<div dir="ltr">Ok boot problem has been solved. and this problem has changed since I first posted it. Here's an update with a little more info. I bought a new dvd drive, because my old one has been becoming increasingly unreliable, and doesn't always play dvds, and makes loud noises etc. So I installed the new drive and my problem was that It couldn't play dvds, and when I had a dvd in both drives, no matter what dvd I clicked on, it would play the one in the old drive. It wouldn't play regardless of what program I used. Then I changed a setting in kaffeine (like jonas told me to do). I told kaffeine to look to the new dvd drive when playing a dvd, and the problem reversed itself. Now dvds in the old drive don't play, but dvds in the new one do. This would be fine with me, except that it's a frusterating problem, and I see no reason that it should do this. in response to Sylviane et Perry White, When I tell kubuntu to open the dvd instead of play it, it'll open the correct one. <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Sylviane et Perry White <spwhite@freesurf.ch> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Thursday 21 August 2008 19:52, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Thursday 21 August 2008 18:01, Juan Kawada wrote: > > Ok so now dvds play in the new drive but not the old. > > when I have a dvd in my new drive, and I insert one into the old, It'll > > pop up with the dialog asking me what to do. </div>(*) see bottom of the post <div class="Ih2E3d">> > I can select play with > > kaffeine, but it'll play the dvd in the new drive instead of the one it > > just asked me to play. > > It's good that your now able to play DVD's on the new drive. > > The thing is with apps that can play DVD's, is that they are set up to use > one drive. Of course you can normally change this in the settings for the > app, and point the app to use a specific drive. </div>One drive? I didn't know that. > (snip) <div class="Ih2E3d">> I've just had a look in kaffeine on my new machine that only has one > optical drive (the dvd one). Go to Settings/xine Engine Parameters/media. > If I go down the list I see under "dvd. device", that it's pointing to > /dev/dvd (which in my case as I only have 1 dvd drive is correct). > > You will have to look in kaffeines settings, and see what it shows. If the > dvd device is shown as /dev/dvd, and with a dvd in each drive, kaffeine > plays the one in the new drive, then /dev/dvd is the new drive. Change the > line so that it shows as /dev/dvd1, click apply, and ok. You may have to > close kaffeine, and restart it (not sure). That aside try playing a dvd > from your old drive again. Now kaffeine should be pointing to the old dvd > drive, and the dvd should play. > > Obviously if the new drive is /dev/dvd1, change it to /dev/dvd in kaffeines > settings. > > 2¢ worth of hopefully usefull info. > > Nigel. </div>(*)So Nigel, you suggest the settings have to be done in the app (kaffeine or whatever the app is). I don't know how it really behaves but I belive the system, and not the app, *should* be responsible to deal with the CD/DVD that has just been inserted, and when it asks what to do with it, it should open/kafeine-play/whatewer... that drive and no other. If indeed you *have* to look in kaffeine's setting for this matter I would consider this as a bug (system or kaffeine). Let's hope the OP Juan quickly solves his boot record problem and tell us what happens if instead of asking to play he asks to open the drive...will it also open the dvd in the new drive? Perry -- BOFH excuse #392: It's union rules. There's nothing we can do about it. Sorry. -- <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- --------------- Registered Linux user #475220 register at <a href="http://counter.li.org/">http://counter.li.org/</a> </div>