SOLVED! Re: problem playing audio CD's
Hi,
I solved my "problem" :) - I just didn't log out and back in before trying to
setup cdcd ....
I also changed myself and the cd-drive to the cdrom group :)
Thnaks a lot!
Philipp
Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
> Hi Philipp,
>
> Did u log out, and back in? This typically takes care of that. And btw,
> I just read through more of this string and I really like changing the
> group to cdrom and then just adding yourself and whoever else will use
> the cdrom - it's much more sanitary then adding yourself to disk.
>
> hth, tatah
>
> On Wednesday 24 January 2001 14:21, Philipp Bliedung wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > thanks for your responses!
> > I can now access audio-cd's BUT ONLY AS ROOT!
> > I changed my setting in /dev to this:
> >
> > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3 Oct 29 00:03 /dev/cdrom
> > ->hdc
> > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Jul 5 2000 /dev/hdc
> >
> > I added the user (user1) to this group:
> > # adduser user1 disk
> >
> > now ROOT can play CD's but not user1 - is there any other group I don't
> > belong to?
> > When I try to specify the device in cdcd I get 'Permission denied' (trying
> > to add /dev/cdrom)
> > What else can I do?
> > BTW cdcd is working great :) (but just for root for now)
> >
> > TIA,
> > Philipp
> >
> > Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote:
> > > Philipp,
> > >
> > > No worries. Many have been here before :)
> > >
> > > You don't mount an audio cd! You just play it etc. So, under
> > > your gnome, just fire up the cdplayer that comes with it. If you
> > > use kde, use the cdplayer that comes with it. Just need to confinger
> > > your device (/dev/hdb, /dev/hdc etc).
> > >
> > > Also, add yourself to your cdgroup.
> > >
> > > ~ pts/0> ls -al /dev/hdd
> > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 64 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdd
> > > YOU ARE ROOT!! on bogus
> > > ~ pts/0> ls -al /dev/hdc
> > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Feb 22 1999 /dev/hdc
> > > YOU ARE ROOT!! on bogus
> > >
> > > Here you see it's owned by root and belongs to 'disk', so I added myself
> > > to that group: 'adduser me disk' as root. There are also safer
> > > ways to do this, check back with the list.
> > >
> > > also, I like the cdcd package for playing my cdroms in pure console mode
> > > (no x running). 'apt-get install cdcd' will do the trick. For adjusting
> > > the volume, I like aumix, again, 'apt-get install aumix' :)
> > >
> > > I really hope this helps.
> > >
> > > tatah
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 24 January 2001 10:49, 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
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Jaye Inabnit, ARS ke6sls e-mail: ke6sls@arrl.net
> > > 707-442-6579 h/m 707-268-4074
> > > http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ# 12741145
> > > This mail composed with kmail on kde on X on linux warped by debian
> > > If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid.
>
> --
>
> Jaye Inabnit, ARS ke6sls e-mail: ke6sls@arrl.net
> 707-442-6579 h/m 707-268-4074
> http://www.qsl.net/ke6sls ICQ# 12741145
> This mail composed with kmail on kde on X on linux warped by debian
> If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid.
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