a BD, but I haven't found anything that'll > >> read the disks directly. > >> > >> I purchased a BD and put it into the drive, but there were no > >> applications identified that would run it. I can read the disk just > >> fine, and I have found the directory with the video data, but nothing > >> will display it. > >> > >> While I can almost certainly rip the disk and play the resultant .mp4 > >> files, I would like to be able to pop a disk into the drive and play the > >> disk. > >> > >> ArtistX has quite a variety of video readers, but I couldn't get any of > >> the ones I tried to work. > >> > >> Any suggestions? > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Ray Drouillard > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com<LINUX_Newbies-unsubscribe%40yahoogroups.com>& > you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: linux_newbies-dig...@yahoogroups.com linux_newbies-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: linux_newbies-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
