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[LinuxWorld999 <linuxworld999@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion regarding the playing of DVD's on 
a combo dvd/cdrw drives.  SuSE 8.2 was installed on a Toshiba Satellite with 
a combo drive.  The install itself went without a hitch but movies on a DVD 
disc would not play.  Mplayer files from Packman's site were downloaded and 
installed but Mplayer would not even start.

After some research, Ed Harrison's mail to this forum provided a solution.  
The link to this post is : 

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2003-Apr/3850.html.

In brief, the modules "cdrom ide-cd ide-scsi" have to be loaded.  A file 
called "/dev/dvd" has to be created as a symbolic link to the combo drive.  
For example, on the pc here the drive is set up by SuSE as "/dev/sr0".  The 
file "/dev/dvd" is a symbolic link to the sr0 file.

In yast, the dma setting for the drive appeared and was switched on.  Whereas 
previously, the playback was slow and jerky, it is now very smooth.  
Adjusting the DMA setting also fixed playback under windows as well.

Regards.

LW999