Brian Durant wrote: > So, now that this problem is solved, I still need to deal with the > original issue I posted about, which succinctly put is that I am a > newbie mucking around trying to get all of the multimedia goodies > installed. I have Helix and I have installed the w32codex, gstreamer, > etc. However, Either I haven't installed everything or I have > installed something that I shouldn't have. > > I get the following from the gnome-cd player: > > Error playing CD. > > Reason: Resource busy or not available. > > Goobox can't even find the CD (plus sometimes quits as soon as it > starts) and Rythmbox and VLC refuse to play any audio files, > regardless of whether they are .ogg, .mp3, etc. > > I thought I was just following the process for get multimedia to work, > but there is definitely something not right here. Any ideas? >
Yes, make sure that your user is in the audio and cdrom groups. Have you read this? http://wiki.debian.org/SoundFAQ NB Automatix is quite well known for breaking stuff. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]