Do you have read permission for the device where the cdrom is connected (/dev/hdc, for example)?
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:21:40PM -0500, John Reinke wrote: > I'm getting very close - sounds now work thanks to the tips below. I still > can't get music CDs to work. They will work when I log into X as root... > but that's not good. > > When I start the CD player, it says: > > Error accessing cdrom device. > Please check to make sure cdrom drive support is compiled into the kernel, > and that you have permission to access the device. > > Reason: Permission denied > > > Like I said before, it will play CDs when I log into X as root. I tried > changing the group of the CD program (gtcd) to audio, since my username is > now a member of the audio group, but it still gave the same error. > > Any suggestions are certainly welcome, > John > > Eric G. Miller wrote: > >On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:20:39PM -0500, John Reinke wrote: > >> I've been setting up my sound, and I still don't have everything up and > >> running yet. I've noticed that the sound effects for Enlightenment won't > >> start until esd (Enlightenment sound daemon) is running, and I can only > >> start that as root. Is this because /dev/audio (and therefore esd) is only > >> accessible by root? > > > >As root: > >$ adduser <username> audio > > > >> I've had a suggestion to use groups to provide access to devices. Is this > >> the standard (and "safe") way to handle using sound for mutiple users while > >> using X? It doesn't seem that this is a common problem, so I feel I'm > >> missing something. > >> > >> Also, I wanted to test listening to a CD, but somehow I can no longer > >> access CDs. The Debian install created /cdrom (I assume this is instead of > >> /mnt/cdrom) and there is no /dev/cdrom to mount in the first place. It > >> says: > >> > >> mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist > > > >/dev/cdrom is a symbolic link to the real device. Just create it like: > >$ ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/cdrom > > > >You'll need to figure out which device is really your cdrom. But there > >aren't too many if it's IDE (/dev/hd[a-d] usually). > > > >And, yes, Debian uses /cdrom and /floppy instead of /mnt/cdrom and > >/mnt/floppy. You can change that if you like by creating two > >directories under /mnt and then updating /etc/fstab accordingly. Some > >Debian packages may expect the default, but I can't think of any... > > > >> My CD worked perfectly in a previous installation. I now am using a > >> week-old net-install of potato. > >-- > >SIGUSR1 > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > >/dev/null > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
