[Wylug-help] Input/output error when trying to read an audio CD

[Jim Jackson]

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Felix Ulrich-Oltean wrote:

> I'm running Debian unstable, with a 2.4.20 kernel.  I have an LG
> DVD-ROM drive (ATAPI IDE).  Reading data CDs works fine, but when I
> try to read an audio CD, either with "head /dev/cdrom" or with grip, I
> get:
>
> head: error reading `/dev/cdrom': Input/output error

Maybe i'm not understanding what you are doing, but is "head" here the
usual unix head utility? If so, what do you think you should get?

Anyway try loading cdda2wav or paranoia and check out their manual pages.

Also see the CDROM howto, especially

 http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO/x1186.html#AEN1222


>
> /dev/cdrom is correctly linked to /dev/hdb, which according to
> /var/log/dmesg is the DVD drive, as expected.
>
> I have the following modules loaded:
>
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> ide-cd                 26660   0  (autoclean)
> cdrom                  26848   0  (autoclean) [ide-cd]
> smbfs                  31952   3  (autoclean)
> sb                      7348   2
> sb_lib                 32142   0  [sb]
> uart401                 6020   0  [sb_lib]
> sound                  52044   2  [sb_lib uart401]
> isa-pnp                27844   0  [sb]
> soundcore               3460   5  (autoclean) [sb_lib sound]
>
>
> Any hints/suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Felix.
>
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