[ltp] 600x DVD

[Tony Willoughby]

On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 14:46, brianweber4@comcast.net wrote:
> Perhaps it would be clearer if I stated that I need a DVD friendly Thinkpad 600X etc/fstab file.
> 
> If you are able to play DVDs on your Thinkpad 600X and wouldn't mind helping me, please email me your etc/fstab file. Thanks!

I just got my DVD/CD-RW working on my R40 (I suspect the 
platform is irrelevant).  

I have this symbolic link:
/dev/dvd -> /dev/cdrom

And my fstab has this:

/dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660 

> 
> Brian
> > Thanks for the info.
> > 
> > I think part of my problem is my fstab file. I don't think its set up to 
> > properly access the DVD drive.
> > 
> > I downloaded VLN and when I try to open the disk, nothing happens. I cannot open 
> > the DVD drive in Konquor either!
> > 
> > Can someone please send me a working Thinkpad 600X fstab file?
> > 
> > I'm using Mandrake. Thanks.
> > 
> > Brian
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 brianweber4@comcast.net wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I have a Thinkpad 600X and am using Mandrake 9.1 and also have Redhat 9.0 on 
> > > another hard drive.
> > > > 
> > > > I have installed at lease 3 different DVD software packages in Mandrake and 
> > > Redhat and have not been able to get any to work. They either crash or cant 
> > find 
> > > the DVD drive.
> > > > 
> > > > Is there anyone who has gotten DVD to work? Is there a symbolic link I need 
> > to 
> > > make to hdc?
> > > 
> > > I usually use xine - and it needs a /dev/dvd to be a link to the
> > > device.  
> > > 
> > > Currently I have xine, mplayer installed from http://rpm.livna.org/ on
> > > a T40 with redhat rawhide - and it xine works fine with dvds.
> > > 
> > > You should be able to install both these tools for redhat - from the
> > > same site - using yum.
> > > 
> > > Satish
> > > -- 
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