[sf-lug] DVD on Laptop

[jim stockford]

    does your laptop have a DVD player or does the
thing installed just play CDs?

On Dec 11, 2006, at 8:37 PM, Gretchen Nelson wrote:

> I have just joined the sf-lug because I have a Linux laptop(previously 
> with RH2.4, now with CentOS) that I don't yet know how to use.  I am 
> still learning the Linux basics.  Anyway, when I insert a music CD the 
> machine just plays it-no questions asked!  But when I insert a DVD the 
> machine acts like it's hearing martian and won't play anything!!   I 
> don't know how or what to tell it to just play the DVD.
>  
> So, can somebody please tell me how to get a Linux laptop machine to 
> play a DVD?
>  
> Cliff Ransom@
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>  
> Gretchen Nelson
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