Hello All,

I've done my best at researching this and apparently can't find the
right combination of words to Google on. I'm not a Linux newbie...but
I wouldn't go so far to say that I'm a power user either. I just
can't seem to get this issue solved.

Here's the setup:

OS:
Slackware 10.0 Full Install

Hardware:
Dell Optiplex

I can access data CDs with no problems. However, I cannot get any of
the software (that comes with the install) for playing Audio CDs
(XMMS, etc...) to admit there is an audio CD in the drive.

I've tried older CDs, new CDs, etc...with no luck. I've had other
Linux distros (RedHat, Fedora, Suse) installed on this same box and
have never had any problems playing an audio CD.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks in advance.

Dude Smithy

Dude Smithy wrote:
> I can access data CDs with no problems. However, I cannot get any of
> the software (that comes with the install) for playing Audio CDs
> (XMMS, etc...) to admit there is an audio CD in the drive.

what do you mean? do you get error messages? if so, what are they? if
not, what *do* you get?

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:41:40 -0700, Dude Smithy wrote:

> I can access data CDs with no problems. However, I cannot get any of
> the software (that comes with the install) for playing Audio CDs
> (XMMS, etc...) to admit there is an audio CD in the drive.

Try typeing: "workbone" in an xterm. To see what goes.

> I've tried older CDs, new CDs, etc...with no luck. I've had other
> Linux distros (RedHat, Fedora, Suse) installed on this same box and
> have never had any problems playing an audio CD.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?

Does it work if you run the player with superuser (root) permissions?
Is your /dev/cdrom a sym-link to the proper device?

--
-Menno.

Menno Duursma <pan@desktop.lan> wrote in message news:<pan.2004.10.14.22.38.41.280248@desktop.lan>. ..
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:41:40 -0700, Dude Smithy wrote:
>
> > I can access data CDs with no problems. However, I cannot get any of
> > the software (that comes with the install) for playing Audio CDs
> > (XMMS, etc...) to admit there is an audio CD in the drive.
>
> Try typeing: "workbone" in an xterm. To see what goes.
>
> > I've tried older CDs, new CDs, etc...with no luck. I've had other
> > Linux distros (RedHat, Fedora, Suse) installed on this same box and
> > have never had any problems playing an audio CD.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> Does it work if you run the player with superuser (root) permissions?
> Is your /dev/cdrom a sym-link to the proper device?

In response to Joosts reply I guess I should have been more specific.
I received exactly 0 errors. None. That's what is confusing.

However Menno, you hit on something. I'm about 90% certian I had
tried logged in as root without success. However, just for fun I
tried again this evening and was able to play the audio CD as root.

So, I had read somewhere on the net to add my user to the audio and
cdrom groups (which I have done). Unfortunately...I'm still at the
same point. I can access data CDs alright...just not the audio CDs
(at least as my user).

Oh well...

I'll keep tinkering, I'll get it adventually.

Thanks!

Dude Smithy

Dude Smithy wrote:
> However Menno, you hit on something. I'm about 90% certian I had
> tried logged in as root without success. However, just for fun I
> tried again this evening and was able to play the audio CD as root.

Try opening up the permissions on your cd device; so if it's /dev/hdb:

chmod a+rw /dev/hdb

I'm not saying you should _have_ to do this (you shouldn't), but just to
see if it works...

On Thursday 14 October 2004 19:41 Dude Smithy, wrote:

> I can access data CDs with no problems.**However,*I*cannot*get*any*of
> the software (that comes with the install) for playing Audio CDs
> (XMMS, etc...) to admit there is an audio CD in the drive.
>
> I've tried older CDs, new CDs, etc...with no luck.**I've*had*other
> Linux distros (RedHat, Fedora, Suse) installed on this same box and
> have never had any problems playing an audio CD.
>
Hope this isn't stating the bleedin' obvious but.......
You know you don't need to mount audio CD? Just put it in the drive and
select a player to play it, as long as there are appropriate links to
the drive, eg. $ls -la /dev/cdrom [enter] /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdd, it
should play. Whether or not you get sound is another matter, as long as
track times advance it's playing.
HTH,
--
del 8-)

Dude Smithy wrote:
> In response to Joosts reply I guess I should have been more specific.
> I received exactly 0 errors. None. That's what is confusing.

but you must get some sort of reaction?

> However Menno, you hit on something. I'm about 90% certian I had
> tried logged in as root without success. However, just for fun I
> tried again this evening and was able to play the audio CD as root.
>
> So, I had read somewhere on the net to add my user to the audio and
> cdrom groups (which I have done).

did you log out and back in again? changing group settings for a user only
takes effect after that user logs back in.

--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)

Chris Sorenson <csoren@isd.net> wrote in message news:<10munsd6nuo3e6c@corp.supernews.com>...
> Try opening up the permissions on your cd device; so if it's /dev/hdb:
>
> chmod a+rw /dev/hdb
>
> I'm not saying you should _have_ to do this (you shouldn't), but just to
> see if it works...

Thanks Chris and Menno.

I did a "chmod 666 /dev/cdrom" and that seemed to do the trick. I
guess I'm not sure why I had to do this, but hey now it works.

Thanks again!

Dude Smithy

Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<slrncmuvt5.9m.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.a rnhem.chello.nl>...
> Dude Smithy wrote:
> > In response to Joosts reply I guess I should have been more specific.
> > I received exactly 0 errors. None. That's what is confusing.
>
> but you must get some sort of reaction?
>
> > However Menno, you hit on something. I'm about 90% certian I had
> > tried logged in as root without success. However, just for fun I
> > tried again this evening and was able to play the audio CD as root.
> >
> > So, I had read somewhere on the net to add my user to the audio and
> > cdrom groups (which I have done).
>
> did you log out and back in again? changing group settings for a user only
> takes effect after that user logs back in.

Hi Joost,

XMMS, etc...did not through any errors. When I went to the cdrom
device the software would just not show any files to be played.

I had logged out/in several times after I added my user to the audio
and cdrom groups.

Thanks!

Dude Smithy

Dude Smithy wrote:
> Chris Sorenson <csoren@isd.net> wrote in message news:<10munsd6nuo3e6c@corp.supernews.com>...
>
>>Try opening up the permissions on your cd device; so if it's /dev/hdb:
>>
>>chmod a+rw /dev/hdb
>>
>>I'm not saying you should _have_ to do this (you shouldn't), but just to
>>see if it works...
>
>
> Thanks Chris and Menno.
>
> I did a "chmod 666 /dev/cdrom" and that seemed to do the trick. I
> guess I'm not sure why I had to do this, but hey now it works.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Dude Smithy

How did you get the sound for this to work? I did the same thing you did
but no sound comes out........but the cd plays as a normal user.

I raised everything in alsamixer but still no sound?

-0versight