[Fwd: CD player and Dell Inspiron 7000]
Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>
> Thank you very much for your help:
> I can listen to my favorite singers
> while I work under my favorite OS ;-)
>
> Nevertheless, this fix raises a new (minor) trouble:
> the sound is very low comparatively to windows.
>
> Do I miss something again ?
>
> Thanks,
> Jerome
>
> Mark Janssen wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 09:49:38PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> > > I tried to mount it because the CDPlayer produces the following error
> > > message:
> > >
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > Error accessing cdrom device.
> > > Please check to make sure cdrom drive support
> > > is compiled into the kernel, and that you have
> > > permission to access the device.
> > >
> > > Reason: Permission denied
> > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> > >
> > > and I cannot figure out from where it comes.
> >
> > It's because your user doesn't have permissions to access the drive in a
> > direct way. Add your user to the 'cdrom' group (or check what group you
> > need to be with 'ls -al /dev/cdrom') and logoff/logon.
> > You now should have permissions to access the cdrom drive directly and
> > should be able to play audio cd's.
> >
> > It's best to add yourself (if you are the prime/only user of a desktop
> > system) to the following groups:
> > cdrom (For access to cd drives)
> > floppy Floppy drives
> > audio soundcard access
> > video direct video access
> >
> > There are more groups that might be interesting depending on your needs:
> > dial-out
> > modem
> > tty
> > ...
> >
> > Mark Janssen Unix Consultant @ SyConOS IT
> > E-mail: maniac@markjanssen.nl GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178
> > http: maniac.nl, unix-god.[net|org], markjanssen.[com|net|org|nl]
>
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> *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Jerome BENOIT, Ph.D. *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤
> Institute of Molecular Biology
> Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena
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*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Jerome BENOIT, Ph.D. *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤
Institute of Molecular Biology
Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena
Winzerlaer Strasse 10, Jena 07745, Germany
*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ JGMBenoit@wanadoo.fr *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤
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