Is there a prog i can use to drag and drop mp3s that will convert them to wav to make audio cds for me? manually converting them in console is a hell of alotta trouble and takes up too much time...

Give:
K3B
A try. Alternatively, Eroaster, XCDRoast, GTKCombust should all work as well.

Oh, and I almost forgot, Arson.

One last excellent CLI app is at:
http://jetblackz.freeservers.com

Cool

When I try to get cdcopy to convert the files to wav for an audio cd, it says "mpg123 command not found"
what am i supposed to do about that?
And since I am posting, i would also like to know why i cant install rpm packages...it goes thru the dependencies and it gets to reading system state and then closes the installer.

what distro??

sounds like you need the mpg123 codec.

see my guide for more details

if its rh9, there is a page specific to that

I prefer the command line as it definitely gives a much better indicator of errors. So try using the command line to install your RPM's and then post up any errors:
rpm -ivh filename.rpm
Where filename is the file that is to be installed (be sure you are in the correct directory containing the file ).

Cool

GUI? Why? Go straight to the program with the command line.

# CD burning info
Is it configured and what is the device? Command this to find out:
cdrecord -scanbus
Adding an IDE CD-Writer to Linux
CD Writing HOWTO
# Burn an ISO to disk
cdrecord -v speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/foo.iso
# Burn from disk to disk
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> -isosize /dev/cdrom
# Generate an ISO from a directory.
mkisofs -Jr -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
mkisofs -vrTJUV "Label" -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
# Generate an ISO from a CD
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=foo.iso
Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO
# Convert mp3 to wav with lame
for i in *.mp3; do lame --decode $i `basename $i .mp3`.wav; done
# Burn a CD from wav files
cdrecord -v -audio -pad speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/*.wav
# Erase a CDRW
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> blank=fast

cli is nice for sure, but not everyone is used to it or likes it.

but then again if you make aliases for those commands it almost could be easier to use the CLI.

That's correct, but to get an error to the folks helping you, it's gotta be the best/easiest way

Cool

Didn't you mean "only way"?

Nope. You could browse log files too

Cool

unless like me you turned all loging off

Which works assuming you are at a point on your system where you have everything working correctly and efficiently and do not plan on adding more. Also, if you are connected to a network, it's probably a good idea to at the very least log some of that activity

Cool

Thanks for all the help, I was able to burn an audio cd sucessfully, which I enjoy listening to everyday in my car on my way to my crappy job.

Thanks ALOT