-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:51:22 -0500 (EST) "Thom Nuzum" <thom@cavtel.net> wrote:

Still even xmms (which I assume does not need sound card cable) pplays but without sound.

Disable the "CD Audio Player" input plugin in xmms and enable the "CDDA Paranoia" input plugin. Charles - -- "Computers may be stupid, but they're always obedient. Well, almost always." -- Larry Wall (Open Sources, 1999 O'Reilly and Associates) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/oED63epPyyKbwPYRApEmAJ0SXlus7KY8JF1/rIU3Si6XQIq7jACgzYJG P3z1NFS8XxcA83Ab/ZUPlHg= =YG2s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

The problem is most simple Do not buy another drive better buy the cable between DVD ROM and sound card, I am not sure but I has the same problem between my CD ROM and was resolved just with a cable CD ROM to Sound Blaster card. On Wednesday 29 October 2003 08:51, Thom Nuzum wrote:

Hi Folks,

I just installed SuSE 9.0 and cannot play cds. In 8.2 it seemed to work with at least xmms player. It would like to play CDs with all the other players too of course. I have a LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B player. I installed the SuSE DVD with it no problems. Also my sound card is a blaster live I think. I removed the sound card and am using on board sound (soyo board) in the hopes that is was the lack of cable between DVD-ROM and sound card. CDs still don't play: i.e. I can see them playing, but hear nothing. I have both physically a dvd-rom and a cd-rw and icons for both. In dev/media there is cd-rom, dvd, and cd-rw. I have tried removing autodetect and changing to Alsa and playing with mixers and increasing sound. Still even xmms (which I assume does not need sound card cable) pplays but without sound. I've heard LG is crap and am thinking of buying a new dvd-rom that will play cd music in SuSe so any suggestions to that affect would be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

Everything else in 9.0 works great.

Thom Nuzum thom@cavtel.net

There is also a product called BullFrog which is for electronic cleaning. CWSIV On Sun, 02 Nov 2003 06:54:44 -0700 Donald Henson <wepin@wepin.com> writes:

The problem may even be simpler than that. I had a problem where the CD would play sometimes and other times not. While checking the hardware, I happened to unplug and replug the cable to the sound card. To my surprise, the CD worked after that and the problem hasn't recurred in months. Sometimes, connectors get corroded. Unplugging and replugging just scrapes off the corrosion and gives you a good connection again. It's worth a try and cheaper than buying a cable or a new CD-ROM.

Don Henson

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 20:33, listas wrote:

...

The problem is most simple

Do not buy another drive better buy the cable between DVD ROM and

sound card,

...

I am not sure but I has the same problem between my CD ROM and was resolved just with a cable CD ROM to Sound Blaster card.

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