on many computers, the DVD drive is at /dev/hdc (for a combo cdrom/dvd drive
in my case). There's usually a link in the /dev directory, /dev/dvd pointing
to this drive. So you'll need to find out which device is the dvd drive and
link /dev/dvd to that, and then make a startup script to do this at boot
time. Puppy and Knoppix both have amazing hardware detection, even for
esoteric startups. Ubuntu seems to work great for standard setups, and for
some other hardware, but chokes on a lot of nonstandard stuff.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:12 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I decided to try watching a DVD on my Cloudbook running Ubuntu
> (external DVD drive connected by USB, as the unit has no internal
> optical reader). Totem had a lot of trouble playing it (the disc
> plays fine under Puppy and Knoppix). A quick search says that
> Gstreamer isn't set up to handle DVD video, and I need to install
> something like Gxine. So I do so. I start it up and tell it to play
> the DVD.
>
> It says it can't find it, I might need to make a symbolic link.
>
> W-huh?
>
> The way Linux was explained to me, EVERYTHING is a file. So, in
> theory, I should be able to simply follow the instructions for making
> a symbolic link and that will be fine, right? But do I do it for the
> drive itself or the volume label of the DVD itself? Also, do I have
> to create the symbolic link every time, or will it automatically save
> the link? And lastly, what do I link to? When I plug in the external
> drive, it shows up under CDROM0. Neither "media" or "mnt" have
> anything mentioning a DVD drive. Will I confuse the system?
> >
>
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Daniel
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