[Fwd: Re: xine error]

2005-10-20 Thread larinia
Hello everyone, This is a follow up to my post on Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:29:20 +0100 *Original Message** Hello Everyone, Please help me. I have debian installed on my laptop, the unstable version. I have been trying to get xine working for a long time, but I never mana

Re: Xine error

2005-09-19 Thread Curt Howland
On Monday 19 September 2005 10:48, Derek Broughton was heard to say: > And that's precisely why governments do (and should) > "interfere" in freedom of contract. Not at all. I should have read it. The fault is entirely mine. > It's one thing to have a > freely entered contract, it's something c

Re: Xine error

2005-09-19 Thread Derek Broughton
Curt Howland wrote: > Good sir, please, don't misunderstand me. I agree with you > completely, in theory. > > However, just like people choosing to publish their works under > the GPL, the hardware manufacturer may specify any limitations > they wish. Opening the case, dropping it in water, for t

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread Lucia Sanchez
Hendrik Sattler wrote: > Am Sonntag, 18. September 2005 14:11 schrieb Curt Howland: > >>Worse, the warrantee specifies that if I install anything over >>the WinXP that the laptop came with, my hardware warrantee is >>void. > > > Hmm, vendors often write things that are not compliant with local l

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread David Pye
On Sunday 18 September 2005 11:25, larinia wrote: > Well, I have done lots of Googling myself for the last few months. Most > post started ok, but has no solution to it. Some post has no reply. I > have tried all sorts of thing, I have also libdvdcss, but nothing worked > (for all types of DVD). I

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread Anders Ellenshøj Andersen
On Sunday 18 September 2005 17:36, Curt Howland wrote: > Good sir, please, don't misunderstand me. I agree with you > completely, in theory. Sorry. It is easy to get the wrong idea in a written discussion. Anders -- - Debian/Unstable - KDE 3.4.2 - KMail 1.8.2 - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread Curt Howland
Good sir, please, don't misunderstand me. I agree with you completely, in theory. However, just like people choosing to publish their works under the GPL, the hardware manufacturer may specify any limitations they wish. Opening the case, dropping it in water, for that matter dropping it at all

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread Anders Ellenshøj Andersen
On Sunday 18 September 2005 15:26, Curt Howland wrote: > > Hmm, vendors often write things that are not compliant with > > local law (they try anyway), e.g. the above statement would > > probably be meaningless in Germany. > > Quite likely. Governments do tend to interfere with freedom of > contrac

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread Curt Howland
On Sunday 18 September 2005 08:53, Hendrik Sattler was heard to say: > Am Sonntag, 18. September 2005 14:11 schrieb Curt Howland: > > Worse, the warrantee specifies that if I install anything > > over the WinXP that the laptop came with, my hardware > > warrantee is void. > > Hmm, vendors often wr

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Sonntag, 18. September 2005 14:11 schrieb Curt Howland: > Worse, the warrantee specifies that if I install anything over > the WinXP that the laptop came with, my hardware warrantee is > void. Hmm, vendors often write things that are not compliant with local law (they try anyway), e.g. the abo

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread David Pastern
On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 08:11 -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > On Sunday 18 September 2005 07:39, larinia was heard to say: > > Thanks Dave, I'll give them a try and see how it goes, > > otherwise I will re-install wondows (last resort). The next > > computer I buy won't be a laptop for sure! > > > > La

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread Curt Howland
On Sunday 18 September 2005 07:39, larinia was heard to say: > Thanks Dave, I'll give them a try and see how it goes, > otherwise I will re-install wondows (last resort). The next > computer I buy won't be a laptop for sure! > > Larinia Mine, also, is a laptop. Unless I can get the problem to reoc

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread larinia
Thanks Dave, I'll give them a try and see how it goes, otherwise I will re-install wondows (last resort). The next computer I buy won't be a laptop for sure! Larinia Is there a way to prove it is the drive that is faulty? There probably is, cos I use a desktop pc, and

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread David Pastern
On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 20:25 +1000, larinia wrote: > Well, I have done lots of Googling myself for the last few months. OK, that's great! > Most post started ok, but has no solution to it. Some post has no > reply. Yeah I noticed. But - several of the posts that I saw led to faulty hardware.

Re: Xine error

2005-09-18 Thread larinia
Well, I have done lots of Googling myself for the last few months. Most post started ok, but has no solution to it. Some post has no reply. I have tried all sorts of thing, I have also libdvdcss, but nothing worked (for all types of DVD). I have a feeling it is a faulty drive. Is there a way to

Re: Xine error

2005-09-17 Thread David Pastern
On Sun, 2005-09-18 at 08:29 +1000, larinia wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Please help me. I have debian installed on my laptop, the unstable > version. I have been trying to get xine working for a long time, but I > never managed. My machine is voyage 64 3200+ A list from Evesham. > > The follo

Re: Xine error

2005-09-17 Thread Curt Howland
I don't think that is an XINE problem. I have several DVDs which get exactly the same error. However, recovering WinXP on the same hardware read the DVDs without problems. When I reinstalled Debian, I did so from as close to complete Unstable as I could, to avoid the missing KDElib4 that had

Xine error

2005-09-17 Thread larinia
Hello Everyone, Please help me. I have debian installed on my laptop, the unstable version. I have been trying to get xine working for a long time, but I never managed. My machine is voyage 64 3200+ A list from Evesham. The following is the output from dmesg: ATAPI device hdc: Error: Not r