Never noticed the problem. I've used Grip to rip cd's from non-root users
before. Would think you could play CD's if you can rip them. Never tried.
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On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Francois Swanepoel wrote:
> Is it only XMMS or is it the other CD players as well?
> It could be a file permissions problem, but I need more information.
>
> Cheers
>
> abe wrote:
> >
> > What could be wrong that only root on my machine can play cds? system
> > sounds, .wav files, & MP3s all play for other users but not CDs. Xmms
> > reads the disk and refuses to play. Please help, I cannot work without
> > music.
> >
> > Abe
>
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