dvd-player problems....

joacim · n00b Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 5

I cant play my DVD's :cry:

it all happened when i wanted to use the nvsound drivers (only supports oss)
i used to use the snd-intel8x0 back in the days when i used fedora....
i know that ogle has problems with nvsound, but its wierd that everything else seems to malfunction....

* VLC makes my computer lock up...
* xine does not respond...
* mplayer does not support dvd-navigation
* ogle has problems with my sound drivers...

so i would like to know how to switch back to snd-intel8x0 on the fly, without rebooting....

i92guboj · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject:

That is possible only if you compiled them as modules. If that is the case, just do rmmod nvsound and then modprobe snd-intel8x0. If you compiled them as builtin, you will have to recompile the kernel and then reboot.

joacim · n00b Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 5

I'll try that when im done downloading "free" stuff....

I get's an error saying "ERROR: Module nvsound is in use".... i think i'll have to exit xfce4....

how do i make the change permanent?

would like to use the snd-intel8x0 module instead of the nvsound module the next time i boot my computer....

i92guboj · Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:24 pm Post subject:

There are so many ways to load modules. The right solution depends on wich one you are using to load nvsound. If you compiled it into the kernel, then you have to unmark it and mark snd-intel8x0. Then restart and all should be fine.

If you load it as module, you are using one of these:

1.- You are loading it thru coldplug service on bootup.
2.- You are loading it thru /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

In the first case, remove the nvsound module. I dont know which one would take precedence so the best is to recompile the kernel w/o the nvsound module and restart. In the second, edit that file and remove the line that says "nvsound", and then put "snd-intel8x0" instead.

joacim · n00b Joined: 16 Sep 2005 Posts: 5

nvsound is a module... it is a propriatory OSS driver from nvidia (for nForce based chips)....

I'll have a look around and see if i can find out if it's loaded trough coldplug or not....

Edit: i think nvsound is loaded thru coldplug... I'll remove nvsound.ko when i've tested snd-intel8x0....