in an old compaq i replaced the cd-drive with a cd rw writer/dvd reader combo drive (lite-on). at startup, the bios automatically asked to save the updated configuration. i can open and view DVDs in konqueror /mnt/cdrom/ and open for example file:/mnt/cdrom/VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO as a text file, but neither player (xine, vlc, kaffeine) can play them, kaffeine says: "no plugin found to handle this resource: dvd:/" and then: "The source can't be read. Maybe you don't have enough rights for this or source doesn't contain data (e.g.: no disc in drive). (/dev/dvd)".
solution is to open a terminal, enter "su", root password, then: ln -s /mnt/cdrom/ /dev/dvd/ this is with Mandriva 2005LE, i hope newer versions do this automatically ... kind regards philippe
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