[CLUE-Tech] CDROM audio problems

[Match Grun]

Ok,

That makes it a liitle easier. My CD-Rom is /dev/hdd. Maybe Gnome
attempts to access this device using /dev/cdrom when first installed.
Start up the Gnome CD player gtcd. Press the Preferences button;
this is the middle button on the bottom row. Check that CDROM
device is pointed to the correct device. Supply the correct device
/dev/hdc in your case. Let me know if that works.

On a RedHat system, a link is created so that /dev/cdrom points
to the CD-Rom device (/dev/hdd, in my case). Maybe Suse 6.4
does not do this. You can also create a link. Some of the other
CD players look for a device called /dev/cdrom.

Match

Kevin Cullis wrote:

> Hi Match,
>
> No it's not. I went to KDE and got the CD to be access via CDROM player
> and found that I had the wrong connection selected on my sound card for
> the CDROM. It played via KDE, but it won't on GNOME except via kscd
> player for KDE.  I would gather that some type of configuration file is
> hosed.
>
> Kevin
>
> Match Grun wrote:
> >
> > Hi Kevin,
> >
> > I don't know if this is a fix for this problem. Sometime ago,
> > when I rebuilt my desktop computer, I switched to a 50x
> > CD-Rom drive that was lying around. I had no problems
> > installing RedHat. However, once installed I could not
> > access the CD-Rom drive again; not for data not for
> > audio.
> >
> > I disabled UDMA support for the CD-Rom in the BIOS.
> > This allowed me to access the CD-Rom for data but not
> > for audio. Anyway, I switched out the 50x for my trusty
> > old 36x and never had problems again.
> >
> > You maybe experiencing the same problems. Did you
> > install a new CD-Rom drive with Suse 6.4? It could be
> > the source of problems.
> >
> > Match.
> >
> > Kevin Cullis wrote:
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > >
> > > I've got SuSe 6.4 installed and I have no problem loading Linux or other
> > > CDs in Linux. However, when it comes to audio CDs, it has problems.
> > > This is what I get when a Linux CD is loaded.
> > >
> > > /dev/hdc on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,nosuid,nodev,user=kevin)
> > >
> > > But, double clicking on the CD icon with a audio CD in, I get this GNOME
> > > warning:
> > >
> > > /dev/cdrom: input/output error
> > >
> > > When I use a CDROM player, I get this when I hit the play button from
> > > GNOME:
> > >
> > > Error accessing CDROM device. Please check to make sure cdrom drive
> > > support is compiled into the kernel, and you have permission to access
> > > the device. Reason: permission denied.
> > >
> > > This is at /dev:
> > >
> > > lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            8 Sep 13 10:55 cdrom -> /dev/hdc
> > >
> > > This is my fstab:
> > >
> > > /dev/hda1       /boot   ext2    defaults 1 2
> > > /dev/hda2       swap    swap    defaults 0 2
> > > /dev/hda3       /       ext2    defaults 1 1
> > > /dev/hdb1       /data1  auto    noauto,user 0 0
> > > /dev/hdb3       /data2  auto    noauto,user 0 0
> > > proc    /proc   proc    defaults 0 0
> > > usbdevfs        /proc/bus/usb   usbdevfs        defaults 0 0
> > > devpts  /dev/pts        devpts  defaults 0 0
> > > /dev/cdrom      /cdrom  auto    ro,noauto,user,exec 0 0
> > > /dev/fd0        /floppy auto    noauto,user 0 0
> > >
> > > Then I followed Running Linux stuff about automounter:
> > >
> > > cullis:~ # /sbin/init.d/autofs start
> > > Starting service automounter
> > > done
> > >
> > > Still nothing, this is what I've got now:
> > >
> > > cullis:~ # ps -aux | grep automount
> > > root     14810  0.0  0.4  1144  576 pts/3    S    20:15   0:00
> > > /usr/sbin/automount /misc file /etc/auto.misc
> > > root     14812  0.0  0.4  1144  576 pts/3    S    20:15   0:00
> > > /usr/sbin/automount /net program /etc/auto.net
> > > root     14851  0.0  0.3  1136  416 pts/3    S    20:16   0:00 grep
> > > automount
> > >
> > > This is the current auto.misc file:
> > > # This is an automounter map and it has the following format
> > > # key [ -mount-options-separated-by-comma ] location
> > > # Details may be found in the autofs(5) manpage
> > >
> > > #kernel         -ro                     ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux
> > > #removable      -fstype=ext2            :/dev/hdd
> > > #cd             -fstype=iso9660,ro      :/dev/hdc
> > > #floppy         -fstype=auto            :/dev/fd0
> > > cd              -fstype=iso9660,ro      :/dev/hdc
> > > floppy          -fstype=auto            :/dev/fd0
> > >
> > > Do I have to change my fstab now that I've changed my auto.misc file?
> > > I'm still learning.
> > >
> > > I'm stuck at the moment.  The reason I'm doing this is to grip some CDs
> > > into mp3s. As always, any help is much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Kevin
> >
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