Tai-San
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no sound :(
i have detected sound card and the test sound plays perfectly but the cd player doesnt seem to work together with the sound card. i have set up the volume but it really doesnt work.
this might just be me, i dont know, im a noob in linux
this might just be me, i dont know, im a noob in linux
there are a few options
#1 - does the CD play music in windows? you may not have the audio cable from the CDROM to your sound card plugged in
#2 - if it plays in windows, check your mixer to see if the CD is muted/turned way down
failing both of those (it looks like you tried #2) what do you mean by it doesn't work, what exactly does it do, and where exactly does it fail?
#1 - does the CD play music in windows? you may not have the audio cable from the CDROM to your sound card plugged in
#2 - if it plays in windows, check your mixer to see if the CD is muted/turned way down
failing both of those (it looks like you tried #2) what do you mean by it doesn't work, what exactly does it do, and where exactly does it fail?
what distro are you using? Are you using ALSA (can be seen in startup messages) more info would be helpful.
If you are using alsa you may need to run alsaconfig or soundconfig or whatever config your distro gives you. Your volume might be turned down adn you need to run a mixer like kmix or alsamixer or aumix or whatever mixer comes with your distro.
If you are using alsa you may need to run alsaconfig or soundconfig or whatever config your distro gives you. Your volume might be turned down adn you need to run a mixer like kmix or alsamixer or aumix or whatever mixer comes with your distro.
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i dont get any sound, the cds plays well in windows and it shows that theres audio comming.
do i need a new mp3 player?
do i need a new mp3 player?
Tai-San
you need to help us help you, once again:
What distribution of Linux? (redhat, suse, etc)
Are you using ALSA or OSS for your sound? (if you don't know, please describe the install method you used for your distribution)
majorwoo
you need to help us help you, once again:
What distribution of Linux? (redhat, suse, etc)
Are you using ALSA or OSS for your sound? (if you don't know, please describe the install method you used for your distribution)
majorwoo
By default, your mixer is getting "cd" sound from the physical cd input on your sound card, no matter what sound driver you use. This means analog audio, which means it is sound that travels down the sound cable running from the cd player to the sound card. This is often disadvantageous, since many people want to play CDs in more than one cd drive, and can't because they only have one cable.
A better solution is to use the package known as xmms-cdread. This will play your audio through the data cable and will be included under the PCM volume level in your mixer, which is used to play wav files and mp3s and such.
I don't know what distribution you are using, so I can't give you a download link, but you should find it in your favorite RPM/apt/tar.gz source location.
Good luck!
A better solution is to use the package known as xmms-cdread. This will play your audio through the data cable and will be included under the PCM volume level in your mixer, which is used to play wav files and mp3s and such.
I don't know what distribution you are using, so I can't give you a download link, but you should find it in your favorite RPM/apt/tar.gz source location.
Good luck!
oops, adding to that, that means you have to play your CDs through your x multimedia system (xmms), which is a great all around winamp-type sound player for linux if you're not familiar with it. hope that helps.
just a note: No, you don't need an mp3 player to play an ordinary CD,
There is a possibility that you're not in the right system 'group', to be able to access the CD device.
If you have root access to the machine, you can try playing an audio CD while you're logged-in as the root user,. If it works then, but not as your regular user, then it's most certainly an issue of the user/group and file permissions on the CD device.
The problem, here, would be: If you (really, your system 'user') don't have permissions to read from the CD device, then your sound applications will not be able to get the data from the CD, in order to make the sound with
To check the group that is set on the CD device, you can run 'ls -l' on the device that your kernel will be using, to access the CD drive.
If you're using a plain IDE driver for the CD drive (this should be the most common case, if it is a regular CD/ROM drive and not a CD/RW drive), run this command:
ls -l /dev/hdc
If you're using a SCSI CD drive, or using IDE-SCSI emulation on an IDE drive,, run this command:
ls -l /dev/scd0
Then, you should see some output, like the following, from the 'ls' command:
For IDE devices:
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 2002-03-14 13:51 /dev/hdc
For SCI and IDE-SCSI emulation:
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2002-03-14 13:54 /dev/scd0
Your system may have different user/group names there -- rather than root/disk or root/cdrom; ("root" is usually the user on it, but who knows what each installation has, really)
The important thing to notice, for this, is the 'group' name show, by "ls -l", on the device.
For the IDE device,, as shown above, the group name is "disk".
In the second example -- for the SCSI/IDE-SCSI device, -- the group name is "cdrom"
Again: your Linux installation may use different groups on those devices. Whichever group it /does/ use for the CD device, that's what you'll need to remember
Now, a seperate step:
run the 'groups' command.
