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I installed SuSE 8.0 about 3 weeks ago (my first experience with Linux).
  For the most part, I am very happy with SuSE.  However, there are few
nagging problems that I can't solve due to my lack of experience using
Linux.

For example, I am not able to play an audio CD.  When I try to play an
audio CD using a graphical tool such as 'KsCD ', 'gtcd', or 'WorkMan', I
get an error message stating 'No Disc'.  I have verified many times that
the audio CD is inserted correctly in the CD reader.  When I run
'gcdplay' from the shell, 'gcdplay' logs an 'Input/output error'.

I am able to successfully mount, read, and burn data CDs.  This problem
affects only audio CDs.

Based on information I found on the SuSE support database, I also
changed the file permissions for the CD-ROM drive to assign access
rights to the group 'disk'.  I then added myself to the group 'disk'.
But neither of these changes solved the problem.

Has anyone experienced this problem on have an idea what may be causing
this?  Thanks very much for your help.

Dom

Quote:> Hello,

> I installed SuSE 8.0 about 3 weeks ago (my first experience with Linux).
>   For the most part, I am very happy with SuSE.  However, there are few
> nagging problems that I can't solve due to my lack of experience using
> Linux.

> For example, I am not able to play an audio CD.  When I try to play an
> audio CD using a graphical tool such as 'KsCD ', 'gtcd', or 'WorkMan', I
> get an error message stating 'No Disc'.  I have verified many times that
> the audio CD is inserted correctly in the CD reader.  When I run
> 'gcdplay' from the shell, 'gcdplay' logs an 'Input/output error'.

> I am able to successfully mount, read, and burn data CDs.  This problem
> affects only audio CDs.

> Based on information I found on the SuSE support database, I also
> changed the file permissions for the CD-ROM drive to assign access
> rights to the group 'disk'.  I then added myself to the group 'disk'.
> But neither of these changes solved the problem.

> Has anyone experienced this problem on have an idea what may be causing
> this?  Thanks very much for your help.

        ls -l /dev/cdrom*

what does it say?

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lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root     8 Jul 4 05:59  /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc

Quote:> Hello,

> I installed SuSE 8.0 about 3 weeks ago (my first experience with Linux).
>   For the most part, I am very happy with SuSE.  However, there are few
> nagging problems that I can't solve due to my lack of experience using
> Linux.

> For example, I am not able to play an audio CD.  When I try to play an
> audio CD using a graphical tool such as 'KsCD ', 'gtcd', or 'WorkMan', I
> get an error message stating 'No Disc'.  I have verified many times that
> the audio CD is inserted correctly in the CD reader.  When I run
> 'gcdplay' from the shell, 'gcdplay' logs an 'Input/output error'.

> I am able to successfully mount, read, and burn data CDs.  This problem
> affects only audio CDs.

> Based on information I found on the SuSE support database, I also
> changed the file permissions for the CD-ROM drive to assign access
> rights to the group 'disk'.  I then added myself to the group 'disk'.
> But neither of these changes solved the problem.

> Has anyone experienced this problem on have an idea what may be causing
> this?  Thanks very much for your help.

> Dom

I know this is probably useless to you. :-(

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Quote:>I am able to successfully mount, read, and burn data CDs.  This problem
>affects only audio CDs.

>Based on information I found on the SuSE support database, I also
>changed the file permissions for the CD-ROM drive to assign access
>rights to the group 'disk'.  I then added myself to the group 'disk'.
>But neither of these changes solved the problem.

>Has anyone experienced this problem on have an idea what may be causing
>this?  Thanks very much for your help.

>Dom

Matthew Gardiner

And make sure permissions are correct for /dev/scd0.

Just a guess.

Jim

Quote:>>>> Based on information I found on the SuSE support database, I also
>>>> changed the file permissions for the CD-ROM drive to assign access
>>>> rights to the group 'disk'.  I then added myself to the group 'disk'.
>>>> But neither of these changes solved the problem.

>>>> Has anyone experienced this problem on have an idea what may be
>>>> causing this?  Thanks very much for your help.

>>> When you do

>>>     ls -l /dev/cdrom*

>>> what does it say?

>> It says:

>> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root     8 Jul 4 05:59  /dev/cdrom -> /dev/hdc

> If your only drive is the CD-RW drive, the fact that you
> can burn CDs with it means it's /dev/scd0, not /dev/hdc.
> In kscd, go to the set up dialog, and for 'CD-ROM Device'
> change it to /dev/scd0. OTOH if you have a plain old CD
> drive in addition to the CD-RW drive, this might not
> help (but it should allow the CD-RW drive to play CDs
> anyway). Other CD player apps will need similar setup
> or a command line switch - check the docs for the playier
> in  /usr/share/doc/packages/<app name>.

> And make sure permissions are correct for /dev/scd0.

        ln -s /dev/scd0 cdrom

Make sure the permission bits are like the above, so you don't
have to be root to use it.

Good luck!  Hope we go it right for you!

Chris

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