I'm trying to set up a new installation of debian so that user can
play DVDs. I have debian sarge 2.6.8-2-686, an IDE dvd drive, gxine
0.4.1-1, libdvdread3-0.9.4-5. I can play .mp3 files OK with gzine.
I created a dvd symlink:
$ ls -l /dev/dvd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Sep 11 08:25 /dev/dvd -> hdc
I can play a dvd as root, but not as user. To play as user I am forced
to use a 666 permission for the device file, which is not the debian way:
$ ls -l /dev/hdc
brw-rw-rw- 1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 31 18:54 /dev/hdc
To do things the debian way, I should give /dev/hdc 660 permission and
add the user to the disk group, but it doesn't work.
xine engine error
xine engine failed to start
No input plugin found
Maybe the file does not exist, has wrong permissions or URL syntax error
xine engine message
Read error from: /dev/dvd
in the terminal:
$ gxine
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1.0.1 from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
libdvdnav: vm: faild to open/read the DVD
libdvdnav: Using dvdnav version 1.0.1 from http://xine.sf.net
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
libdvdread: Could not open /dev/dvd with libdvdcss.
libdvdread: Can't open /dev/dvd for reading
libdvdnav: vm: faild to open/read the DVD
I had things working on an old machine with sarge (although with a
scsi dvd drive using the /dev/scd0 interface). Permissions for
/dev/scd0 were root/cdrom, and I had user in the cdrom group. Now,
however, on my new installation there is no cdrom group in /etc/group,
and /dev/hdc is in the disk group rather than cdrom group.
I've been warned not to create new groups, and so wonder what I should
do. There are no relevant log messages.
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Haines Brown
KB1GRM
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