It will show you the list of system 'groups' that you're a member of,
if the appropriate group, for your CD/ROM device, does not show up in that llist, then you'll need to add yoursel to that group.
You should refer to the documentation for your Linux distribution, to find the application that your Linux distributor recommends, for adding a user to a group.
You'll need to add your regular user name to the group that was shown on the CD device.
If all else fails, here, then you should be able to use 'vigr' for adding a user name to a group.
Simply run the command:
vigr
Then, in the editor that 'vigr' launches, find the line on which the desired group-name is listed as the first field, like so:
cdrom:x:24:
the exact group ID value (24) there, isn't important for this, nor is the "x" in the second field.
What you'll need to do is to add your regular user name to the list of users in that group. To do this, add your group name after the last colon character, like so:
cdrom:x:24:myUname
...but, using your regular user name instead of "myUname"
If one or more user-names already exists in that group-members field, then seperate the group names with commas, like so:
cdrom:x:24:user1,user2
Remember, as well, that you'll have to do this for the particular group that was shown as having permissions on the CD device.
Once that information is edited, and the file saved, then exit the 'vigr' application. The system should then begin to recognize you as being a member of that group.
However, after you've added yoursef to the group, you'll need to log out of the system, then log back in again, for the change to be fully recognized by the system. The 'sg' and 'newgrp' commands can be used as something of a workaround for this; you can refer to their manual pages, for more information.
So, that ends it.
I hope that this will help you to get your CD audio working, now.
Good afternooon.
--
Sean
There is a possibility that you're not in the right system 'group', to be able to access the CD device.
If you have root access to the machine, you can try playing an audio CD while you're logged-in as the root user,. If it works then, but not as your regular user, then it's most certainly an issue of the user/group and file permissions on the CD device.
The problem, here, would be: If you (really, your system 'user') don't have permissions to read from the CD device, then your sound applications will not be able to get the data from the CD, in order to make the sound with
To check the group that is set on the CD device, you can run 'ls -l' on the device that your kernel will be using, to access the CD drive.
If you're using a plain IDE driver for the CD drive (this should be the most common case, if it is a regular CD/ROM drive and not a CD/RW drive), run this command:
ls -l /dev/hdc
If you're using a SCSI CD drive, or using IDE-SCSI emulation on an IDE drive,, run this command:
ls -l /dev/scd0
Then, you should see some output, like the following, from the 'ls' command:
For IDE devices:
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 2002-03-14 13:51 /dev/hdc
For SCI and IDE-SCSI emulation:
brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2002-03-14 13:54 /dev/scd0
Your system may have different user/group names there -- rather than root/disk or root/cdrom; ("root" is usually the user on it, but who knows what each installation has, really)
The important thing to notice, for this, is the 'group' name show, by "ls -l", on the device.
For the IDE device,, as shown above, the group name is "disk".
In the second example -- for the SCSI/IDE-SCSI device, -- the group name is "cdrom"
Again: your Linux installation may use different groups on those devices. Whichever group it /does/ use for the CD device, that's what you'll need to remember
Now, a seperate step:
run the 'groups' command.
It will show you the list of system 'groups' that you're a member of,
if the appropriate group, for your CD/ROM device, does not show up in that llist, then you'll need to add yoursel to that group.
You should refer to the documentation for your Linux distribution, to find the application that your Linux distributor recommends, for adding a user to a group.
You'll need to add your regular user name to the group that was shown on the CD device.
If all else fails, here, then you should be able to use 'vigr' for adding a user name to a group.
Simply run the command:
vigr
Then, in the editor that 'vigr' launches, find the line on which the desired group-name is listed as the first field, like so:
cdrom:x:24:
the exact group ID value (24) there, isn't important for this, nor is the "x" in the second field.
What you'll need to do is to add your regular user name to the list of users in that group. To do this, add your group name after the last colon character, like so:
cdrom:x:24:myUname
...but, using your regular user name instead of "myUname"
If one or more user-names already exists in that group-members field, then seperate the group names with commas, like so:
cdrom:x:24:user1,user2
Remember, as well, that you'll have to do this for the particular group that was shown as having permissions on the CD device.
Once that information is edited, and the file saved, then exit the 'vigr' application. The system should then begin to recognize you as being a member of that group.
However, after you've added yoursef to the group, you'll need to log out of the system, then log back in again, for the change to be fully recognized by the system. The 'sg' and 'newgrp' commands can be used as something of a workaround for this; you can refer to their manual pages, for more information.
So, that ends it.
I hope that this will help you to get your CD audio working, now.
Good afternooon.
--
Sean
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