Re: /dev/dvd problem and question

From: Alex Derkach (aderkach_at_spymac.com)
Date: 07/02/04

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    Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:23:27 -0400
To: Curt Howland <Howland@Priss.com>

    I remember hearing about some kind of region-lock on DVD-ROMs, maybe
    this could be an example of that (although that wouldnt explain why
    _some_ japanese DVDs are working...)
    * Curt Howland (Howland@Priss.com) wrote:
    > More information. I tried to mount /cdrom with a DVD in the drive, and
    > these showed up in dmesg:
    >
    > hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete
    > Error }
    > hdc: packet command error: error=0x54
    > cdrom: open failed.
    >
    > And a silly thing seems to be happening: The American DVD's are
    > working, and some of the Japanese DVD's are working, but not all.
    > Data DVD's are failing entirely.
    >
    > Can this be an effect of an advanced copy protection?
    >
    > Curt-
    >
    > On Thursday 01 July 2004 18:36, Curt Howland was heard to say:
    > > Upgrading to 2.6.6 seems to have disconnected my DVD. xine says it
    > > cannot decode DVD, and mplayer gives the following error:
    > > -------------
    > > Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206
    > > chars)
    > > libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
    > > libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
    > > libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
    > > Couldn't open DVD device: /dev/dvd
    > > Cannot open file/device.
    > > Exiting...
    > > --------------
    > > # ls -al /dev/dvd
    > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Mar 17 13:38 /dev/dvd -> /dev/cdrom0
    > > # ls -al /dev/cdrom0
    > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Jul 1 10:51 /dev/cdrom0 -> /dev/hdc
    > > # ls -al /dev/hdc
    > > brwxrwxrwx 1 root disk 22, 0 Jun 13 2001 /dev/hdc
    > > --------------
    > > This is up to date Sid, and it used to work. Any suggestions or
    > > some other information y'all need?
    >
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