/dev/cdrom user permission problems!

soupnazi.tar.gz · 01-26-2006, 01:43 PM

I am having problems being able to play cds and watch DVDs as a user. Works fine as root. I've edited my /etc/fstab as follows:

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/dev/hdb6 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb2 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb1 /boot reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb3 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2
/dev/hda2 /ntfs ntfs ro 1 0
/dev/hdb5 /fat32 vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto users,noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

KsCD gives me this error, along with the breaking glass sound:

Quote:

CD-ROM read or access error (or no audio disc in drive).
Please make sure you have access permissions to:
/dev/cdrom

gXine gives me this:

Quote:

Autoplay for input plugin 'CD' failed.
Check engine output for further details.

I have also added myself to the cdrom group with Kuser. I have created all of the necessary symlinks. I know it is not a hardware problem because I had it working 4-5 months ago with the same setup (had to reinstall). Is there something that I'm missing?

I am pulling my hair out with this one, been googling and reading forums for 2 days now on account of this!

Please help me! LOL

thanks in advance!

lestoil · 01-26-2006, 02:15 PM

/etc/fstab /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0. try that. Remember you dont mount audio cd. Use kscd or xmms or whatever program for music cds. You may want to check /etc/group and be sure user belongs to disk,audio,video,cdrom groups. If you use floppy then add user to that group too. Some suggest user belong to sys and wheel also. Check out Linuxpackages web page document sexn for on-line Slacware Linux Essentials2 or MadPenguin's Slackware Handbook. Stickys at top of LQ SW forums also handy.

soupnazi.tar.gz · 01-27-2006, 12:44 AM

Ok I got it to work, my problem was that I was using the Kuser program to set user values instead of actually editing the /etc/groups file. In kuser it said that I was part of the "users" group. well when I went to edit the actual /etc/groups file I actually wasn't added to any group.

Now I am getting errors while playing DVD's in gxine. they will play fine for 10-15 minutes and then an error will pop up. I will post the error tomorrow, im to lazy to do it now.

Oh yeah, does anyone here know how I can speed up my mp3 ripping? KAudioCreator is really slow, I'm talking like 30-40 minutes to rip a cd. the lame encoding is relatively fast, its just the ripping that is unbearable. I know in gnome with grip you can turn off all of the paranoia settings and it will rip somewhat faster...but I dont like gnome, and dont want to deal with dependency stuff running gtk apps in KDE. How do I set the paranoia settings with KAudioCreator?

rkrishna · 01-27-2006, 01:11 AM

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/dev/hdb5 /fat32 vfat defaults 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto users,noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0

to
/dev/hdb5 /fat32 vfat auto,rw,umask=000 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0

it is not users but user ..
and u can add same for floppy so that users can mount and umont floppys
vfat line---> if users want read write support

MMYoung · 01-27-2006, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkrishna

to
/dev/hdb5 /fat32 vfat auto,rw,umask=000 1 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0

it is not users but user ..
and u can add same for floppy so that users can mount and umont floppys
vfat line---> if users want read write support

Users is just fine. If you specify user then only the user that mounted the filesystem can unmount it, by specifing users then any user can unmount the device, IIRC. Either way will work fine.

Later,
MMYoung