Hi, Specs: os: gentoo kernel: 2.6.9 drive: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-812 I am getting the following errors when trying to play/read dvd media: Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 1670 hdc: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: command error: error=0x50 ide: failed opcode was 100 end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 668 IDE related kernel config: CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA_PCI=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y I will sincerely appreciate any hints on how to get by. Best Regards, Tomek -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/