[SOLVED] Cannot play DVDs in Slackware 14

arubin · 01-13-2013, 06:06 PM

I find that I cannot play DVDs with Slackware 14.

I have found a solution of sorts here http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...6/#post4400562

/dev/dvd/ is missing and

Quote:

cd /dev
ln -s sr0 dvd

Solves the problem at least temporarily. What is going on here? Should I be deleting etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
as suggested there?

Mike_M · 01-15-2013, 02:57 AM

Yes, I would try deleting /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules, rebooting, and seeing what happens. If it still doesn't work then we can dig deeper to find out what the problem may be. Does that file contain anything at the moment?

brianL · 01-15-2013, 03:54 AM

Strange. I've got a /dev/dvd, not created by me, which is a link to /dev/sr0. I've no problems playing DVDs with Eric's VLC.

arubin · 01-15-2013, 05:18 AM

I will look at 70-persistent-cd.rules when I get to my PC tonight.

As far as I know I have a rather standard setup. Clean install of Slackware 64 with multilib. I do use the 3.4.11 kernel because this has the kernel-efi stub and I am booting off EFI ( most reliable way I found of allowing dual booting with Win7 on my machine). Slackware is on an SSD except for /var and /home which are on a standard hard drive and /tmp which is in RAM.

I did discover that smplayer allows one to play DVDs on /dev/sr0 which would be another way round.

dTd · 01-15-2013, 08:09 AM

Funny, I deleted my /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules for giggles, rebooted, it did not generate a new one. I too have a symlink for /dev/cdrom>/dev/sr0 but no /dev/dvd>/dev/sr0 . Is udev not discovering the cdrom, I assume it did since there was a file there originally. Oh, and after deleting the rules, the symlink for cdrom is still there.

GazL · 01-15-2013, 08:31 AM

Interesting, I've lost all my /dev/dvd* symlinks too (not that I'd noticed as I tend to just use /dev/sr0 directly). Wonder if it is because I'm using a newer kernel.

brianL · 01-15-2013, 08:52 AM

Here's what I've got:

Code:

bash-4.2$ ls -l /dev | grep dvd*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root             3 Jan 15 09:34 dvd -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root             3 Jan 15 09:34 dvd0 -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root             3 Jan 15 09:34 dvdrw -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root             3 Jan 15 09:34 dvdrw0 -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root             3 Jan 15 09:34 dvdwriter -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root             3 Jan 15 09:34 dvdwriter0 -> sr0

That's on Slack64 14.0, default generic kernel.

dTd · 01-15-2013, 09:03 AM

slack -current 32b for me

GazL · 01-15-2013, 09:35 AM

This is what udev tells me about /dev/sr0

Code:

root@ws1:~# udevadm info --query all --name=/dev/sr0
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
N: sr0
L: -100
S: cdrom
S: disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH22NS40_CBA5B11213C8
S: disk/by-id/wwn-0x5001480000000000
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdrom /dev/disk/by-id/ata-HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH22NS40_CBA5B11213C8 /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x5001480000000000
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: ID_ATA=1
E: ID_ATA_FEATURE_SET_PM=1
E: ID_ATA_FEATURE_SET_PM_ENABLED=0
E: ID_ATA_SATA=1
E: ID_ATA_SATA_SIGNAL_RATE_GEN1=1
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_CDROM=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RAM=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1
E: ID_MODEL=HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH22NS40
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=HL-DT-ST\x20DVDRAM\x20GH22NS40\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=NL01
E: ID_SERIAL=HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH22NS40_CBA5B11213C8
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=CBA5B11213C8
E: ID_TYPE=cd
E: ID_WWN=0x5001480000000000
E: ID_WWN_WITH_EXTENSION=0x5001480000000000
E: MAJOR=11
E: MINOR=0
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=6922645

P.S. Slack64-14.0 with custom 3.7.2 kernel.

brianL · 01-15-2013, 09:49 AM

From mine:

Code:

root@slackdesk:~# udevadm info --query all --name=/dev/sr0
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
N: sr0
L: -100
S: cdr
S: cdr0
S: cdrom
S: cdrom0
S: cdrw
S: cdrw0
S: cdwriter
S: cdwriter0
S: disk/by-id/ata-Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-5280S
S: disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:08.0-scsi-1:0:0:0
S: dvd
S: dvd0
S: dvdrw
S: dvdrw0
S: dvdwriter
S: dvdwriter0
S: writer                                                                                                                                                    
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdr /dev/cdr0 /dev/cdrom /dev/cdrom0 /dev/cdrw /dev/cdrw0 /dev/cdwriter /dev/cdwriter0 /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-5280S /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:08.0-scsi-1:0:0:0 /dev/dvd /dev/dvd0 /dev/dvdrw /dev/dvdrw0 /dev/dvdwriter /dev/dvdwriter0 /dev/writer
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: GENERATED=1
E: ID_ATA=1
E: ID_ATA_FEATURE_SET_PM=1
E: ID_ATA_FEATURE_SET_PM_ENABLED=1
E: ID_ATA_SATA=1
E: ID_ATA_SATA_SIGNAL_RATE_GEN1=1
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_CDROM=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1
E: ID_MODEL=Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-5280S
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=Optiarc\x20DVD\x20RW\x20AD-5280S\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_PATH=pci-0000:00:08.0-scsi-1:0:0:0
E: ID_PATH_TAG=pci-0000_00_08_0-scsi-1_0_0_0
E: ID_REVISION=1.01
E: ID_SERIAL=Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-5280S
E: ID_TYPE=cd
E: MAJOR=11
E: MINOR=0
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=5209991

