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Well,

The problem is that I can't seem to open /cdrom using xmms. Here's what my files look like:

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[brock@parker brock]$ ls -l /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root    root            3 Feb 11 16:46 /dev/cdrom -> hdc
[brock@parker brock]$ ls -l /dev/hdc
brw-rw----    1 root    cdrom    22,  0 Mar 14  2002 /dev/hdc
[brock@parker brock]$ ls -l / | grep cdrom
drwxr-xr-x    2 root    root        4096 Feb 11 16:46 cdrom
[brock@parker brock]$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>  <type>  <options>              <dump>  <pass>
/dev/hda4      /              ext3    errors=remount-ro      0      1
/dev/hda3      none            swap    sw                      0      0
proc            /proc          proc    defaults                0      0
/dev/fd0        /floppy        auto    user,noauto            0      0
/dev/cdrom      /cdrom          iso9660 ro,user,noauto          0      0

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Using XMMS, I cannot load the cd audio files at /cdrom. Of course in redhat this would be /mnt/cdrom but it's pretty much the same idea. I can however load the audio files by either using /dev/hdc or /dev/cdrom. I'm just trying to solve what the problem here is regarding /cdrom and I can't seem to figure it out.

See what "stat /cdrom" says. Also, make sure you're really in the cdrom group with "id".

Before I state anything here I would like to apologize for starting another topic by accident. I must have hit the new topic button instead of postreply.

Alright, so this is what is specified when running stat on the cdrom

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[root@parker brock]# stat /cdrom
  File: "/cdrom"
  Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096  Directory
Device: 304h/772d      Inode: 701803      Links: 2
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)  Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: Wed Feb 12 16:50:57 2003
Modify: Tue Feb 11 16:46:02 2003
Change: Wed Feb 12 15:31:16 2003

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As for the group

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[brock@parker brock]$ id
uid=1000(brock) gid=1000(brock) groups=1000(brock),24(cdrom),29(audio)

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I know that I can use /dev/hdc and /dev/cdrom to load the audio files but I want to find out what exactly is causing this to happen. When I load the audio files this way, I also get another file that isn't playable. I assume this is the cd itself.

I was thinking that you should stat /cdrom when something was mounted on it. Sorry that I didn't specify that.

Dolda,

This has to do with reading an audio cd so mounting would not apply here. I'm going to assume that you meant putting in an audio cd and then running stat. Here is what it looks like with the AUDIO cd inside the cdrom

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[brock@parker brock]$ stat /cdrom
  File: "/cdrom"
  Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096  Directory
Device: 304h/772d      Inode: 701803      Links: 2
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)  Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: Wed Feb 12 16:50:57 2003
Modify: Tue Feb 11 16:46:02 2003
Change: Wed Feb 12 15:31:16 2003

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Here is what it looks like after mounting a DATA cd

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[brock@parker brock]$ mount /cdrom
[brock@parker brock]$ stat /cdrom
  File: "/cdrom"
  Size: 4096            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096  Directory
Device: 1600h/5632d    Inode: 116736      Links: 11
Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)  Gid: (    0/    root)
Access: Thu Jul 18 09:34:12 2002
Modify: Thu Jul 18 09:08:14 2002
Change: Thu Jul 18 09:08:14 2002

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Now that makes it quite different. I thought you were reading MP3:s from your CD. Then try running cdplay and see what it returns.

As I am running debian, there is no program called cdplay. However, I'm assuming that this is a command line cd probing tool. I have installed and ran cdcd which is another program in debian and it works fine.
I'm going to state again that I am able to run the audio files through /dev/hdc and /dev/cdrom. What I need to do is figure why I cannot use /cdrom to load the audio files into XMMS.

Becuse /cdrom is just a directory and doesn't contain anything. You can't mount an audio cd so you need to have it open /dev/cdrom and read it that way.

Ok,

Did I mention that I was mounting an audio cd? We all know that an audio cd CANNOT be mounted. However, the audio cd IS able to load from /cdrom. I've done this before and I'm perplexed why it's causing me trouble now. This is the purpose why I started this thread, to figure out why I cannot do it now when I was able to do it 2 days ago.

Are you sure that's what you did two days ago? It should be impossible.