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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers CD-ROM Problems Post 42189 by RTM on Thursday 23rd of October 2003 01:34:49 PM
Old 10-23-2003
First, try running the probe-scsi-all command from the OK prompt to insure that the alias cdrom is actually pointing to where your cdrom drive is connected.

Second, make sure you have set the scsi id to 6 - should be a button to push on the back of the cdrom to change the id. Make sure you are not using that id on anything else (the probe-scsi-all command should tell you).

Third, what type of hardware are you using?
 

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SDL::Cdrom(3)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					     SDL::Cdrom(3)

NAME
SDL::Cdrom - a SDL perl extension for managing CD-ROM drives SYNOPSIS
use SDL::Cdrom; $cdrom = SDL::Cdrom->new(0); $cdrom->play(); EXPORTS
o "CD_NUM_DRIVES". DESCRIPTION
Create a new SDL::Cdrom object. The passed $id is the number of the drive, whereas 0 is the first drive etc. use SDL::Cdrom; my $drive => SDL::Cdrom->new($id); METHODS
CD_NUM_DRIVES() Returns the number of CD-ROM drives present. name() Returns the system dependent name of the CD-ROM device. status() Return the status of the drive. play() Play a track. pause() Pause the playing. resume() Resume the playing. stop() Stop the playing. eject() Eject the medium in the drive. id() Return the ID of the drive. num_tracks() Return the number of tracks on the medium. track() Returns the track description current() Return the current played track number. current_frame() Return the current frame. AUTHORS
David J. Goehrig Documentation by Tels <http://bloodgate.com/>. SEE ALSO
perl SDL::Mixer SDL::App. perl v5.12.1 2010-07-05 SDL::Cdrom(3)
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