Problem is if you look at his output, both /dev/cdrom0 and /dev/cdrom2 are sym links to the same device. Something was setup wrong during install.
By any chance did you pick a security setting other than "low" during install? I noticed that anything above low (medium, high) supposedly restricts the devices to specific groups (which in MHO doesn't work too well). Most of my problems (sound related) went away when I changed security back to low. -mm On Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Hugo Ferreira wrote: > Ethan, > > Seems like yours is not a simple case. This surpasses my knowledge. > It seems you have two links to two mount point of type /dev/cdromx. where x is > a number. Do you have more than one CD-R/DVD/CD-RW Drive? If so, the player > must know which one to use. > > Hugo. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ethan > To: Hugo Ferreira > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 Music cd > > > Here's the output: > > [root@Echelon dev]# dmesg | grep cdrom > devfs: link of "cdrom" > devfs: link of "cdrom" > [root@Echelon dev]# dmesg | grep CDROM > [root@Echelon dev]# dmesg | grep cdrom > devfs: link of "cdrom" > devfs: link of "cdrom" > [root@Echelon dev]# ls -la /dev/cdrom? > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Nov 17 2001 /dev/cdrom0 -> >cdroms/cdrom0 > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Nov 17 2001 /dev/cdrom2 -> >cdroms/cdrom2 > > /dev/cdroms: > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Nov 14 21:00 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 1 1970 ../ > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Nov 17 2001 cdrom0 -> >../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Jan 1 1970 cdrom2 -> >../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd > > appreciate your help. > > Hugo Ferreira wrote: > > Ethan, > > What is the result of a: > > demsg | grep cdrom > > and a > > ls -la /dev/cdrom? > > Don't forget the question mark. > > Hugo. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ethan > To:Hugo Ferreira > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 10:14 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 Music cd > > > > Hugo Ferreira wrote: > > Ethan, > > I have had the exact same problem and have finally solved it. > Anyone please feel free to correct or suggest a better way of doing this. > Try the following: > > 1. log in as root (in a KDE (or any other) X session, I'll assume KDE for >KMixer). > > 2. unmount the cdrom (just in case, and do as Sridhar indicated): > umount /mnt/cdrom > Do it twice to make sure it is not mounted. Make sure ypu have no > CD in the drive. > done. > > > 3. Do a "ls -la /dev/hdc" to make sure it's there > > 4. If it is, you must now set a sym link from /dev/cdrom (which your player >needs) to > the "/dev/hdc" which is the device that you know works because the >/mnt/cdrom is also the > mountpoint of the /dev/hdc device and that worked for you. We will do the >same for "/dev/cdrom" > ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom > [root@Echelon dev]# ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom > ln: `/dev/cdrom': File exists > > > 5. Now make a "ls -la /dev/cdrom" to check the link. You should see that the >permissions will > enable anyone to use this mount point. > > 6. Place a CD and fire up your CD player. You should now have music. > > Still get permissions error. > > BTW, what does blinking white text over red background mean ?? > > i get:cdrom@ > [root@Echelon dev]# ls -l cdrom > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 16 Nov 17 2001 [cdrom -> >../cdroms/cdrom0 ] <---- blinking white over red background.... > > > > > 7. If you don't, fire up your KMixer and make sure the volume is up. Do the >same for > your speakers. If this does not work, you are out of luck. See below for >more hints** > > 8. Assuming you got this far and all is ok, then change the access for the >CDROM. > Do a "chmod 666 /dev/hdc".The "ls -la /dev/hdc" should confirm the >changes. > > 9. log out of root > > 10. Login as a user > 11. Fire up your CDPlayer (and KMixer) and enjoy. > > ** > Ok. If you did not make it, you have to make sure your sound card is ok >(only works if > you have the sound card connected directlly to your CD Drive). Place a CD in >the drive, > press the drive's play button. Launch the KMixer. Twiddle with the KMixer's >volume and > speaker's volume to check for sound. Works, ok no major hardware problem. > > Next. Test the cards driver. Here someone may help me. How can we do this. I >have an > ISA sound card ad used RedHat's sndconfig. After probing and set-up, this >utility samples > two files. You should here the sound. Any other way to do this? > > > I got my CDPlayer working thanx to DaveF who is a Mandrake expert > (see http://www.mandrakeexpert.com ). > If all else fails, try creating an incident here. > > HTH, > Hugo. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ethan > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc:Hugo Ferreira > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 2:49 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 Music cd > > > my cdrom is not mounted and umount gives:- umount: /dev/cdrom: not found > > I still cannot figure out why I cannot play the music CD. normal CDs I am >able to see and work with.... pls help. thanks, /ethan > > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > Assuming that your CD-ROM drive is /dev/cdrom: # umount /dev/cdromThis should be >done as root. Once done, try playing your CD.On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 15:24:23 -0000"Hugo >Ferreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sridha,How do you do this?H.F.----- Original Message -----From: "Sridhar Dhanapalan" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Ethan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mandrake Newbie >List"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 2:53 PMSubject: Re: >[newbie] Mandrake 8.1 Music cd > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:45:42 +0800Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: > -----Original Message-----From: >[EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]On Behalf Of >EthanSent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:10 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >[newbie] Mandrake 8.1 Music cdHi all,I am trying to play Music CDs under Mandrake 8.1 >but the error from > the > CD player says: CDROM read or access error, make sure that you haveaccess to >/dev/cdrom.... the permissions are root:root but ls -lL doesnot give any output... >pls help how can I play CDs on the CDrom? BTW, > I > can mount a normal CDROM.... thanks,.ethanEthan, are you using something like >CDplayer or Alsaplayer? You cannot mount a audio CD, it is just put in the CDROM and >then startedfrom the CDplayer. Not being well versed in command line I use theplayers >I installed on the KDE desktop so am not shure how you use anaudio player from >command line. But if you use KDE click on thekpanel>multimedia>sound and pick >alsaplayer and then click on thefolder icon on the left of the gui and your CD should >start. HTH > I am using CD player from the KDE>multimedia option. Not using from thecommand line. >It does _not_ work.... like I said, it gives the errorabove. pls help. thanks, /ethan > Make sure that the CD-ROM drive is not mounted, as has been mentioned > above. > Supermount shouldn't give any trouble, but sometimes it helps to disable > it. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------Want to buy your >Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 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