-- Nick Hastings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
(on Thursday, 05 December 2002, 11:20 AM +0900):
> * Bruce Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021205 11:03]:
> > Nick,
> >
> > It seems you are absolutely correct about using cdplay. It's better to
> > concentrate on the initial source of the problem rather than use XMMS and
> > see if that's the problem.
>
> This is how you should approach most problems, not just computer ones.
>
> > Anyhow, I installed the cdtool package as you said and tried cdplay.
> > Originally, I had more error than what I'm about to show you but I
> > took care of that error by adding myself to the group cdrom.
> >
> > Here is the error now:
> > ========================================
> > bash$ cdplay
> > cdplay: can't open cdrom (/dev/cdrom)
> > cdplay: error opening /dev/cdrom
> > /dev/cdrom is owned by group "disk"
> > Try , as root: chgrp --dereference cdrom /dev/cdrom
> > cdplay: CD Status is no_disc
> > ========================================
> >
> > Here is what my directories and files look like:
> > =======================================
> > bash$ ls -l / | grep cdrom$
> > drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Dec 2 13:07 cdrom
> >
> > bash$ ls -l /dev | grep hdc$
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Dec 2 13:07 cdrom -> hdc
> > brw--rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 hdc
> >
> > ============================================
>
> OK, I think you are almost there. What you show above is almost what
> you need. The thing is that you are now out of the disk group so you don't
> have permission so read or write /dev/hdc. Use chmod to fix this the
> prblem for /dev/hdc.
>
> chmod o+rw /dev/hdc
Since it's a cdrom and you /can't/ write to it (not without ide-scsi
emulation, which evidently isn't turned on currently as you're using
/dev/hdc), you only need to do:
chmod o+r /dev/hdc
(as root) to achieve what you need to do.
--
Matthew Weier O'Phinney
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