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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!! + wifi
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Thanks Ian Will try to follow that howto.. John.. > The bcm43xx consists of two parts - one is the in kernel > driver and the other is the binary firmware you extract > from an object file (usually a windows driver). > > dmesg will have the in-kernel driver giving messages even > if no binary firmware is there. > > I have put instructions on how to set it up at: > http://wlug.org.nz/BroadcomWirelessChipset > -- > Ian McDonald > Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 > Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com > WAND Network Research Group > Department of Computer Science > University of Waikato > New Zealand

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Here we go this is strange but true, * Eats words and watches dvd's* I went down and ran "apt-get update then installed mplayer. Came home and tossed a dvd in the drive and "VIOLA" the thing started playing in totem as dvd root. So, is there a lib type file in mplayer that totem needs? Bottom line is if the dvd drawer is closed with a disc in, it begins the autoplay in totem-xine. Resolved but I am unsure of how. Regards John ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > mplayer is one of the few that I have not tried, I will > > go to a network and download it but I am not confident > > about it working. > > John > > > I'm fairly sure we did try that already.. same problem. >

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

----- Original Message Follows ----- > Have you tried mplayer? It's worth a shot. mplayer is one of the few that I have not tried, I will go to a network and download it but I am not confident about it working. John

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cdrw udf writing
by stephen pearce 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Hi Has anyone experience with this .. I have yet to find a clear explanation on how to mount, format and write using packet writing for cdrw ... I'm using fedora core 5 .. the cdrwtools and udftools packages don't seem to be part of the distro -- Stephen Pearce Critical Care Whangarei ph 021 390 997

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Alsa - The bane of my existence
by Chris Brock 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Hi everyone. Hopefully someone can help. Installing knoppmyth, and having no end of trouble with the soundcard. Its an onboard VIA VT8235 chipset. On a PCChips M925 motherboard. Alsa auto confs the cards being an ens1731, which doesnt work. Altering the alsa-base file to set it to snd-via82xx with options up the wazoo. Everything seems to be set right Modprobing insmods correctly, and theres no errors, all dependensies load correctly. all procs are running. Try and run either aumix or alsamix and nothing works. Alsa-autoconifg wont detect a device as being there. /proc/asound contains a file called cards which says no soundcards, the only device that seems to detect is the timer. If you need anymore info let me know, im new to this linux thing.

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

Thanks for the response Daniel, The output from: ls -la /dev/dvd is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2006-08-07 06:28 /dev/dvd -> hdc The output from: dmesg | grep -i dvd is: [17179574.336000] hdc: MATSHITAUJ-840D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.336000] hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kb Cache, UDMA(33) So is my machine "looking" in the wrong place or does -> hdc include drive hda?? John > > Can you please do the following and mail the results back > to the list? > > ls -la /dev/dvd > > dmesg | grep -i dvd > > > If you inspect the output from that second command, it > should (but may not) have a device name such as "hdd" or > "sdb" or simmilar. EG, mine looks like: > > dmesg | grep -i dvd > [17179573.948000] hdd: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108, ATAPI > CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.096000] hdd: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM > DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(66) > > > So my DVD drive is on hdd. If you have similar output and > can see which device ID it has been given, please do the > following as well. replace 'hdd' with the device name of > your dvd drive. > > ls -la /dev/hdd > > >>> Gui MSG Totem cannot playback maybe you do not have > the >>> required permissions. > >>> Gui MSG Totem cannot play maybe you need libdvdcss2 or > >>> download extra plugins > >>> > >>> Terminal part msg after doing "totem dvd://" : > >>> libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda4 for reading > >>> libdvdread: Device /dev/hda4 inaccessible, CSS > >>> authentication not available. > >>> libdvdread: Can't read name block Probably not a dvd > rom >>> device > >>> libdvdread: Unable to find map file > '/home/john/.dvdnav/ >>> map' >

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Re: [wlug] DVD woes!!
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 06 Aug '06

06 Aug '06

My problem still exists I Have spent quite a bit of time googling and reading forums and have come across a few examplse of the same problem. No real answers have emerged except to install libdvdcss2 and libreaddvd both of which I have done many times now. The device works and will read most media including mpegs but stalls on dvd for some reason. I wonder if there is a totem setting that I should have done or some simple script that I have failed to issue Any ideas would be most welcome. Regards John > I just ran totem --debug > > I am struggling with try to get dvd playback. > > Gui MSG Totem cannot playback maybe you do not have the > > required permissions. > > Gui MSG Totem cannot play maybe you need libdvdcss2 or > > download extra plugins > > > > Terminal part msg after doing "totem dvd://" : > > libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda4 for reading > > libdvdread: Device /dev/hda4 inaccessible, CSS > > authentication not available. > > libdvdread: Can't read name block Probably not a dvd rom > > device > > libdvdread: Unable to find map file '/home/john/.dvdnav/ > > map'

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Re: [wlug] Wine
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

Hello again, Resolved. A member just wrote to me off list to explain that I had issued the wrong command.... The correct command for those who did not know is: winecfg :-) Regards John. > When I run <wine config> I get Error msg: > Wine: could not load C:\\windows\\system32\\config.exe > Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to deal with > this?

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wine
by Leslie Katz 05 Aug '06

05 Aug '06

John, I know little of these things at the best of times and it's been a while since I tried Wine (it didn't work with the Windows program I wanted to run). All that said, I seem to remember that there was a Linux program called winecfg that came with Wine. The command you mentioned is one to the Linux program Wine to run the Windows program config.exe and, since you have no such Windows program, you're getting the error message. Can this be right? I suppose it won't hurt to try, if you haven't already solved the problem. Leslie

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Wine
by jaytee＠clear.net.nz 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Hi All, When I run <wine config> I get Error msg: Wine: could not load C:\\windows\\system32\\config.exe Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to deal with this? Regards John

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