Re: FC5 mounting:wq audio CD's

["Kam Leo" <kam leo gmail com>]

On 3/24/06, akonstam trinity edu <akonstam trinity edu> wrote:
> n Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 09:37:26PM -0500, fredex wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 07:19:36PM -0600, akonstam trinity edu wrote:
> > > In sound production from a CD first you have to mount it. I saw in the
> > > release notes that in FC5 removable media would not be configured for
> > > mounting automatically. Bu t now I see I am having trouble mounting
> > > audio disks at all. What does this all mean and what are we supposed
> > > to do? auto does not work for the type of the audio cd. What type
> > > should we use, or is this a really stupid question.
> > > --
> >
> > Audio CDs aren't mounted. Only data CDs are mounted. A data CD can
> > contain MP3 files or other audio files that you can play, but I
> > assume since you mentioned "audio CDs" you don't mean that.
> >
> > You just insert 'em and if a CD player doesn't start automatically,
> > you start one up from the menu.
> >
> That is what I observed but neither  the standard gnome cd player
> claims there is a device error or totem opens and says it can't play
> the CD. So I am a little confused. You are right that the CD appears on
> the desktop but does not seem to be accessible.
> --

Have you checked Preferences in CD Player to see if Device is set correctly?

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