Audio CD device

[Richard E Miles]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:42:20 +1100
"Simon Slater" <sslater at cybanet.net.au> wrote:

> > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:48:47 +1100
> > "Simon Slater" <sslater at cybanet.net.au> wrote:
> >
> > > For audio CD's to play on FC3, I have soft linked /dev/hdc ->
> > /dev/cdrom,
> > > changed the permissions of /dev/hdc from 660 to 664 and all is well.
> > > However after each boot the permissions return to 660.
> > >
> > > -Do I need a script to continually change this?
> > > -Why do the permissions revert to 660?  Is this udev??
> > >
> > > Many thanks
> > > Simon Slater
> > >
> >
> > Yes udev is changing the permissions. See
> > /etc/udev/permissions.d/50-udev.permissions. Look for cdrom.
> > You can create a local rules file 50-local.permissions in the
> > /etc/udev/permissions.d directory and set your rules there. ie:
> > cdroms/*:root:disk:0664.
> >
> > --
> > Richard E Miles
> > Federal Way WA. USA
> > registered linux user 46097
> 
> I created the 50-local.permissions file as suggested, but no joy.  I also
> substituted ...:root:... with ...:$local:... but again no success. I could
> not see reference to the 50-local.permissions file in the man page. Should
> the layout be the similar to 50-udev.permissions, with only the relevant
> lines? Is a soft or hard link from /dev/hdc -> cdrom still needed with this
> fix?
> 
> Thanks
> Simon
> 
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One other thing. Do you have the cdrom connected to your sound card? ie There
should be a wire inside your computer connecting the cdrom to the sound card.

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Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097