Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:22:42 +0200 From: Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Audio CDs Not Playing Message-ID: <20140731112242.2ddeb8c8a37f4077f1a03260@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <53D97A50.8090006@gmx.us> References: <53D97A50.8090006@gmx.us>
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:05:52 -0400 Dutch Ingraham <stoa@gmx.us> wrote: > Greetings: > > I asked this question on freebsd-questions a couple of days ago and > have received zero responses, so I'm posting here and asking the > hackers for their help. Here's the problem: > > I'm having trouble with playing audio CDs; specifically, they won't > play at all. Secondarily, it appears as though if they would play, I > would need to be root to do so. > > My system stats are as follows: <uname -a>: > FreeBSD dutch.freebsd.net 10.0-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE-p7 #0: > Tue Jul 8 06:37:44 UTC 2014 > root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > > I am issuing the <cdcontrol -f /dev/cd0 play 1> command and the CD > simply will not play (it does not physically spin). However, if I > issue <cdcontrol /dev/cd0 eject>, the CD will eject; if I issue > <cdcontrol /dev/cd0 info>, I will receive the tracks information, etc. > So it appears as though communication is happening, but the CD will > not play. If I issue these commands as a regular user, I receive a > "permission denied" message; if run as root, simply nothing happens - > no error, nothing. In fact, issuing <echo $?> returns 0. Is your user in operator group? Check with id and register your user in operator group My /dev/cd0: crw-r----- 1 root operator 0x4b Jul 31 09:43 cd0 Perhaps creating a link in /dev to cd0 with root:wheel u:g may work too --- --- Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es>
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