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DMA is on:

ls -l /dev/cd*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            5 Sep 24  2003 /dev/cd -> cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            8 Feb  4  2003 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            3 Sep  7 01:03 /dev/cdrw -> hdc
brw-r-----    1 root     disk      24,   0 Jul 18  1994 /dev/cdu535

ls -l /dev/dvd*
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            3 Sep  7 01:03 /dev/dvd -> hdc

hdparm /dev/hdc

/dev/hdc:
 HDIO_GET_MULTCOUNT failed: Invalid argument
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)
 keepsettings =  0 (off)
 readonly     =  1 (on)
 readahead    =  8 (on)
 HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument

Bob

On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 08:52:50AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 14:54 -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > 
> >>All,
> >>
> >>I got Xine working (sort of) at about 4am; Ogle wouldn't play my Dilbert
> >>or Trek IV disks!
> >>
> >>However, Xine cannot run fast enough for normal video or sound.
> >>
> >>
> >>The xine_check made some suggestions for performance improvement, such as
> >>adding Kernel MTRR support, X YV12 Overlay support, customizing X for
> >>my hardware (IBM Thinkpad R31), etc.  The R31 seems to have fast display
> >>hardware and has a 1.2 GHz Celeron.
> > 
> > 
> > Very strange, Bob. My T20 has a 700MHz P3 and 256 MRAM and it plays
> > DVD's full screen with no problems. However, a celeron is a bit slower
> > on the decompression but your 1.2GHz should still be faster than
> > my .7GHz P3.
> 
> Make sure dma is turned on for the drive.  man hdparm
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey


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