Re: xine error

From: Anthony Campbell (ac_at_acampbell.org.uk)
Date: 11/29/04

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    On 29 Nov 2004, Lei Yu wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > I have just installed debian on my machine. But the touch pad does not
    > work and also the dvd player xine does not work either. I thought swap
    > from suse to debian enable me to watch dvd on my laptop, but it
    > doesn't seem to be the case. :-( it kept on throw the error message,
    > the plugin for /dev/dvd cannot be found...:-(
    >
    > can anyone help.
    >
    > Larinia

    Does /dev/dvd exist? If not, you may need to make it a link to /dev/hdc
    or wherever your CD drive is. (It's /dev/hdc on my Thinkpad.)

    Incidentally, have a look at vlc. I find this to be better than xine for
    watching dvds.

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