General :: Cannot Play Dvd Or Cd In Mint 10?
Jan 9, 2011
I am having a small problem. I have just switched from windows 7 to Mint 10. Everything is great with the exception of I can't use my dvd and cd drives. I was able to use my dvd drive to install. Now I have been searching for answers all over the net, and still can't find out what to do. When I do a dpkg -l | grep libdvd I get,
ii libdvdcss2 1.2.10-0.3medibuntu1 Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runtime libraries
ii libdvdnav4 4.1.3-7 DVD navigation
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Feb 19, 2010
This is my second day of using Linux Mint and I have bunch of questions. Let's start with this one. I tried to play dvd movie yesterday night. I put disc in drive. And nothing happened. Like it's not in there. So I tried to double click (I'm old Windows user trying to learn new stuff) on cd/dvd disc in computer. It's unresponsive. I try right click run with application some kind of movie player. It says 'Could not open location. You might not have permission to open the file'.So I installed VLC and did the same thing but same message appears.So I look at google for the answer and didn't find much. And I was tired and went to sleep.
Today I wake up, turn on my laptop and surprise, surprise! There is some icon on my desktop saying 'Name of the show' (that was the dvd I was trying to open). So I double click it and there are all episodes. And I can now browse it and play any episode I want. So I say, 'hey, there must be something if I eject this dvd, and put it in again, I would have same problem as last night'. And I have. And problem is back. Now I cant play anything again.
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Jul 15, 2009
I started to install Fedora thinking I was just going to place it in the / and /home partitions I already have but the installer only seems to give me the option to use the whole disk.I have 3 / and 3 /home partitions 2 of each are occupied by Linux Mint and Mint KDE so I wanted to use the last / and /home for Fedora.
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May 5, 2011
I just got Mint 10 DLed and I'm ready to install. I was reading around and saw that a Live USB can be done. Can anyone tell me how to do that? I also wanted to install it to a PC that isn't ready yet, but I a saw one could make a USB drive work like an OS disk. Can anyone help me with that also. All the years I've worked with PCs, I never installed an OS off a flashdrive.
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Feb 26, 2011
I have heard so many good things about linux and I have heard linux mint is the easiest to use. I was really looking forward to my first Linux experience. I was disappointed to be prompted for a username and password after booting to the Live CD for mint 10. The user manual did not show this step. I searched for help on this but the two suggestions I found did not work. One told me to use mint as the username with a blank password. The other suggested using user and pass for these two fields.
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Nov 30, 2010
I am wanting to add Linux Mint to my computer, but I do not have the room to really do a real install on my computer beside Ubuntu and Vista, so I want to install it on a VirtualBox machine. I have a few questions before I do so. A.) Is all this reversible? B.) It will not affect my current system. Like, if something goes wrong with the install for some reason, it will not affect my current Ubuntu OS, which I will be installing it under. C.) When it asks you to create a hard drive, that is reversible, right? And it's only used when you are using VB? D.) About the hard drive you have to create. I have 2 partitions partitions that I use mainly, my / Linux partition, and OS, which is my Windows NTFS partition. If I create the hard drive on OS, will that mess up the VB?
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Aug 26, 2010
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Sep 25, 2010
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Sep 9, 2010
I just installed Mint Debian version on an old desktop computer, but it doesn't play audio.
At first vlc even had the whole audio menu greyed out; I followed this, downloaded the deb and installed it. It seemingly recognized my card, but upon reboot, everything is still silent - though vlc now has the audio section accessible.
If I go under audio preferences and select hardware, no device is present.
Here's some information. code...
Any idea what to do to get audio? Everything else works, I'd hate having to wipe the partition just for this...
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Aug 20, 2010
I have installed linux Mint as a first time user on an oldish laptop. How can I prevent it defaulting back to the user password screen when I am not using it for a few minutes? I'd be grateful for some pointers. Better still, can I get it t passwordautomatically?..i.e. remember password. I thought I had completed this step but it goes back to the user login which is quite annoying as I have to keep entering the password.
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Mar 23, 2011
I'm looking to completely change over and need help getting rid of windows.I am currently using windows xp and am looking to use Linux Mint 10.
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Dec 2, 2010
How do I map a cd drive in Linux Mint 9 that is on the same lan connection to another pc? I have 2 system running Linux Mint 9 and would like to know how to map for example the CD-ROM drive in my dell pc to the oem pc for use.
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Sep 25, 2010
I recently downloaded Ubuntu, with Windows Vista dual booting. I am fed up because Ubuntu won't work with my Broadcom BCM4312 Network Connector. I have decided that I am going to install Linux Mint inplace of Ubuntu. The only thing I am worried about is: Will Mint give me the option of which partiton to put it on? I know this sounds stupid, but I am being very cautious about not deleting my files and Vista.
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Jun 5, 2010
how to install or how to run Xampp on Linux Mint 7. to start with an extraction is required and this is the error that i am getting while trying to do this:
kelvin-desktop kelvin # tar xvfz xampp-linux1.7.3atar.gz -C /opt
tar: xampp-linux1.7.3atar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
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Jan 18, 2010
I can't install linux mint 7 gloria on my friend's lapt("Toshiba(old)")
should there is any version only for lapt??? should I go to Helena??? OR any other distro
processor:celeron (thinkig to eat me???that's not mine it is of my frnd's)
RAM:512MB
hd:40GB
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Apr 10, 2010
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Jun 17, 2010
I just installed Linux Mint in my Netbook with help of USB stick. I don't have CD drive in my netbook.
