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Okay first, I got sound to work, but I can't play a cd. Should the device be set to cd-rom or /dev/dsp. Second, I have a cd rom and a cd burner drive, but on the burner is displayed on the desktop and listed as cdrom. My burner is the primary master and I forgot to change the shunt so the cdrom is secondary slave. Is that why the cdrom drive isn't recognized? It is not displayed in the /dev folder either...
ok, i think there is a hardware and software element to this.
if you've got two cd drives, i would strongly recommend that you place them both on the secondary IDE channel. make sure that jumper settings are correct, and don't forget to fit an audio cable from the drive you wish to use as the audio player to the cd-rom audio input on your soundcard. Most Linux CD playing applications need this.
This done, the cd rom *devices* themselves will be located in your /dev directory - typically /dev/hdc and /dev/hdd - there might also be symbolic links to these such as /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdrom1.
you may wish (and it's necessary in fact, if you're using burning software) to enable scsi emulation for the drives. this is done by enabling scsi emulation during boot - you'd need to amend your grub or lilo boot config file. if scsi emulation is enabled, the names of the cd devices would now be /dev/scd0, /dev/scd1. you might need to adjust any sym links to suit.
the actual *mount points* of any filesystem contained on the cd will be determined by entries in your fstab file - typically something like /mnt/cdrom or /mnt/cdrecorder. mount points are irrelevant for the purposes of playing audio cds.
to play audio, you need to instruct your cd player app (eg kscd) which drive to use - eg /dev/scd0. this can be accomplished in the player application config.
Okay, I'll give it a try. -Also, I use a opl3-sax sound card, and where the cdrom plugs into the card there is also another plug behind it what is that for?
the audio input connectors on soundcards are pretty unmistakeable and will only mate with cd audio leads. if there's another plug of the same type behind your cd input, it's possible it's an auxiliary audio input.
otherwise, it could be for an extension card - eg wavetable card, etc.
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