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

[George Prowse]

Enquiries wrote:

>On Sunday 21 Aug 2005 20:30, Ritchie Fraser wrote:
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>>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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>looks like a DMA problem, use hdparm to check your settings.
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On top of being anything direct memory access related this could be 
related to actual hardware or hardware settings.

The first thing I would do is check the cables (disk and board) etc.

Do you get these errors from every DVD?

Try adding an extra line in fstab and mounting it yourself instead of 
letting your OS do it for you because no-one knows how and where to add 
everything better than you.

The last thing would be to try with something like Xine-ui rather than 
mplayer or gmplayer (gmplayer gives you a gui)

George