A lot of difference in the DEVLINKS entry.

dTd · 01-15-2013, 10:10 AM

Mine:

Code:

[root@dtd:dan]# udevadm info --query all --name=/dev/sr0                                                                            
P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
N: sr0
L: -100
S: cdrom
S: disk/by-id/ata-ATAPI_iHAS424_B_3524253_248046501241
S: disk/by-label/NWN2MOTB
E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdrom /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ATAPI_iHAS424_B_3524253_248046501241 /dev/disk/by-label/NWN2MOTB
E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0
E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:05.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
E: DEVTYPE=disk
E: ID_ATA=1
E: ID_ATA_SATA=1
E: ID_ATA_SATA_SIGNAL_RATE_GEN1=1
E: ID_BUS=ata
E: ID_CDROM=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RAM=1
E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA=1
E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_DVD=1
E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_COUNT=1
E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_STATE=complete
E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT=1
E: ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT_DATA=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1
E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1
E: ID_FS_LABEL=NWN2MOTB
E: ID_FS_LABEL_ENC=NWN2MOTB
E: ID_FS_TYPE=iso9660
E: ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem
E: ID_FS_VERSION=Joliet Extension
E: ID_MODEL=ATAPI_iHAS424_B
E: ID_MODEL_ENC=ATAPI\x20\x20\x20iHAS424\x20\x20\x20B\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
E: ID_REVISION=GL15
E: ID_SERIAL=ATAPI_iHAS424_B_3524253_248046501241
E: ID_SERIAL_SHORT=3524253_248046501241
E: ID_TYPE=cd
E: MAJOR=11
E: MINOR=0
E: SUBSYSTEM=block
E: UDEV_LOG=3
E: UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
E: USEC_INITIALIZED=8874922

brianL · 01-15-2013, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dTd

Mine:

Code:

E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdrom /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ATAPI_iHAS424_B_3524253_248046501241 /dev/disk/by-label/NWN2MOTB

Mmm, you haven't got any /dev/dvd entries. Which kernel are you running?

GazL · 01-15-2013, 10:53 AM

For some reason mine isn't being assigned a /dev/disk/by-path entry and that looks to be breaking the call to write_cd_rules in "75-cd-aliases-generator.rules"

Interestingly, neither is my primary sata harddisk sda so this issue might be wider than just dvd devices.

The missing symlink seems to be a result of ID_PATH not being set, which looks like it comes from 60-persistent-storage.rules

I can't be arsed to track this any further, I'll just ignore the symlinks and continue to use the real device name.

UDEV! What a bag-o-shite!

Martinus2u · 01-15-2013, 02:42 PM

me had also lost all /dev/dvd and /dev/cdrom links on all machines in the household. rather than doing a PhD in Udev I decided to change the the device name to /dev/sr0 in all relevant applications...

comet.berkeley · 01-15-2013, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike_M

Yes, I would try deleting /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules, rebooting, and seeing what happens. If it still doesn't work then we can dig deeper to find out what the problem may be. Does that file contain anything at the moment?

I am running current, linux 3.7.1-huge and have the same problem with the missing /dev/dvd symbolic link.

As a test I erased the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules and tried several kernels.

3.2.29-huge and the 70-persistent-cd.rules is missing and the /dev/dvd still missing
3.2.35-huge and the 70-persistent-cd.rules is missing and the /dev/dvd still missing
3.7.1-huge and the 70-persistent-cd.rules is missing and the /dev/dvd still missing

I copied over a version of the 70-persistent-cd.rules from a
version of slackware 14.0 stable on the same box and got the following results:

3.2.29-huge and the /dev/dvd is there!
3.2.35-huge and the /dev/dvd is there!
3.7.1-huge and the /dev/dvd is missing...

So there are actually two problems.
1) If the 70-persistent-cd.rules file is gone it will not be re-created.
2) Even if there is a 70-persistent-cd.rules file, it will not create
a /dev/dvd link on a 3.7.1 kernel