now I did it ..

[Mike Medai]

neil at jenandneil.com wrote:

>>># adduser mikem disk
>>>      
>>>
>>The adduser command does not work.  I get this as a result .. even if I
>>go back all the way to the root directory:
>>    
>>
>That command is intended to add your username to the disk group.  I don't know 
>what distribution you're using, so I just went with the Debian answer.  
>Otherwise, KDE has a User/Group Manager program (KUser in the System menu).  
>Or you can edit /etc/group manually, I suppose as well.
>  
>
I tried the KDE user group manager thingy adding my username to anything 
that seemed suitable such as Audio and CDRom .. but it didn't fix the 
problem even after restarting KDE.  However, the icon in Konqueror has 
changed in that it is now a churning gear wheel instead of a static icon.

>I have another "just for grins" method to try.  In the programs menu, go to 
>System, More Applications, and File Manager (Super User Mode).  This will 
>prompt you for the root password and open Konqueror as root.  Try the 
>audiocd:/ link from there.  If it works as root, then we know it's a 
>permissions issue.  If it doesn't, then it's a configuration issue.
>-N
>  
>
This on the other hand had positive results!  As root I can access the 
audiocd:/ area and yank the .mp3 files off the CD.  Wahoooo!

Btw, is it possible that some of the CD's that I'm messing around with 
are old enough that they don't have .mp3 files encoded on them?  Some of 
these CD's are from back in the late 80's (Yes, I'm still hanging onto 
my old vinyls too!!  That is another project that is coming to be 
happening later this year, I hope.)

Mike