On 03/22/16 05:40, François Patte wrote: > Le 21/03/2016 15:11, Tim a écrit : >> Allegedly, on or about 18 March 2016, François Patte sent: >>> I am facing a strange problem with xfce configuration: when I put a >>> commercial video dvd in the drive: no icon appears on the desktop. and >>> there are error messages in /var/log/messages, like: >>> >>> blk_update_request: I/O error, dev, sr0 sector 9137664 >>> >>> buffer I/O error on dev sr0, logical block 1142208 async page read >>> >>> But, I can play the video with vlc without any problem.... >>> >>> If I mount this dvd (say: mount /dev/sr0 /media), no problem, no error >>> reported.... >>> >>> When I umount the dvd (umount /media), an icon appears on the desktop >>> and immediately disappears..... >>> >>> This problem does not occur with dvd I recorded myself, nor with any >>> other removable media (usb sticks or drives). >> An educated guess: This would be an encrypted, deliberately-faulted >> (some discs have deliberate errors that confuse the hell out of >> computers, but standalone DVD players will simply bypass), or some other >> kind of copyguarded DVD, some of which are a major pain to do anything >> with on a Windows OS PC. Even my old dreaded Windows installation would >> refuse to even load some DVDs to look at the files in the file browser, >> never mind trying to play them. Your VLC installation *may* have >> support for handling such DVDs in a different manner. >> >> Of course, it could just be a bad disc (you don't mention whether it's >> just one problem disc), or it may need cleaning, or your drive may need >> cleaning. > This problem occurs with 2 machines (laptop) on which I installed fedora > 23. Problem does not occur on a third computer running fedora 21. On one > of the laptops where previously installed a debian, and no problem occured. > > It is not a vlc problem; vlc mounts and reads these dvd without any > problem, I think that it is an xfce problem, but on my fedora 21 I have > the same version of xfce as on laptops with fedora 23. Is libdvdcss (not a fedora package) installed on your working systems? -- In reality, some people should stick to running Windows and others should stay away from computers altogether. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