Its working fine but without USB stick its not booting. If start with USB stick its booting fine.
The booting files are in USB, how do I change the booting option. so that I can boot without USB stick help.
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Mar 12, 2010
I've been using Linux Mint happily for a while until a couple of days ago it just died. Froze up, nothing I could do would free it up other than a hard reset. So, I tried to install it again from a Live CD, but my laptop won't even boot into Live mode. It just sits there, saying 'Loading....'. which it frankly isn't. I suspect a major hardware fault has occurred, but have no idea what. Any ideas?
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Apr 3, 2011
On my acer aspire 5742 I have both mint 9 32bit and 64bit. Both have same problem of freezing occasionally. o specific application causes the freezing..Laptop temperature is not a issue{its cool}.Here is my lspciQuote:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
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Jul 11, 2010
I would like to install Mint Linux in a Windows 7 Enterprise Virtual PC session. I have burnt the iso to a CD and when I use it within the VM, I see the Mint splash screen start but then the VM goes into a power down state and stops. This happens about 10 seconds ater the VM starts reading the CD. There are no error messages that I can see. Is there a tutorial on installing Mint in a VM? I did Google this and saw someone recommend VirtualBox, but I'd prefer to stay with Virtual PC.
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Aug 1, 2011
i'm a complete noob, i have had linux for about 3 hours now. Everything installed just fine, but i have no WIFI. So, i have googled the internet so hard.
My problem is.
I installed Linux Mint 11 on my Dell Inspiron 8600
No wifi
I tried to follow this guide (after endless searching)
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/..._and_b43legacy
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Jul 6, 2011
how can i get my nokia x6 phone to be recognized on mint 10 via usb cable...plug in my cable and nothing...tried nokii nothing...bluetooth far too slow when i try it...i know it has something to do with the usb ports and the phone code...but i not sure...sorry very green here and next to no techno knowledge...ta for any info...
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May 17, 2011
I've just installed Mint 11.04 on one of my machines (Based on Ubuntu 11.04 - but with older Gnome, rather than Unity desktop). One preference I have is for a trashcan on the desktop. I have found instructions for installing a trashcan on older versions of Mint, but have not been able to get any of them to work on Mint 11. I just end up with a text file on the desktop that doesn't recycle deleted files.
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Jul 12, 2010
I'm trying to run a command with the 'at' scheduler in Linux Mint 9. It's basically a ssh connection to my Smoothwall firewall to tell it to shut down, but that part isn't really important. The problem I have is that I can't get the 'at' schedule command to do much. I can type commands into the terminal and they work perfectly. If I enter exactly the same command into 'at' nothing happens.
For example, I can type 'plink -load smoothwall' into a terminal and a new ssh terminal comes up asking for my password to make an ssh connection. If I create an 'at' job with the same command, ie:
Code:
$ at now + 5 minutes
at> plink -load smoothwall
at> <Ctrl-d>
$
then nothing at all happens when the 5 minutes are up. I've checked that the job exists by doing an 'atq' command. Obviously there's something about 'at' that I don't understand. I've googled, I've looked in this forum and I've looked in a copy of 'The Linux Bible 2010' all without success. I've tried various alternative ways of entering the command for a couple of hours and I'm still stuck.
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Feb 4, 2010
I'm pretty new to Linux, but I know enough to run only Linux mint 8. (I hate windows)
But I just noticed yesterday, I have a 64 bit processor, and Im running 32 bit version.
The website says that its less stable (The 64 bit), but is it really worse? I find that my processor gets bogged down very easy in my 32 bit. (No freezes though, I love linux )
How do I upgrade to 64 bit without reinstalling the OS?Is that even possible?
What other solutions could there be?
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Dec 18, 2010
i dont have any problems,everything is running fast and smooth,just wondering what other people think,
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Oct 7, 2010
Can I use Mint as a Router service, similar to the service in Ubuntu (called: Router Advertisement Daemon?). Does Mint support this and what solutions are available for this?
Have dabbled in Linux very briefly, but almost no experience on how to install or find programs, so please explain in detail!
EDIT: I'm looking for something easy and simple, like what Virtual Router or Connectify does for Windows 7...
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Mar 7, 2011
How can I get my HP 309G printer to work on Linux Mint 10?It is not recognized out-of-the-box, and HP doesn't supply drivers.
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Apr 23, 2011
I am having a Lenovo Thinkpad SL400c laptop running on c2d (64 bit) processor. The problem is, Linux Mint doesn't boot in this laptop but boots well in other laptops( I tried it in dell inspiron and compaq ones)and desktop. I tried all versions (from Linux mint 7 till 10 and both 32 and 64 bit versions). What actually happens is that, the BIOS loads the CD (doesn't even asks "press any key to boot from CD" as it asks for Windows) and abruptly results in a blank screen. It remains blank even for hours. But Opensuse, Ubuntu, and even open solaris all run fine on this system. Don't know why it resists only Linux mint.
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