Audio CD problem

J_K9 · 03-16-2005, 01:33 AM

I am sorry for posting a similar thread in the Newbie forum, but my question was left unanswered. I am running Fedora Core 3 on my laptop and I have a problem trying to play Audio CDs and DVDs. When I put an Audio CD in, Cd Player opens automatically and comes up with an error message saying:

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The CD player is unable to run correctly.
Press 'Details' for more details on reasons for the failure.
Press 'Set device' to go to a dialog where you can set the device, or press 'Quit' to quit the CD player

So then I just close CD Player, and I open Grip, which comes up with a similar error message:

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Error: Unable to initialize [/dev/hda]

When I try to scan for a disc, Grip says that there are none in the drive!

I know that my DVD/CD-RW drive IS /dev/hda because when I type in "dmesg" in terminal, one of the lines is this:

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hda:ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)

And when I then try to mount it, it says:

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[maniac@gobledee ~]$ mount /dev/hda
mount: /dev/hda already mounted or /media/cdrecorder busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/hda is already mounted on /media/cdrecorder

When I insert a DVD, I have configured xine to open, but it just comes up with two error messages as well, saying:

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-xine engine error-
There is no input plug-in to handle 'dvd:/'.
Maybe MRL syntax is wrong or file/stream source does not exist.

And....

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The source can't be read.
Maybe you don't have enough rights for this, or source
doesn't contain data (e.g: disc not in drive). (/dev/dvd).

I have tried running Grip as root but that didn't work either. Please can you help me so that I can watch DVDs and listen to music CDs on my laptop? Thanks in advance,

J_K9

reddazz · 03-16-2005, 05:30 AM

Can you post your /etc/fastab.

J_K9 · 03-16-2005, 05:56 AM

Here is my fstab:

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# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrecorder auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,ro,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

Is that O.K? Thanks for replying!

J_K9

__J · 03-16-2005, 06:14 AM

if you check /mnt/cdrecorder now, does it have any files?

also, is /dev/hda listed now in /etc/mtab?

J_K9 · 03-16-2005, 07:11 AM

Yes, in /media/cdrecorder there are two folders: the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS of a DVD (I, ROBOT).

Here is my /etc/mtab with the DVD still in:

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/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 / ext3 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /sys sysfs rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /boot ext3 rw 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0
sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw 0 0
/dev/hda /media/cdrecorder udf ro,nosuid,nodev,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,user=maniac 0 0

Yes, /dev/hda is there. Thanks again,

[EDIT]
If you want I can also try it with an audio CD?
[/EDIT]

J_K9

J_K9 · 03-16-2005, 01:27 PM

So is there anything I can do now to fix it? __J please reply when you come on. Thanks,

J_K9

alan_h404 · 03-16-2005, 02:32 PM

I had a problem just like this when I first installed FC3. After running up2date and restarting, it was OK. I presume you've done this - (just checking!)

Alan

__J · 03-16-2005, 02:38 PM

unmount the media and try grip again. when you are reading striaght from device files, the device does not need to be mounted. also, according to your mtab it is mounting these discs with an ufs filesystem, maybe change the auto keyword in your fstab to iso9660 and see if that helps.

J_K9 · 03-16-2005, 03:15 PM

Thanks - I'll try to unmount it and remount it (mount /dev/hda /media/cdrecorder?), and open Grip and see if that works. If it doesn't, please can you tell me where exactly do I specify ISO9660 in the fstab? Thanks in advance,

[EDIT]
I remounted the /dev/hda to /media/cdrecorder, but it still says the same error message in Grip (with Grip pointing to /dev/hda and then when that didn't work /media/cdrecorder). I tried to change the fstab to run the CD as iso9660, but it said that /etc/fstab is a read-only file! How can I change the permissions so that I can write to it? Thanks again,

J_K9

__J · 03-16-2005, 03:43 PM

just leave it unmounted, it does not need to be mounted to play or rip cd's.

J_K9 · 03-16-2005, 03:46 PM

Oh O.K. And the fstab, can I change its permissions as root?

[EDIT]
I changed the fstab so that the CD/DVD is iso9660, but it still doesn't work. As it's a DVD, I tried to play it in Xine, but when I click on "DVD" it tries to find it in /dev/dvd, but it's not there. I have tried to change it to read from /dev/hda in the xine setup, but it apparently made no difference. I'll try playing an Audio CD as a user with CD Player. Do you have any other ideas? Thanks again,

[EDIT 2]
I have tried two other apps: Sound Juicer (CD Ripper) and Rhythmbox. Both of them recognise my NEC DVD/CD-RW Drive but neither of them can play my music cd (Anastacia - correct spelling?). Any help would be appreciated!

J_K9

alan_h404 · 03-17-2005, 09:45 AM

I found what I did to cure my DVD player woes! Have a look at this

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedor.../msg00006.html

Hope it helps

Alan

J_K9 · 03-17-2005, 10:10 AM

Thanks a lot! I'll try and see if it works later on today! Thanks again,

J_K9

P.S Did it also fix your audio CD problems?

alan_h404 · 03-17-2005, 10:19 AM

Yes! I pretty much had exactly the same problems as you - Just after the release of FC3 - but I have a DVD writer rather than a combo

Alan

alan_h404 · 03-17-2005, 05:28 PM

You can also install the update with

Code:

yum update udev

which is what I did. And then restart

Alan