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02-25-2002, 01:52 PM
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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: California
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mandrake 8.1 DVD
how do i get my dvd rom to work on a dell inspirion 3800 w mandrake 8.1  |
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02-25-2002, 01:57 PM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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what do you mean by "work" ? play dvd's? mount dvds? mount normal cdroms??
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02-25-2002, 03:23 PM
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DVD
i mean i need a good dvd player program to use
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02-25-2002, 03:26 PM
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in that case, try MPlayer, xine or ogle. |
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02-25-2002, 04:14 PM
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As for Mplayer, you'll need an upgrade for gcc, if you have it - cool, if not the Mplayer won't compile with gcc-2.96.x which is a standard shipped gcc with Mandy, you'll need either gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.0.x.
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