Mark Wrote:mark murray <[email protected]> > Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:03:11 +1000 > > I am very new to Ubuntu, am using latest disro. The Cd and/or DVD > devices do not show as part of the computer. Audio software does not > recognise them, they do work.
Hi Mark, does this mean "They do NOT work." if you press the play button on the device Which device are we talking about? Do you mean the 'play' button on the CD/DVD drive itself? > sound emanates from the speakers but the default installed cd player and > rythmbox do not see them. what do I need to change ? When you say it doesn't see it, what is it you are trying to do to get something to 'see' it? > If the tray is open on the CD player it does show as a device Where does it show as a device? but as > soon as I close it it disappears and cannot be recognised ? Recognised by what? > MarkM > It may help if you can be more specific about the steps you are taking. Obviously 'we' can't see what you see :))) CD/DVD drives don't 'show' in the sense that you see them in something like Windows. For instance, when I put a CD/DVD in my drive a notification pops up on the screen telling that there is a device (the drive) is trying to mount the CD or DVD and asks me what I want to do. Sometimes the way things are done in 'nix can be confusing - I know I found it this way (enormously) when I first started out. One suggestion I have (I don't play CDs usually - I tend to copy them and play them from the hard drive) is to install Banshee: open up a terminal/konsole and in the command line type in: sudo apt-get install banshee or open Synaptic or the software package manager (dunno what it's called in plain old Ubuntu), search for banshee and install it that way. Then put the audio disk in and start banshee. See if the bottom left hand side window say something like 'audio cd' or something similar. If it does, then select that and see what happens. Get back to us all - I'm sure I'm not the only one who has written to you :)) Regards, Patrick -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
