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I am very new to linux, and I can no longer play any type of compact disc. I was messing around as root the other evening (BAD IDEA for newbies!!) to try to make Xcd Roast working, and somehow (and I honestly don't know how) I did quite the opposite. I made my cd players unrecognizable or something.
As I said, I'm very new to Linux, so if ANYONE can be patient with me and take me through a step-by-step process on how to possibly fix this major problem, I'd be SOOOOO appreciative!
In Yast under hardware --> cdrom drives is it posting the correct drives? Any of them, all of them? If there are cdrom devices listed try adding them if its able to be selected.
The only thing I'm seeing that could pose an issue is three entries for scd0, with one commented out.
well,
for the DVD YaST gives the device name /dev/hdc and for the cd-rw it gives /dev/sr0.
How come the dvd uses hdX and cdrw uses srX?? I guess I will try changing my fstab (but i will not go overboard this time! i learned my lesson!!)
Just trying to learn at least one new thing everyday
When I check out my files through the terminal window, sometimes some of them are red, sometimes, green, sometimes yellow, and sometimes there's a star next to the file. What do the different colored text mean and what's the star all about??
Thanks!
PS: Still MAJORLY confused about the cd rom issues. The more help with that, the happier I will beeee!!
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