On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 10:22:13AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 10:31:48PM -0700, Adam wrote: > > I have been trying for the past couple of years trying to play DVDs on > > my Linux box and every time I run into some road blocks. i have studied > > what other people have asked in the archives with a search of DVD in the > > subject and body and also in the users.debian lists also. I have read > > and tried the many suggestions and can not figure why I am having some > > issues. > > 1) Upgrade to the (from unstable) 2.6.7 kernel package. I've got DVD playback working fine with kernel 2.4.25. $ uname -a Linux sisyphus 2.4.25-powerpc-smp #1 SMP mer avr 14 16:31:15 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux One of your own kernels, even. > 2) don't use ide-scsi, but play from the /dev/hdb or whatver directly. I second this recommendation. -- G. Branden Robinson | Sometimes, getting your patch in is Debian GNU/Linux | just a matter of waiting for branden@debian.org | somebody else to reimplement it. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Jonathan Corbet
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