I remember hearing about some kind of region-lock on DVD-ROMs, maybe this could be an example of that (although that wouldnt explain why _some_ japanese DVDs are working...) * Curt Howland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > More information. I tried to mount /cdrom with a DVD in the drive, and > these showed up in dmesg: > > hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete > Error } > hdc: packet command error: error=0x54 > cdrom: open failed. > > And a silly thing seems to be happening: The American DVD's are > working, and some of the Japanese DVD's are working, but not all. > Data DVD's are failing entirely. > > Can this be an effect of an advanced copy protection? > > Curt- > > On Thursday 01 July 2004 18:36, Curt Howland was heard to say: > > Upgrading to 2.6.6 seems to have disconnected my DVD. xine says it > > cannot decode DVD, and mplayer gives the following error: > > ------------- > > Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 > > chars) > > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access > > libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss. > > libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading > > Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd > > Cannot open file/device. > > Exiting... > > -------------- > > # ls -al /dev/dvd > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 17 13:38 /dev/dvd -> /dev/cdrom0 > > # ls -al /dev/cdrom0 > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 1 10:51 /dev/cdrom0 -> /dev/hdc > > # ls -al /dev/hdc > > brwxrwxrwx 1 root disk 22, 0 Jun 13 2001 /dev/hdc > > -------------- > > This is up to date Sid, and it used to work. Any suggestions or > > some other information y'all need? > > -- > September 11th, 2001 > The proudest day for gun control and central > planning advocates in American history > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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