Re: DVD plays but drive always spins full speed...

[Bert Schulze <potassium.xyanide@googlemail.com>]

On 4 Sep., 23:50, Orbit <orbita...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> New to the list here so I hope this is an appropriate pots.
>
> I just installed Etch. To get the dvd player going I also installed: w32codecs,
> and libdvdcss2. Well dvd's play on totem and gxine ok but the driver spins upreal
> fast and stays that way. Anything I can do to get the drive to settle down?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --Paul T.

holla,

have a look at hdparm for example:

  hdparm -E 2 /dev/dvd

set the drive to spin at double speed, i do not exactly know if it
works with dvd drives but with cdrom drives it works fine.