Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:21:14 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't access a music CD (or any other media now) Message-ID: <20111023182114.27de6815@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20111023153829.216f1a49@cox.net> References: <4E924B4D.4050801@centurytel.net> <20111010063740.GA23603@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4E92BF3C.8080807@centurytel.net> <20111010104450.GA28895@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4E9616FD.5080404@centurytel.net> <447h49yed0.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <4E9627A6.8000907@centurytel.net> <44vcrtohej.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20111013162524.GA75476@freebsd.org> <44wrc8iz09.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20111018195712.GA18773@freebsd.org> <4E9F7899.6070401@centurytel.net> <20111020051902.1d120865.freebsd@edvax.de> <20111023153829.216f1a49@cox.net>
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:38:29 -0500 Conrad J. Sabatier articulated: > On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:19:02 +0200 > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > > > > What if you use Gnome's CD playing application, or something > > like XMMS with the CD audio plugin? I think your permissions > > are okay so you could make the drive play from your (non-root) > > user account. > > No, it seems that there's a severe level of "brokenness" that has been > introduced into the source tree with regards to CD devices. I've been > exploring this issue on my own system the last couple of days, and am > no closer to arriving at a solution than when I first started. > > None of the CD-related apps I have installed are working. cdcontrol > will read an audio CD OK, it seems, but playback is useless, since, > like most newer machines, I have no direct connection between the CD > drive and the audio device. > > Apps such as kscd, xmcd, etc. report no disc or no device found. grip > (using cdparanoia) will detect an audio disc and even fetch the > correct cddb info, but ripping fails completely. xmms reports "no > appropriate ioctl for device". > > This is progress? I tried raising this issue over a year ago; however, it never got any traction. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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