Andre Dubuc wrote: > > My cdwriter is /dev/cdrom, and my CDROM is /dev/cdrom2.
Andre, try to change those to /dev/scd0 and /dev/scd1 respectively. For a more in-depth explanation, read on : > > I can play audio cd's, using CDPlayer in KDE, using only cdrom. If I change > the preferences in the CDPlayer to /dev/cdrom2, I get "ejected" - no disc. > (I've also tried it Gnome -- same thing.) > > However, I can start and play the audio cd (and it plays but still shows "no > disc") by pushing the external forward button on the machine. Yes you can, because audio-CD's don't need to be mounted. > > This doesn't seem normal. Is there anyway I can get the software to recognize > the drive, and get it to play? Permissions are correct, and cdrom2 has abeen > added to my group. > > Andre, you have to check (and possibly edit - (as root)) > two files : > > 1. the file "/etc/lilo.conf" should read something like this > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=Linux > root=/dev/hda2 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append=" hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi devfs=mount " > vga=791 > read-only > the important line being : append=" hd(your CD-drive here)=ide-scsi > which tells the kernel to "see" your ATAPI CD-ROM as a SCSI device. > After editing this file, remember to run lilo (at a command-prompt, type : lilo. > Then reboot to let the kernel know the changes. > > 2. the file "/etc/fstab" should read something like this : > > /dev/hda2 / reiserfs notail 1 1 > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda4 /home reiserfs notail 1 2 > /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 > /dev/scd1 /mnt/cdrom2 auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0 > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto > user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat > iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 > the important lines being the ones with the cdrom's. > > Regards > > Kaj Haulrich
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