Ubuntu & LinDVD - second try

[Ed Smits]

Thanks for the links, I'll try them tomorrow when I get back to the
office and can work on my laptop, I'll send the results.

Cheers

ED

On 1/14/07, Lorin Pino <ljpino at grm.net> wrote:
> Ed Smits wrote:
> > I sent this in earlier this week, no-one took me up on it. Is there
> > anyone out there who has LinDVD working in Edgy?
> >
> > ___________________________________
> >
> > Since I had earlier paid for a copy of Mandriva which includes LinDVD
> > I figured it was legal for me to see if I could get it working with
> > Ubuntu. I installed alien, converted the RPM file to deb, then
> > installed it, no major errors as far as I could see during the
> > installation other than security keys.
> >
> > When I run LinDVD I get perfect sound etc, just no picture. When
> > running from the command line the output is:
> >
> > "X Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) 8
> >  Major opcode:  145
> >  Minor opcode:  3
> >  Resource id:  0x3800001
> > sh: Syntax error: Bad fd number"
> >
> > A Google search for "Bad fd number" turns up some shell related issues
> > that I don't understand - Edgy uses dash instead of bash, which can
> > cause this problem.
> >
> > 1) Can anyone tell me how to fix this?
> > 2) is the fd number issue related to my lack of video output?
> >
> > I have yet to find a "free" DVD player for Linux that matches the
> > commercial version of WinDVD I use on my other system, and I would
> > sorely like to get LinDVD working.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> Maybe this will help:
> http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/09/19/bad-fd-number
> http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?p=55107
> http://www.ingres.co.uk/2007/01/04/installing-ingres-2006-r2-on-ubuntu-610/
>
> It looks like those that had problems changed back to bash to make
> things work.  Maybe for you also?
> ~Lorin
>
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