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

[Enquiries]

On Sunday 21 Aug 2005 20:30, Ritchie Fraser wrote:
> 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.

looks like a DMA problem, use hdparm to check your settings.

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