using /dev/hdc or /dev/cdrom indeed got xmms to find an "Unknown/audio cd", but it wouldn't play it. Yes, I made sure I had an cdplayer pluggin selected.
Grip, which is what I really want to use here, consistently reports "No Disc". When using the -d option, only -d /cdrom will prevent it from displaying the warning window that it cannot open the CD device.
Michael; Are you shure this is a real audio CD, and not a burnt one by you? My experience with x-cd-roast is that, while burning, the end of the burning with "fixate..." (or Close disk, as it is called in some windowsprogs) must be finnished properly. No errors. No time out. This makes the disk playable as an audio disk, i.e. in a stereo device, and in the cd device in the computer. Unfortunely if this fails, the disk is useless. Trash it and burn a new one. Thomas