From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KBcsj-0004b8-KI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:50:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 58FAFE04D3; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:50:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wlym.com (static-45.wlym.com [216.12.222.45]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39F2EE04D3 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:50:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-192.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.192]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5PLoLA8012656 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:50:23 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m5PLoIiv018164 for ; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:50:21 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.13.7/Submit) id m5PLoIY1018161; Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:50:18 -0400 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18530.48538.27431.635756@ccs.covici.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:50:18 -0400 From: John covici To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CD ROM does not play audio CD's In-Reply-To: <200806252201.01570.uwix@iway.na> References: <200806252201.01570.uwix@iway.na> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-Archives-Salt: 7e998f90-a2f1-4aea-8207-df4c751eda5a X-Archives-Hash: 0767ff40edbe9371de48f710470ae549 on Wednesday 06/25/2008 Uwe Thiem(uwix@iway.na) wrote > On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Yoav Luft wrote: > > Hi, > > I posted a similar e-mail a couple of weeks ago and got no > > response. I wish not to spam the mailing list, only for maybe a > > better luck this time. My CD ROM drive had stopped playing audio > > CD's. It still works fine, data CD's work alright and various > > programs manage to gather useful information about the audio CD's > > tracks, but I hear nothing. I checked all controls in alsamixer to > > be unmuted and at reasonable volume, but it's not it. I can't rip > > the CD's neither. Any ideas what might be wrong? > > This looks like the two-wire cable between the CD ROM and your > soundcard is missing or loose. I'd check this first. If this is a > laptop, it might well be that the connection between the two > subsystems was left out intentionally by the manufacturer to save a > couple of cents. Some do that. :-( > I am having the same problem -- but additionally my CDROM has no place to even put such a cable -- at least according to the person who actually put the machine together. I have not opened up the box to check, but if so, what can I do to play cds? -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list