Thank you. Okay, I looked at the picture. My computer tower has only the USB ports, on the front, directly under the CD slot, one other similar slot which seems to be for "recordable CD's" and another, 2/3 size (narrower, too small for a CD) slot whose use is a mystery to me.
On the right hand of the mystery slot are two USB posts, oriented vertically. I inserted the thumb drive finally, after realizing I had to remove the cover. I had never seen one before I purchased this, so I didn't know it had to come apart, to get at the part to insert. I'm embarrassed to admit I had no idea how to get at the business part, but wanting to try to follow your request, I checked to see if it would come apart, and viola'! Then it made sense, and I inserted it, after flipping it several times, since it seemed as though it should go further, but apparently it was inserted far enough, because, surprise! A small window appeared, as if by magic, the way CD's use to get a response on the screen, and it says, "3BF8-0A57 - File Browser." I don't actually have any idea how to put anything onto it, but what you wanted, I think, was to know if there was a response, and I suspect this is what's supposed to happen, right? It lists the item as "1 GB fil..." meaning file, I presume. I then clicked on it once, and it showed in the display, if that's the right word, by which I mean the otherwise blank space that icons or lists turn up in when you want to see what's in an item from the left hand menu, and it showed as four separate things, folders actually in icon view. I don't know what they mean, but they're labeled: "cdrom," "cdrom0," "floppy," and "floppy0" whatever those mean? Does this enlighten us (you) as to what might be wrong with the CD relationship or connection to the monitor or to the Rhythmbox? The listing I mentioned first, in the left hand menu as "3BF8-0A57 - File Brower" disappeared from the left hand list when I clicked it, and it displayed as the four folders I mentioned. I tried to get it back, but failed, getting a message that it couldn't be retrieved, and was maybe deleted, or something like that. My problem now is that I don't know how to remove the thumb drive. Can you give me a hint? I tried the browser, but it didn't say anything about removing it. I ask because I'm worried about just pulling it off, but if that's what one is supposed to do, you might want to tell me. Otherwise, I'll probably have to just leave it there until I know if it's safe to take off without doing anything first. I mention this because I overheard someone once say something about having to do something, to remove it, but I don't remember the details. I apologize for taking up so much of your time. I really appreciate your help and your kindness. Sincerely, Doris > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:11:35 +0000 > From: ben.v.r...@gmail.com > To: hazelbitsnatur...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 478962] Re: Before Ubuntu upgrade to 9.10, the Rhythmbox > side pane had the item "Unknown" which I had to click to play inserted > CD's. That's missing, so I can't play CD's. Help! I don't know what to do, > if not that? > > Doris, let's take this one item at a time... > > Don't worry about another type of CD. We can figure stuff out in other > ways. > > As for the USB thumb drive, it will work with Linux. There are two > common reasons why the thumb drive did not insert into the port. The > most common is that it is upside-down. Hold the thumb drive like you > would a playing card, and imagine that you are looking at the face of > the card. Try to then insert the drive into the USB port. If it > doesn't seem to fit, flip the thumb drive in the same way you would if > you wanted to see the back of the playing card, and try to insert it > again. The other common mistake is confusing the similar USB port and > the Firewire port. > > The following image can help: > http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2002/591/usb_firewire.jpg > There are 4 usb ports in a group, and then a firewire port (angled > vertically) next to those 4 usb ports. > > Let me know if you are able to successfully insert the device, and if > the computer took any actions. > > -- > Before Ubuntu upgrade to 9.10, the Rhythmbox side pane had the item "Unknown" > which I had to click to play inserted CD's. That's missing, so I can't play > CD's. Help! I don't know what to do, if not that? > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478962 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “rhythmbox” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > When the upgrade for Ubuntu 9.10 was offered, I thought I was expected to > allow it to run, I am rather new at this stuff. It took all afternoon last > Sunday, a week ago, and since then I have encountered several unfamiliar > problems. The most disturbing is that the Rhythmbox no longer contains, in > the side pane, the option "Unknown" which I was able to play my inserted CD's > by clicking, once I had inserted one in the computer mechanism for that. At > that time, the computer monitor would also display a small window telling me > that it had noticed that I had inserted a CD and asking if I wished to use > Rhythmbox to listen to it. I would then click "okay" and it would disappear > that window and open Rhythmbox. At first I didn't know what to do, and it > took some trial and error to figure out, but I found that if I clicked on > "Unknown" the computer would oblige my wish to listen to the CD by listing > all of the tracks and that then when I clicked on "Play" it would oblige me > even further by doing so. I was very happy to discover how to do this, but > now there is no item "Unknown" listed, and therefore, having tried everything > I can find to click on, and to no avail, I am at my wits end, as I cannot > listen to my CD's at all. HELP! please? > > Apparently this involves firefox-3.5, and something about > /var/log/dist-upgrade/. I tried to figure out what is wanted for > information, but most of what I've read is beyond my vocabulary, > computer-wise, which is limited still. I am trying, but much is assumed, and > it is hard to figure out where to learn it from. Please try to help me get > my CD's to play. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sun Nov 8 23:36:48 2009 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp > NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia > Package: yelp 2.28.0-0ubuntu2 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic > SourcePackage: yelp > Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686 _________________________________________________________________ Eligible CDN College & University students can upgrade to Windows 7 before Jan 3 for only $39.99. Upgrade now! http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691819 -- Before Ubuntu upgrade to 9.10, the Rhythmbox side pane had the item "Unknown" which I had to click to play inserted CD's. That's missing, so I can't play CD's. Help! I don't know what to do, if not that? https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478962 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to rhythmbox in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
