[H-GEN] CD (Playing) Problems

[James Mills]

On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 01:25:38PM +1000, Joel Michael wrote:
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> James Mills wrote:
> 
> >Here are some attempts through a couple of command-line cd players.
> >
> >$ cdplay
> >cdplay: can't open cdrom (/dev/cdrom)
> >cdplay:  CD status is no_disc
> >
> >$ cdcd
> >cdcd: /dev/cdrom: No such device or address
> >
> >$ ls -l /dev/scd0  
> >brw-rw----    1 root     cdrom     11,   0 2003-11-11 13:30 /dev/scd0
> >
> Are you in the 'cdrom' group?

Yes.

> Two ways to tell if this is the problem:
> 
> 1.  Try playing a cd as root, if this works it is a permission problem

This does not work.

cheers
James

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