From: Klaas J. W. <kwi...@xs...> - 2005-03-12 17:05:11
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On wo, 2005-03-09 at 15:51 +0000, Andrew Longland-Meech wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I wonder if anyone can help with this one? > > I'm using Fedora Core 2, with kernel 2.6.10-2.1.ll from PlanetCCRMA and > a Philips DVDR 1640 DVD rewriter. I have xine 0.99.2-1.1 and xine-lib > 1.0.0-0.14.rc6a.1 from freshrpms.net. > > When playing DVDs I was getting jumpy video, so following advice on the > website I used hdparm to discover that DMA was switched off. So I > switched it on. > > However, when I open up xine and play a DVD, the DMA setting gets > switched off again so I still get the jumpy video!! > > Please - any suggestions as to how I can get the setting to be > permanent? > > Regards > > Andrew Put the following at the end of /etc/rc.local (suid root): *hdparm -d1 /dev/hdx* (where x stands for your actual drive). Provided you have hdparm installed. It'll work for the rest of your life. ch, H. |