hello!
i've just installed Kde 3.2.2 on my SuSe 9.0 system using the rpm of the site, and following the instructions of the README, but i have a few problems:
1. the start menu: everything is okay, but the arrows doesn't appear , so i don't know which menu has submenus! :-) this on the first level, from the second menu everything is okay
2. i cannot hear any music cd! everytime i want to mount a music cd (by going in konqueror to devices -- , i get the error:
/dev/cdrom: Input/output error
mount: I could not determine the filesystem type, and none was specified
Please check that the disk is entered correctly.

when i try to do it from the console, writing
# mount /dev/cdrom i get the same error
but when i try to hear a cd with the VLC player, it's okay...
so what can i do? why KDE doesn't recognize my cds?
help, please :-)
thanks

Maybe your CD drive is not listed in /etc/fstab in which case you will have to mount it with all the parameters.Type "info mount" for the usage.

Hello jesus_edu,

Today i upgraded my kde on suse, and i have excatly the same problem as you have/had.
I don't see the arrows indicating which items have submenu's...

Have you already found a solution for this?

Greetz

hello,

... now you come to mention it, they don't appear on my 3.2 install either..! i hadn't really noticed until now..

regarding your cd problem, er, you don't actually need to mount audio cd's as such - they don't contain any valid filesystem. you should just be able to play them.

The arrow problem is easy to solve, just figured it out

You have to add some spaces to one of the menu-headings.
If enough spaces are added, the submenu arrows will appear. Et voilà, your problem is solved

Greetz

I have a similar problem with KDE 3.2 . Trying to look at the contents of a CD with audiocd:/ produces a message along the lines of

the audiocd:/ protocol failed unexpectedly

I also can't play CD's using devices and although KSCD starts if a CD is inserted and appears to be playing (i.e the track time advances) no sound comes out

If you have managed to find any possible solutions to this they would be appreciated

This might be because the CD-ROM has no audio cable conected to your Sound card.More likely your system is configured to mount the CD-ROM in a different directory.
Post here your '/etc/fstab' file

Thanks I will check on the cable from the cd to the sound card

My fstab file is as follows in case it is of any help regarding the problem with audiocd

/dev/hde4 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hde1 /windows/C ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=iso8859-1 0 0
/dev/hde5 /windows/D ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=iso8859-1 0 0
/dev/hde6 /windows/E vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=437 0 0
/dev/hde3 swap swap pri=42 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
usbdevfs /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0

Any help would be appreciated

Fletch

The 'fstab' thingy was a request for Jesus_edu :P so we can help him.

But in your case and by looking at your setup, your CD-ROM's/DVD's seem to be mounted in rather unusual places, this should not be an issue since is my undertanding that app's would consult 'fstab' to find the CD mount point. Unless you need to manually tell to this app where is the mounting point.



My suggestion is to make a post in the 'Software' forum indicating exactly what application is the one having trouble. I am not familiar with 'audiocd' application nor i could find it in my packages list to install it.

I did think the request for a copy of fstab was for jesus_edu but thought I would post it anyway to see if it was any help

The audiocd is just to do with konqueror in KDE you type audiocd:/ into the command line and it displays the contents of an audio cd allowing you to rip tracks in various formats.

I did put a post in the software forum, but didn't get any replies but I will try again

To rip CD's I use KAudioCreator. You might get better luck with that one, dunno.. why dont you try it?

Thanks I will give KAudioCreator a try.

In the meantime I posted a more informative post (hopefully) in the software forum

one thing i have found with kio audiocd slave is that i appear to need an internet connection (for CDDB lookups) for audio cd browsing in konqueror - that is to say, without internet connectivity, because CDDB lookups are not possible, no audio cd browsing is available...

this stumped me for a few minutes..

I don't think the internet connection is a problem, its on all the time and works fine

hmm...

have you checked the CDDA settings in KDE Control Center?

Given that SuSE has a habit of mounting CD drives in a non-standard location, it might be worth explicitly pointing to /media/cd or whatever your device is. but i have to admit I'm guessing somewhat...