on Thursday 06/26/2008 Joerg Schilling([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > John covici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > This looks like the two-wire cable between the CD ROM and your > > > soundcard is missing or loose. I'd check this first. If this is a > > > laptop, it might well be that the connection between the two > > > subsystems was left out intentionally by the manufacturer to save a > > > couple of cents. Some do that. :-( > > > > > > > I am having the same problem -- but additionally my CDROM has no > > place to even put such a cable -- at least according to the person who > > actually put the machine together. > > I have not opened up the box to check, but if so, what can I do to > > play cds? > > It is most inlikely that thius is related to this cable.... > > I recommend you to get a recent cdrtools (e.g. from > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/) > > and install cdda2wav suid root. > > Then call: > > cdda2wav -e -N -B > > If everything is OK, then you will be able to listen to the music. > Otherwise you see human readble error messages that point you to the problem. > > Jörg
OK, we are now getting somewhere, I did hear sound out of that, now that is interesting, but how does this work -- does it not copy the file or is it playing from the drive? I have cdcd and it thinks its playing, bu I hear nothing. Also, I can't get mplayer to do anyting, it thinks the url is wrong or something, so this is more complicated. Thanks much. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list