Thanks for the response Daniel, The output from: ls -la /dev/dvd is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2006-08-07 06:28 /dev/dvd -> hdc The output from: dmesg | grep -i dvd is: [17179574.336000] hdc: MATSHITAUJ-840D, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.336000] hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kb Cache, UDMA(33) So is my machine "looking" in the wrong place or does -> hdc include drive hda?? John
Can you please do the following and mail the results back to the list?
ls -la /dev/dvd
dmesg | grep -i dvd
If you inspect the output from that second command, it should (but may not) have a device name such as "hdd" or "sdb" or simmilar. EG, mine looks like:
dmesg | grep -i dvd [17179573.948000] hdd: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive [17179574.096000] hdd: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2000kB Cache, UDMA(66)
So my DVD drive is on hdd. If you have similar output and can see which device ID it has been given, please do the following as well. replace 'hdd' with the device name of your dvd drive.
ls -la /dev/hdd
Gui MSG Totem cannot playback maybe you do not have the >>> required permissions. Gui MSG Totem cannot play maybe you need libdvdcss2 or download extra plugins
Terminal part msg after doing "totem dvd://" : libdvdread: Can't open /dev/hda4 for reading libdvdread: Device /dev/hda4 inaccessible, CSS authentication not available. libdvdread: Can't read name block Probably not a dvd rom >>> device libdvdread: Unable to find map file '/home/john/.dvdnav/ >>> map'