Kaffeine Problem

[Knapp]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Nigel Henry
<cave.dnb2m97pp at aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> On Friday 31 October 2008 17:42, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
>> I'm trying to play a DVD and getting an encryption error message. The
>> message says that I need to run 'sudo
>> /usr/share/doc/kaffeine/install-css.sh" - which I have done. Even after
>> running this, I still get the encryption error.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a fix?
>
> This problem with Kaffeine was discussed a while back, and I did get Kaffeine
> working on my Hardy heron install. You need to make sure that you have the
> libdvdcss2 package installed, so that encrypted DVD's can be decrypted. Even
> after installing the package you may still get the above message, which is
> misleading as to the actual problem. You can get libdvdcss2 from the
> medibuntu repo, details below if you dont have it in /etc/apt/sources.list.
>
> Go to http://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu , and add the repos for your
> as directed for your Kubuntu version.
>
> Then do an apt-get install medibuntu-keyring , which will install the GPG key
> for the repo.
>
> I got my Kaffeine playing DVD's, after installing libdvdcss2, by renaming the
> ~/.xine file, and restarting Kaffeine, which then created a new .xine file.
> Saying that though, I may have had to do that a couple of times, as I see I
> have 2 backups for .xine, and possibly rebooted as well. I remember having to
> go through the hoops a bit, to get Kaffeine working with DVD's.
>
> Something else I remember from the earlier kaffeine thread, was to do with
> Kaffeine not finding the optical drive, which is why the error message
> displayed. My Kaffeine >Settings > xine Engine Parameters >media, shows the
> dvd device as /dev/dvd. Have a look in /dev, and see which block
> device /dev/dvd is pointing to. Mine in Hardy Heron is pointing to scd0,
> which is correct.
>
> That will do for now. Post back please.
>
> Which Kubuntu version have you installed, and was this an upgrade, or a fresh
> install?
>
> All the best.
>
> Nigel.

All what has been said was true but it was only a patch. The end
solution was this and it is very easy to do, IF this is your problem.
If not it is easy to undo this fix too and get back to us. The rest is
a repost:

The best thing to do is leave all those packages the way they were at
first and just remove
(rename it to something else with the word backup is better) the file
called
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
Then reboot your computer.
All should now be working. It also will prevent any future problems
and will make ALL the software work.

The only bad side of this is that you should undo my first patch. The
patch will still work though as long as the drive does not move from
scd0 which it could if you add a new drive or upgrade your system.

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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