[Klug-general] Is this a hardware fault or has the latest SuSE update broken my DVD player

[Ritchie Fraser]

Hello everybody,

I have been fighting with DVD playback for the last couple of weeks in MPlayer 
(from Packman). I had an YOU update end then MPlayer seemed to start 
misbehaving. I have uninstalled re-downloaded, recompiled, installed, 
un-installed, updated etc. etc. the MPlayer software. Over the last couple of 
days, however, I have noticed that I sometimes need to insert and eject and 
reinsert Data CDs a couple of times before the system notices and reads it.

When I put a DVD into the drive and try to play it with MPlayer I have noticed 
that I get to following at the end of the listing produced by dmesg:

hdc: packet command error: error=0x34
ATAPI device hdc:
  Error: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03)
  (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x57, ascq=0x00)
  The failed "Send DVD Structure" packet command was: 
  "ad 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 0
hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 4
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 1
hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
...
...
hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 1028
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 257
hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 1024
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 256
hdc: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdc: media error (bad sector): error=0x34
end_request: I/O error, dev hdc, sector 1028
Buffer I/O error on device hdc, logical block 257

Any thoughts or questions?

Regards

Ritchie Fraser

HP compaq nc6000, SuSE 9.1 Pro.

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