Re: problem playing audio CD's
Philipp Bliedung wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the multimedia things under Linux :)
> I have the problem that I can't play audio CD's on my computer.
> I've installed everyhting that's related to sound properly - so I'm able
> to play mp3s, *.wav,etc. with freeamp for example, but when I put in a
> CD (even CD's I bought, no CD-R or CD-RW) and I want to mount it I get:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom or too
> many mounted file systems
>
> Even as root I can't do it! This is how /etc/fstab looks like:
>
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660
> defaults,user,noauto,ro 0 0
>
I think you're just making it harder than it is. Normally you don't
need to mount audio CDs.
> When I start 'gcd 2.91' under Gnome I get this:
>
> "Unable to open cd device. Please make sure that you are using teh
> correct device and that you have permission to access the device......"
> The cd-drive works perfectely fine with every CD (cd-rom). So it's not
> the cd-drive that's not working!
>
> What am I missing, or what am I doing wrong? Any ideas for a good
> cd-player?
>
> TIA!!
> Philipp
You need to add yourself to the cdrom group.
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Morgan Terry
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