On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 2:14 PM, JoeHill<joeh...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > Yeah, but sometimes people get tired of answering the same questions over and > over again every time someone tries Linux for the first time ;) ive been on the openmoko lists for just under a year now and have helped out plenty of newbies with there questions that could easily have been answered searching around the internet. i really dont understand the annoyance that a lot of people on the debian list seem to have. i see it as if i dont feel like reading or responding i simply do not do so. why bother wasting the energy saying "google it"
> If you install Xine, Ogle or VLC from there, any of them should do DVD > playback. i have already installed and tried those applications, like i said in my original email. and for some reason of another they simply do not work. > For really detailed instructions you can Google 'enable dvd playback debian'. > If after this you are still having trouble, then write back and someone will > gladly assist you. search result http://tldp.org/HOWTO/html_single/DVD-Playback-HOWTO/ lists several steps. the only thing i did not do was # ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd but that link already exists. everything else is fine. now when i get to the step: 4.2.1. MPlayer Type mplayer dvd://1 to begin playing title #1 on the disc. To play other title numbers, substitute the appropriate number in place of 1. the drive spins up, terminal displays some bits and pieces says playing dvd, MPEG-PS file format detected. and nothing else happens. which is the same thing i said in the first post. im getting pritty frustrated here and just asking for a bit more help then "google" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
