Bug#390029:

[Michael Gilbert]

> Totem 2.20 was uploaded today, and it contains a fix for a somewhat
> similar bug, 423512.
>
> I'm interested to know what effect it has on your bug. (I hope that this
> is the last new version I need to ask you to test ;-) )

it looks like some progress is being made!  but it is still not
working flawlessly.

if i do

$ umount /cdrom
$ mount /cdrom
$ totem /cdrom

the dvd _will_ play correctly!  however, if i do

$ umount /cdrom
$ mount /cdrom
$ totem
then click "Movie -> Play Disc"

i will get an error message "Totem cannot play this type of media
(DVD) because it does not have the appropriate plugins to be able to
read from the disc."

strange that it works differently depending on whether the action was
specified via the command line vs. via the menus.

note that this behavior is now consistent for both xfce and gnome.
previous versions had different behaviors under the two desktop
environments.

any more information i can provide?  can anyone confirm this problem?