[TriLUG] KDE destop enthusiam rising

[M. Mueller/bhu5nji]

I got the CD player to work.. by using Grip 2.96.  As a normal user I enter:

> grip -d /dev/cdromX &

I get get /dev/cdromX by entering:

> ls -l /dev/cd*

because X changes as I reboot the system.

Something is having difficulty with the /dev/cdrom symlink and I am not 
having success figuring it out.  Each time I reboot, the /dev/cdrom symlink 
returns pointing to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 (which is a busted symlink itself).

Here's another related symptom I cannot explain:

> rm -f /dev/cdrom
> ls -l /dev/cd*
<no /dev/cdrom>
> ln -s /dev/cdrom/cdromX /dev/cdrom
ln: `/dev/cdrom': File exists
> ls -l /dev/cd*
</dev/cdrom->/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 exists now; why? how?>

These CD players all want to use /dev/cdrom.  Some of them will take a 
/dev/cdromX device and some won't.

I am searching the web for clues.  I found some vague leads.  Any help would 
be appreciated.

Mike

On Sunday 23 December 2001 03:08 am, you wrote:
> Well..., based on suggestions I received regarding Mandrake 8.1
> installation on a Compaq Presarion 12XL500 with 256Mb Ram upgrade...
>
> I changed to KDE and things are stable now.  The KDE Mailer Client is
> running for all 8 accounts in both directions.  I like the feature that
> allows mail from a certain POP account to be dropped into a customized
> folder.
>
> I am working on the CD player.  I accidently got the CD player to play on
> the GNOME player last night.  Not having any luck yet on the KDE player. 
> KDE is playing intro and exit songs to me so I know everthing is working. 
> There is a complaint about not finding /dev/cdrom/. I try to change it to
> /dev/cdromX where x=0,1,2,n.  It then complains about SIG 11.  using
> /dev/cdromX works when I mount -r -t iso9660 /dev/cdromX /mnt/cdrom. Here
> is the output of
>
> ls -l /dev/cd*
>
>
> lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root           16 Dec 23 02:51 /dev/cdrom ->
> ../cdroms/cdrom0
> lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root           13 Dec 22 21:42 /dev/cdrom5 ->
> cdroms/cdrom5
>
> /dev/cdroms:
> total 0
> lr-xr-xr-x    1 root     root           33 Dec 31  1969 cdrom5 ->
> ../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd
>
> Any thoughts on what to do next?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Mike
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