Create a symlink from /dev/dvd to /dev/sr2

[Cuddles]

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root@1[/]# rmdir cdrom
root@1[/]# mkdir cdrom
root@1[/]# cd cdrom
root@1[cdrom]# dir
root@1[cdrom]# ln -sf sr0 /dev/cdrom
root@1[cdrom]# ls -la /dev/cdrom
total 40
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 2 22:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 36864 Sep 2 22:09 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Sep 2 22:12 sr0 -> sr0

What else should be done?

Hmmmm,

All you did in that exercise of rmdir and mkdir, is put back the "same" thing, and you still have the sr0 pointing to sr0...

Here is what I would do...

root@xxx# cd /dev/cdrom
root@xxx[cdrom]# rm sr0
root@xxx[cdrom]# rm cdrom
root@xxx[cdrom]# cd /dev
root@xxx[dev]# rm sr0
root@xxx[dev]# rm cdrom
root@xxx[dev]# rmdir cdrom
root@xxx[dev]# ln -sf scd0 /dev/sr0 
root@xxx[dev]# ln -sf cdrom /dev/sr0
root@xxx[dev]#

You have a /dev/cdrom directory, this is not proper, so I would delete all files, the symlink in the /dev/cdrom directory, it belongs in /dev, and no /dev/cdrom directory -=- So, in the above code sample; move to the /dev/cdrom directory, remove all files from that directory, move up one directory, then remove all symlinks that "point" or are "pointed to" /cdrom, remove the /dev/cdrom directory, and lastly, rebuild all the /dev/cdrom symlinks "in the /dev" directory.

This should take out the "directory listing" you get with a ls -la /dev/cdrom, and you should just get a symlink now...

Try XMMS for cd audio discs - Kaffeine for DVD's - for now - maybe its a setting in Kaffeine that isn't letting you play a audio cd - follow what I suggested for playing an audio cd in XMMS, a few posts ago - you want to be sure that the "plugin" for "CD Audio" is enabled in XMMS, and then change the "Play Location" to the device that has the audio cd in it...

I'll check back with ya, I'm currently under the "gun" at the moment at work, and don't have much time to work on this at the moment...

Ms. Cuddles