Re: playing CDs on ide-scsi

[Gee Law <gee@cromulent.org.uk>]

On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 05:53:07PM +0200, Matthias Hentges wrote:
> Am Son, 2003-05-11 um 17.22 schrieb Don Hayward:
> > I've succeded in getting my LiteOn ide-scsi drive to write (cdrecord),
> > but I can't get it to play CDs.
> > 
> > I'm trying to use xmcd -- I pointed it at scd0, but all I get is NO
> > DISC, even though a CD is present.
> > 
> > Any pointers or helpful suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks.
> 
> You may want to try to use /dev/hd* instead. Works for Me (TM)
> 

You might have your permissions set incorrectly.
What does ls -l /dev/scd0 say?
                                                                               
I think cdrecord can be installed suid root and
thus not have this problem. That's all i can think of.

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