From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 8 13:54:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA17544 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:54:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17438 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 13:54:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA28059; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 15:54:07 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 15:54:07 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Studded cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xcdplayer In-Reply-To: <3503129F.7B5DF1A6@dal.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Studded wrote: > Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > > > OK, maybe this is one for -ports, but I figured I'd toss it out here. > > What device and I supposed to use for xcdplayer?? > > I know I got it to work once, but I can't do it now to save my life. > > I tried /dev/[r]wcd0{a|c}, /dev/[r]cd0{a|c}, /dev/[r]scd0{a|c}, and a few > > others. It's a plain, ordinary IDE (yek, I know) CDROM. Everything I > > try, I get: > > open: : Device not configured > > open: : Device not configured > > It's really starting to aggravate me, because I can't see how it can be > > this hard. > > Welcome to unix. :) I don't mean to be glib, but that's just how things > are sometimes. I believe this error means that there is no /dev/wcd0c > file. Double check that and if it doesn't exist, as root do: > cd /dev > /bin/sh MAKEDEV wcd0c I know that's not it: I'm not THAT newbie :P I know I got it to work before; just can't see why I'm having so much trouble this time. I know the devices are all there, because A) I can mount filesystems on CD's just fine, and B) I did an ll /dev | grep cd to see what other devices I could try It's kinda annoying that I have more trouble with xcdplayer than I do with a make release... *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message