Subject: Re: xcdplayer on i386
To: Dominic Jones <dominicj@cs.utah.edu>
From: Grey Wolf <greywolf@siteROCK.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/02/2000 15:02:40
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Dominic Jones wrote:

# 	Is xcdplayer supposed to work on i386? I noticed that it was
# designed for Sun/SGI (if I recall correctly).
# 	If so: does anyone have any suggestions for solving the following
# problem? Here is what happens when I execute xcdplayer -debug:
# 
# open: : Permission denied
# open: : Permission denied
# cdrom_get_curtime: error from cdrom_open
# open: : Permission denied
# cdrom_open: cdrom not ready
# open: : Permission denied
# cdrom_open: cdrom not ready
# ...

What's ktrace/kdump have to say about this?  Where's it choking?
What's perms on the cdrom you're opening, and what's perms on xcdplayer?
Does -debug take away any special privs it might have?

# 
# 	I have successfully used my cdrom to mount and access data cds.
# 
# Dominic R. Jones
# The University of Utah
# jonesd@acm.org
# 


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