Can't access a music CD

[Lowell Gilbert]

"Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick at centurytel.net> writes:

> Thank You for the replies.  Got the part about not mounting an audio
> CD.  I wasn't trying to.  Inserting the disc in the drive brought up
> the error message.  Mounting a data CD or DVD acts normally and the
> filesystem on it can be accessed.

Okay, so what *are* you you using to try to play the CD?
Someone suggested cdcontrol, but these days a lot of 
computers don't come with the cable to get analog audio
directly off the drive. That's why the FAQ suggests xmcd, 
although it's far from the only option; most of the big 
desktop environments come with a CD playing application
that gets the data digitally.  For example, I think the
Gnome application is "brasero".