From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 14 17:14:54 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 340CC1065694 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:14:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markus.hoenicka@mhoenicka.de) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.31.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8DFA8FC14 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:14:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [93.135.134.145] (helo=yeti.mininet) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1PHgAF-00035L-VT for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:14:52 +0100 X-Mailer: emacs 23.1.1 (via feedmail 8 I); VM 8.0.14 under 23.1.1 (i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) From: "Markus Hoenicka" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19680.6348.587693.845415@yeti.mininet> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:13:48 +0100 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <19679.15010.448084.859704@yeti.mininet> References: <19679.15010.448084.859704@yeti.mininet> X-Df-Sender: 472582 Subject: USB CD drive won't play audio CDs X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:14:54 -0000 Markus Hoenicka writes: > Hi, > > I'm making progress towards getting most out of my TravelMate > 8371. Lots of things work, but I ran into a problem with my external > CD drive, a Sony DRX-S77U DVD/CD rewritable drive. I can boot off this > drive, and I can mount data CDs without a problem. However, I don't > seem to be able to play audio CDs on this drive. > I've collected a little more data on that problem. First, I've plugged in the external CD drive into another laptop running FreeBSD: FreeBSD yeti.mininet 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #2: Fri Mar 12 22:29:46 CET 2010 root@yeti.mininet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 This laptop has a builtin CD/DVD burner which plays audio CDs without a hitch. However, the external one fails with similar error messages. The problems seem to be related to the fact that the external drive is connected via USB, whereas the internal one is an ATAPI drive. Also, the problem is not specific to amd64 but occurs on i386 as well. Next, I've plugged this drive into yet another laptop running Debian Linux. The drive was recognized in an instant, and I was able to play audio CDs. This means that the external CD drive is not defective. I know that FreeBSD isn't the multimedia OS of choice, but is there a general problem reading audio CDs from USB drives? Is there a chance that this problem is drive-specific? If yes, can anyone recommend a drive that works? regards, Markus -- Markus Hoenicka http://www.mhoenicka.de AQ score 38