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On 8/26/06, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > > I can't get mplayer to play DVDs on my laptop. I have 4 DVDs here and |
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> > > it played one of them once, but that's it. Sometimes a message will |
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> > > pop up saying "failed to play DVD" but sometimes not. Does anyone |
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> > > know how to troubleshoot mplayer for something like this? I'm |
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> > > emerging gxine now. I know that worked at one time. |
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> > |
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> > Start mplayer from an xterm, and it will print more useful debug info |
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> > (hopefully). |
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> gxine plays 2 out of 4 of the DVDs every time. mplayer doesn't output |
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> anything when started from a terminal except the following which pops |
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> up right away, before a DVD is put in: |
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> Failed to open /dev/rtc: No such file or directory (it should be |
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> readable by the user.) |
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Does your kernel have the real time clock feature turned on? There are |
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several ...RTC... settings in my kernel. |
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Collins Richey |
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If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries |
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of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. |
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