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On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 08:55 -0500, CJoeB wrote: |
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> Hi Guys, |
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> First, let me say that I did search this problem on Google. I found a |
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> somewhat relevant solution, but before I try it, I thought I would post |
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> here. |
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> The problem is jerky playback of the dvd when I try to play it using |
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> kaffeine. The laptop on which I am trying to play the DVD is a Dell |
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> Inspiron M1710. It is less than a year old (purchased late April 2006). |
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> One of the things the post said was to check that dma was enabled by |
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> running hdparm -I /dev/hdc. I did that and this is the output: |
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> /dev/hdc: |
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> ATAPI CD-ROM, with removable media |
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> Model Number: TSSTcorp DVD+/-RW TS-L632D |
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> Serial Number: |
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> Firmware Revision: DE04 |
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> Standards: |
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> Likely used CD-ROM ATAPI-1 |
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> Configuration: |
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> DRQ response: 50us. |
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> Packet size: 12 bytes |
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> Capabilities: |
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> LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) |
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> DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 |
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> Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns |
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> PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 |
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> Cycle time: no flow control=227ns IORDY flow control=120ns |
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> Commands/features: |
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> Enabled Supported: |
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> HW reset results: |
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> CBLID- below Vih |
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> Device num = 0 |
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> Another thing this post said was that the person switched from the |
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> scsi/sata system for the drive to the deprecated ide/sata model. |
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> Admittedly, I haven't rebuild the kernel in a while. I'm running |
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> 2.6.21-gentoo-r4. This was because when I tried to upgrade to the next |
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> stable version of the kernel after 2.6.21-gentoo-r4, it wouldn't |
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> recognize my hard drive as a sata, so I went back to a kernel version |
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> that I knew worked. Do you think a kernel upgrade would help solve the |
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> problem. |
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> BTW I have 2 gig of memory on this laptop, so the issue shouldn't be |
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> memory related. |
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> Any ideas? Thanks in advance for the assistance! :-) |
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> Regards, |
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> Colleen |
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> -- |
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That a kernel recognizes a sata-drive as pata usually happens if there |
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are generic drivers present in the kernel. Deselect everything "generic" |
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and you should be fine. |
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Then you should try mplayer instead of kaffeine to be sure it's not |
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software related. |
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