John covici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This looks like the two-wire cable between the CD ROM and your > > soundcard is missing or loose. I'd check this first. If this is a > > laptop, it might well be that the connection between the two > > subsystems was left out intentionally by the manufacturer to save a > > couple of cents. Some do that. :-( > > > > I am having the same problem -- but additionally my CDROM has no > place to even put such a cable -- at least according to the person who > actually put the machine together. > I have not opened up the box to check, but if so, what can I do to > play cds?
It is most inlikely that thius is related to this cable.... I recommend you to get a recent cdrtools (e.g. from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/) and install cdda2wav suid root. Then call: cdda2wav -e -N -B If everything is OK, then you will be able to listen to the music. Otherwise you see human readble error messages that point you to the problem. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
