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Date:      Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:11:28 +0200
From:      "[LoN]Kamikaze" <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de>
To:        Olivier Brisson <oli@unixcraft.org>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RELENG_7 problem with playing DVDs
Message-ID:  <471EF020.2020606@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <000401c815c2$5bcbc9e0$13635da0$@org>
References:  <471E7055.4000904@gmx.de> <000401c815c2$5bcbc9e0$13635da0$@org>

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Olivier Brisson wrote:
>> Using mplayer to try play a DVD my errorconsole is spammed with:
>>
>> ata1: FAILURE - non aligned DMA transfer attempted
>> acd0: setting up DMA failed
>>
>> The mplayer just hangs around in physrd status and cannot be killed
>> (even by
>> kill -9). The error message gets posted until the system is shutdown.
>> The
>> mplayer process also stays alive for the whole time. The only way to
>> open the
>> DVD-drive after attempting to play the DVD is to reboot the system.
> 
> It seems that you have a hardware problem. Could you please try with an other drive?

I now find your suggestion more likely. I think it might be a cable problem
(both are on the same ata channel and thus use the same cable), fortunately I
have some spares, so I'll exchange the cable tonight and report weather that
was of any use.



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