[NTLUG:Discuss] DVD player

[clayramsey1@comcast.net]

as I recall I have a /dev/hdc device..... same diff as hdd?



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> On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 10:23, clayramsey1 at comcast.net wrote: 
> > I finally got a DVD drive for my latitude cpi laptop... it was seen and loaded 
> aok. Fedora Core 2, BTW. 
> > 
> > I rpm --installed the rpms for the ogle player, but it "sorta" loads, and when 
> I try to run /mnt/cdrom/VIDEO-TS (I think)/any subfile, the player terminates 
> abruptly. 
> > 
> > 1) I don't have a /dev/dvd or anything like that. Just /mnt/cdrom. I think 
> THAT is a big part of the problem. Remedy? 
> > 
> > 2) Are there any conf files / settings I need to alter? The Norwegian source 
> / home for the Ogle player (supposed to be well-regarded, per Google) indicated 
> this, but if you were building / compiling. 
> > 
> > So. where do I go? 
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> 
> I'll have to check my system when I get home. 
> 
> I recall that I made a symbolic link for /dev/dvd to the 
> real /dev/hdd drive. /dev/dvd was just the 'default' for 
> some dvd apps... it's not a hard-requirement. 
> 
> I am pretty sure that some programs took 
> /mnt/cdrom/ just fine as a argument to the DVD location. 
> 
> I'll double check tonight. 
> 
> jack 
> 
> 
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