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# umount MOUNTPOINT Where MOUNTPOINT is where your CD-ROM drive is mounted. Usually this is /mnt/cdrom. On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:49:16 +0800 Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my cdrom is not mounted and umount gives:- umount: /dev/cdrom: not found > > I still cannot figure out why I cannot play the music CD. normal CDs I > am able to see and work with.... pls help. thanks, /ethan > > Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > > >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 "One World, One Web, One Programme" -- Microsoft Promotional Ad "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" -- Adolf Hitler
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