Assuming that your CD-ROM drive is /dev/cdrom: # umount /dev/cdrom
This 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 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 Music cd > > > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 22:45:42 +0800 > > Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]On Behalf Of Ethan > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:10 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 Music cd > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi 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 have > > > > access to /dev/cdrom.... the permissions are root:root but ls -lL does > > > > not give any output... pls help how can I play CDs on the CDrom? BTW, > I > > > > can mount a normal CDROM.... > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > .ethan > > > > > > > > Ethan, are you using something like CDplayer or Alsaplayer? You can > > > > not mount a audio CD, it is just put in the CDROM and then started > > > > from the CDplayer. Not being well versed in command line I use the > > > > players I installed on the KDE desktop so am not shure how you use an > > > > audio player from command line. But if you use KDE click on the > > > > kpanel>multimedia>sound and pick alsaplayer and then click on the > > > > folder 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 the > > > command line. It does _not_ work.... like I said, it gives the error > > > above. 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. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan Jennifer Lopez = "JLo" (pron: "Jay-Low"). Bill Gates = "BGa" (pron: "Be-Gay").
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