1/Cannot play a music cd.
2/ Xerox 3120 does not work under Mandrake 9.2
3/ Cannot install openOffice

thank you
yuval

Could you re-phrase the question with some information to help us help you please?

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Hello'

When I put a music cd in my cd rom and try to listen to it , no sound is produced through the speakers. i can see xmms running as the digits change, but no sound is produced through the speakers.
very strange and disappointing


I also downloaded OpenOffice (bin file) which I cannot install.


Thank you in advance

yuval

Did you even read anything in the link I posted? You still aren't giving us any information to help us help you. You know more about your computer than we do and you can do the typing and see the results of doing things, we can't do that and very few can read minds (I have succeeded in reading minds twice out of the number of posts you see by my profile, btw). More information on what you have, attempted and the results of that posted here (and other bbs) gets better, quicker answers.

Does the CDs light come on indicating that the CD is running?
Do you have things plugged in correctly, powered up?
Are volumes up and unmuted?
How many other CD players have you tried and have any of them worked?
If you can get it to play any way, that would mean you need to check the configuration of XMMS, inputs, outputs, effects, etc.

# I can't figure out what software I want and how to install/uninstall it
The table of equivalents, replacements, analogs of Windows software in Linux
# Find software here
Freshmeat
Sourceforge
rpmfind
# Guides to software management
LNAG - How do I install a program I downloaded from the Internet?
Rute Guide's software explanation
You might want to check out CheckInstall to manage source code installations/uninstallation

# Mandrake links
Mandrake home page
Mandrake Users website
Software management configuration: Easy urpmi config for Mandrake
Software management: urpmi mini-HOWTO
Software management: All You Ever Wanted to Know About Urpmi But Never Dared Asking Before
You didn't install the developmental packages? As root, command:
urpmi gcc
An Introduction to the Midnight Commander. You can install it by commanding:
urpmi mc
Midnight Commander home page

First thing, Linux need a small wire running from the cd player to the mother board to get som sound ( this is not necessary for wdz so hardly present)

Second thing can you plug speakers in front cd panel plug and let us know is something is working ?

Send output of command line : dmesg

... will help with your sound card ( what do you use : sound chip/card )

Have you something sound related or nothing ?