DVD crashes openSUSE10.2 (reposted from a.o.l.suse)

OK, this is strange. Some DVDs seem to crash my system, while others
appear to work perfectly OK.

By "work OK" I mean the DVD ROM spins up, and a mounted DVD icon appears on
my KDE desktop. When I click on the DVD icon it opens in konqueror and I
can navigate through the VOB folders. I can play back (both encrypted and
unencrypted) disks through xine using libdvdcss.

The other DVDs
* Don't spin up properly, but instead make a rattling noise in the
drive.
* The icon doesn't appear on the desktop.
* Load average goes to 2 or higher.
* DVD drive refuses to eject (by command or by pressing the button).
* X freezes to the extent I can't drop to a console.
* Eventually (about 2 - 5 minutes) the whole system freezes and
I have to power-reset.

Sometimes, a disk will fail to load the first time, but if I can catch it,
and issue an eject command, then re-insert the disk it might work. 1 disk
in particular refuses to work.

Work:
Unencrypted magazine cover DVDs.
Green Day International SuperVideos

Might work
Dreamworks Over the Hedge

Not Work:
AC/DC: Family Jewels (1 and 2)

Does this sound like a flaky DVD drive? Or is there something
software-wise I can look at?
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David Haggett
Linux user since 01/01/2003
Email: david<at>haggett<dot>demon<dot>co<dot>uk
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