Nick Zentena wrote:
On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:29, Basil Chupin wrote:
But I also noticed that these occur when smart is trying to update the channels - unsuccessfully at this time 'cause the SUSE server(s) is/are down.
(For what it's worth: I was watching a DVD and for the first time ever the picture would "freeze" momentarily. Again, this was occurring while smart was trying to update the channels.)
Check the DMA settings.
No, the DMA settings are correct :-) . There is a long thread in this forum where I had the hassle I was having with DMA not being set in 10.1 discussed- and finally resolved (by putting thru a fix in /etc/sysconfig/ide) so the DMA is not the cause :-) . Of course the "freezing" of the DVD could have been caused by the DVD itself. I notice that xine, which is what I use to view DVDs, is rather sensitive to surface imperfections of DVDs and often just stops playing the DVD (at some most dramatic moment :-) ) and gives an error message. Also, there have been rare times when it just will not play a DVD at all. Have one right now (which I have to return to the rental place later today) called "Maximum Overdrive" with Emilio Esteves; starts, goes for about 20 seconds and then xine just exits. Cheers. -- This computer is environment-friendly and is running on OpenSuSE 10.1