eoghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fabian Keil wrote: > > eoghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Im trying to open a dvd and play it. I am trying a number of programs > >> but I cannot seem to get it to open my dvd. > >> I have tried totem, kmplayer and finally mplayer from terminal. > >> $mplayer dvd://1 > >> gives me: > >> > >> libdvdread: Could not open device with libdvdcss. > >> libdvdread: Can't open /dev/acd0 for reading. > >> Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/acd0 > >> > >> This seems to have happened a few weeks ago, because i have used > >> kmplayer (on gnome) before and I had no problems playing dvd's. > >> Could someone help me out? > > > > Does your user have read permissions for /dev/acd0?
> Thanks Fabian > How can i check this. Im not using root. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ls -l /dev/acd0 crw-rw---- 1 root operator 0, 99 Apr 30 13:28 /dev/acd0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $id uid=1001(fk) gid=1001(fk) groups=1001(fk), 0(wheel), 5(operator), 201(privoxy) To get these permissions I have: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $grep ^perm /etc/devfs.conf perm smb0 0660 perm acd0 0660 perm xpt0 0660 perm pass0 0660 If your user isn't already part of the operator group you could add him/her, or make /dev/acd0 world readable (0664). Fabian -- http://www.fabiankeil.de/
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