fresh install ---blooming DVD drive not recognized AGAIN

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> Append: This MB is a MSI P6n SLI Platinum with a dual-core Intel CPU. It's
> been weird setting this one up. It has issues, like the multichannel sound
> output's humming like a nuclear reactor. It refuses to recognize the EDID
> from one of two identical monitors. Yeah, fun...
>
> Just for ducks I figured I'd try using hdparm
>
> ric at ima:~$ sudo hdparm -d1 /dev/sr0
>
> /dev/sr0:
>  setting using_dma to 1 (on)
>  HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>  HDIO_GET_DMA failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> ric at ima:~$

My system shows the same fail messages. Before going low level, my
guess is that since data dvds mount OK, it is some kind of DVD
codec/playback issue.

What video player are you using for DVD playback?


>
> Weird stuff going on, a smidge past my pay-grade. This is a relatively new
> DVD R/W which worked fine before. Google and I are becoming at odds here.
> I'm not sure what to trust. Thanks, Ric
>
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