I have tried running Freevo on two different computers. The one I *want* to run it on runs SuSE 8.2. Freevo reads fstab and seems to find my CD-ROM OK, but no matter what I do I can't get freevo to recognize that there is a CD in the drive.

On the other hand, the other box running Mandrake 8.2 *does* recognize when a CD is inserted. However, that box has a CD burner in it so it uses the IDE-SCSI interface and freevo could not recognize the existence of the drive by reading fstab. I had to use a statement in local_conf.py like this:

ROM_DRIVES = [ ('/mnt/cdrom', '/dev/scd0', 'CD') ]

Mankrake also has supermount, so CDs are mounted automatically.

I tried fixing the SuSE box by putting this statement in local_conf.py:

ROM_DRIVES = [ ('/media/cdrom', '/dev/hdb', 'CD') ]

I also tried one like this:

ROM_DRIVES = [ ('/media/cdrom', '/dev/cdrom', 'CD') ]

This second statement matches what is in /etc/fstab.

There is no automounter software on the SuSE box. I got the impression from the freevo docs that none was needed.

Anyway, for now freevo can play files stored on the hard drive but cannot mount and read CDs. I'd appreciate any suggestions. (I checked through the archives and nobody else seems to be having my problem).

James Simmons




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