[ale] Playing DVD on higher kernel?

Fulton Green ale at FultonGreen.com
Wed Nov 27 08:25:08 EST 2002


Actually, Red Hat disables DMA for most disk devices. Stick the following
in your RH 8.x modules.conf reboot to get around this:

options ide-cd dma=1

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:51:14AM -0600, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> I installed RedHat 8.0 and then installed ogle DVD player. The player pauses 
> about every 10 seconds. I blamed RedHat 8.0 knowing that my 7.2 install could 
> play DVD using the same ogle files.
> 
> I updated 7.2 with redcarpet and the update agent, and it seemed to get 
> cruddy and unstable. I re-installed 7.2 and used the update agent and 
> red-carpet. I updated the kernel to 2.4.18-7.7.x (or something like that). 
> 
> When I installed ogle on the upgraded 7.2 (with the higher kernel) it had the 
> same pausing problem that RedHat 8.0 had. I have done just enough testing to 
> conclude that it is not a hardware problem. 
> 
> Is anyone playing DVD with 2.4.18+ ? 
> Can you send the URL for the program that will play DVD on 2.4.18+?
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