This tells you if the CD-ROM is
accessible.
If you get the CD-ROM working but it fails with the message CDROM device:
Permission denied when you try to play music as a non??“root user, the problem
may be that /dev/cdrom (which is typically a link to the actual hardware device) is
not readable by anyone but root. Type ls -l /dev/cdrom to see what the device is
linked to. Then if, for example, the CD device is /dev/hdc, type chmod 644 /dev/hdc
as the root user to enable all users to read your CD-ROM and to enable the root user to
write to it. One warning: If others use your computer, they will be able to read any CD
you place in this drive.
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FIGURE 20-1
Play CDs and store artist, title, and track information with gnome-cd.
Playing Music with the Rhythmbox Audio Player
Rhythmbox provides the GNOME music player that lets you do everything, at least according to
the Rhythmbox documentation. Rhythmbox is built on the GStreamer framework for developing
media players, video editors, and streaming media. You can play music files, import music from
CDs, and play Internet radio stations, all from one interface. Recent additions let you play podcasts
and free music from Magnatune and Jamendo online music services.
The first time you run Rhythmbox, consider setting some Rhythmbox Preferences by selecting Edit
Preferences (see Figure 20-2).
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