Re: xine error

From: Lei Yu (larinia_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/29/04

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    Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:40:24 +0000
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    /dev/dvd does exist, and it is linked to hdc. I will give vlc a try. Thanks.

    On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:49:52 +0000, Anthony Campbell
    <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
    > 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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