Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:07:23 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Robert Ames <robertames@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Plextor PX-870A drives Message-ID: <20100917140723.ad984afa.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <SNT131-w11A1E31AD94AAA09B06995C97B0@phx.gbl> References: <SNT131-w11A1E31AD94AAA09B06995C97B0@phx.gbl>
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On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:40:49 -0400, Robert Ames <robertames@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I have a couple of Plextor PX-870A drives in different machines > (see below) that I'm trying to use with atapicam. The drives mostly > work (booting, reading data, etc.) but for whatever reason neither > of them will play audio CDs using the "cdcontrol play" command. > They just sit there. The drives never spin up. Have you made sure that this drive can actually play audio CDs? I assume that drive exist that can't. It's easy to check: # cdrecord -prcap -dev 0,0,0 Watch for the line "Does play audio CDs". This assumes you have ATAPICAM facility loaded. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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