Re: Can not play CDs
Hi Scott. Thanks very much. I read it with interest and will keep it
for future reference but might not do anything now as the main problem
for me is solved and also I have got very busy suddenly with my
business and other commitments. Hope to get back to it, Steve
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Scott Ferguson
<scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote:
> Easily solvable - read on. :)
>
> On 29/10/14 06:51, Eike Lantzsch wrote:
>> On Tuesday 28 October 2014 19:27:56 Steve Greig wrote:
>>> Thanks Scott and Gary.
>>>
>>> The problem is now largely sorted out as I have got VLC media player
>>> to play audio cds now by opening it and asking it to play the cd in
>>> the cd drive as Gary suggested. I have also discovered how to make VLC
>>> display the tracks on the cd. Still if I go to dolphin it lists the
>>> audio cd on the left but it does not respond in any way if you click
>>> on it so you cant see the individual tracks on the cd.
>
>
>>> I have found
>>> that if I put a cd of photos in the drive then the name of the cd
>>> appears on the left and when I click on that the individual photo
>>> files appear. So it is looking like I can do most of what I would like
>>> to which is great.
>
> That's not related to the original problem.
> Audio CDs have no filesystem.
> Data CDs, like the one with your pictures on it do (iso9660).
>
>>>
>>> I did try to do the install that Scott suggested as it would be nice
>>> to have the audio tracks listed from within Dolphin although not
>>> essential.
>
> Playing CDs, and being able to view the virtual file system on an audio
> CD in Dolphin, are two distinctly different things.
>
> To view the virtual filesystem in Dolphin you *need*
> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins installed.
>
>>> It seems not to have worked. The following is the response
>>> I got:
>>>
>>> steve@debian:~$ su
>>> Password:
>>> root@debian:/home/steve# apt-get -y install kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> Suggested packages:
>>> lame
>>> The following NEW packages wl be installed:
>>> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
>>> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 81 not upgraded.
>>> Need to get 128 kB of archives.
>>> After this operation, 466 kB of additional disk space will be used.
>>> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
>>> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins
>
>
> This error is the result of *not* having installed the keys that allow
> apt to check the authenticity of downloaded packages. You /could/ force
> the over-riding of the authenticity check but it's strongly recommended
> *not* to.
>
> You likely debian-archive-keyring package installed. You can check with:-
> dpkg --get-selections | grep debian-archive-keyring
>
> If you get nothing from the above command you'll need to install it or
> you will *not* be able to *securely* install *any* debian packages.
> There are two ways of doing that:-
>
> Easiest, least secure (as root):-
> apt-get --force-yes install debian-archive-keyring
>
> Better:-
> 1. Open the following link in your web browser:-
> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=debian-keyring&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=main
>
> 2. Follow the link matching the Debian release you have installed[*1]
> (you don't tell us) and download that package:-
> e.g. if you run wheezy, follow that link:-
> https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/all/debian-keyring/download
> to the mirrors page for that packages:-
> https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/all/debian-keyring/download
> and choose the nearest mirror nearest your location.
>
> 3. Download the appropriate package for your Debian release
>
> 4. Install the debian-archive-keyring. As root:-
> dpkg -i debian-keyring_*_all.deb
>
>
> Regardless of which method you use, you should now be able to install
> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins without a security warning. You'll then be
> able to view the virtual CD audio filesystem.
>
> *Important*
> Not having the keyring installed may have caused you to miss updates.
> After installing the keyring as root:-
>
> 1. Update the package database:-
> apt-get update
>
> 2. Check for updates (but don't install them - yet[*2]):-
> apt-get -s upgrade | more
>
> 3. Page through (by pressing the space bar) what will happen if you
> upgrade your packages. If nothing you care about is going to be removed
> - proceed with the upgrade:-
> apt-get -y upgrade
>
>
> [*1] If you don't know what release you have installed, run the
> following as a normal user:-
> lsb_release -sc
>
>
> [*2] As you didn't have debian-keyring installed it's possible you have
> other problems. If you'd like help checking your sources.list run the
> following as a normal user and post the output:-
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*}|grep '^[^$\|^#\|^\s*\#]'
>
>
>
>>> E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
>>> root@debian:/home/steve#t would be nice to have a list of tracks on
>>> the cd but maybe not essential.
>
> Follow the above instructions and you *will* have that ability. :)
>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again to you both for your help. I am pretty happy with the
>>> situation now but open to any more suggestions or comments. Best
>>> wishes Steve
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Gary Dale <garydale@torfree.net> wrote:
>>>> On 28/10/14 03:01 AM, Steve Greig wrote:
>>>>> If I put a CD into my computer it appears in Dolphin on the left hand
>>>>> side
>>>>> where it sais 'Audio CD'. However if I click on this the contents do not
>>>>> appear in the main window of Dolphin. Also I cant play the CD or find any
>>>>> other way of accessing it. This applies to other CDs not just Audio. In
>>>>> the
>>>>> past I have accessed CDs without problems on this same computer.
>>>>>
>>>>> It may be relevant that I often get an error message something like 'apt
>>>>> update cant access CD drive' (I cant remember the exact wording).
>>
>> Looks like your CD is still in /etc/apt/sources.list - but that is no problem
>> relating to your Audio-CD trouble.
>
>
> Agreed on both points.
>
> <snipped>
>
> How audio CDs display in Dolphin:-
> http://ge.tt/7X7t4v22/v/0
>
> KDE ref:-
> https://userbase.kde.org/Dolphin/File_Management#Encode_and_copy_audio_CD_tracks
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
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