CD-Rom read error

gingins · 04-20-2005, 11:29 PM

When trying to play an audio cd i get the following error from kscd
cd-rom read or access error (or no audio disc in drive).
Please make sure you have access permissions to:
/dev/cdrom

There is an audio disk in the drive .

How go i give myself permissions to /dev/cdrom??

using Fedora 3 and KDE desktop

username17 · 04-20-2005, 11:42 PM

Easiest way to give permissions?
as root, "chown username /dev/cdrom"
Where username is your login name.

That may not be the best or cleanest way to fix the problem, but it will.

Another way it to setup a group for cdrom users and chgrp cdrom /dev/cdrom and then you'll have access to it.

gingins · 04-20-2005, 11:53 PM

tried it without the quotes of course
as root, "chown username /dev/cdrom"

and got the message chown: too few arguments

Did I miss something?

username17 · 04-21-2005, 12:25 AM

sorry, thought I explained.

You're changing the ownership of the file so "username" has to equal your login name.

let's say my login name is jason (which it is).. I would use, "chown jason /dev/cdrom".
Try that and see what happens.

EDIT: Rather, do this... "chmod 660 /dev/cdrom"

That sets +r for all to /dev/cdrom, since all you need is read access.

gingins · 04-21-2005, 09:33 AM

Thanks that worked