On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:59:35 -0500 Joe Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > Running Debian Woody on a Dell Inspiron 2650c, I am able to read data > cds (the installation cd, for example), but I am unable to read (play) > audio cds. I am not trying to mount the audio cd (I realize that this > is not needed), but rather, when I put an audio cd in the drive, and > do 'cd/cdrom' and then 'ls' I see nothing in the drive (and so when I > try to add that directory to the XMMS playlist, for example, nothing > is added). >
/cdrom is essentially an empty directory untill you mount a filesystem into it. That being said, an audio cd is not necessarily a filesystem (I have no idea why mounting it would be any different, this is probably something for somebody with a little more experience). So you are right, you don't need to mount it, what you need to do is access your cd directly, either by using a cd playing program that streams the audio to your soundcard (requires a cable to be connected between your soundcard and cdrom, not that common anymore nowadays) or something like xmms that can play audio cds. In the case of xmms you need a special package xmms-cdread which will do this. I don't use it, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out... greets, Wim -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
