On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, MW Mike Weiner (5028) wrote: > Adam - > > Thanks for answering, i have the following RPMS installed for ogle: > > ogle-0.8.5-ogle1 > ogle_gui-0.8.5-ogle1 > xvattr-1.3-ogle1 > libdvdread-0.9.3-ogle1 > libdvdcss01.2.2-fr1 > > And i checked, and i have a symlink /dev/dvd --> /dev/hdc as a symlink to a > symlink is a real nice performance hit, i didnt symlink dvd to cdrom since > it was symlinked to hdc already. Not sure if thats the way it needs to be, > but when i have a dvd in the drive, and start ogle, and do a file-open disk, > it crashes the player complaining that libdvdread could not open device with > libdvdcss, and libdvdread could not open /dev/dvd for reading. for reference, here's *exactly* what i did. this is for a dell inspiron 8100, with a combo DVD/CD-RW, which functions as both a CD-writer and DVD player. immediately after a full install of psyche, i noted that: 1) there is no /dev/dvd device file (more on this shortly) 2) /boot/grub/grub.conf contains the line kernel /vml... root=LABEL=/ hdb=scsi and "cdrecord -scanbus" sees the drive nicely. with this in mind, i installed (from psyche.freshrpms.net): alsa-lib (required by ogle, at least on my system) libdvdcss (for playing encrypted DVDs) libdvdread (self-explanatory) ogle ogle_gui note that installing ogle creates the symlink /dev/dvd (at least it did on my system). at this point, i can run "ogle" or burn regular CDs with no more configuration. the only additional configuration is to enable DMA on the DVD drive (for better playback), at least temporarily, with # hdparm -d 1 /dev/hdb i can then make this permanent by adding the appropriate line to the new file /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhdb (or by adding an "options" line to /etc/modules.conf -- i'm still waiting to hear why one approach would be preferable over the other). and that's it. i have CD writing and DVD playback capability, so it's not clear why others are having such grief. rday
