Play a CD

Playing a CD under Linux is like rocket-science. Find out your distribution and proceed accordingly:

= SUSE Linux 11.4 = We will use vlc as media player. Do not reboot during the following instructions: cdrom: /dev/sr0            HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N /dev/dsp
 * Log in as root and open a console
 * Find out your CDROM device:
 * 1) hwinfo --cdrom --short
 * Priviledge ordinary users to access the CDROM drive:
 * 1) chmod 777 /dev/sr0
 * Find out your sound device
 * 1) ls /dev/dsp*
 * Priviledge ordinary users to access the sound device:
 * 1) chmod 777 /dev/dsp
 * add a repository: yast2 -> software -> software repositories -> add -> community repositories -> pacman
 * install vlc
 * 1) yast -i vlc
 * create an ordinary user
 * 1) useradd -m myuser
 * assign a password to the ordinary user
 * 1) passwd myuser
 * graphically log out and log in again as ordinary user
 * start vlc:
 * 1) vlc
 * select Media -> Open Disc... -> Audio CD
 * as disc device, enter your CDROM drive, e.g. /dev/sr0
 * start playing with title 0

= Generic = CD playing software includes
 * vlc
 * kaffeine
 * totem

= See also =
 * CD
 * multimedia