From: nall <nall@gentoo.org> To: rajiv@gentoo.org Date: 26 Oct 2002 23:12:25 -0500 here's something to add to the PPC FAQ if you think it's useful. nall. How do I play Audio CDs on my G4 PowerBook? This machine has no audio connector between the CD-ROM and the soundcard. Therefore, the audio must be read as data and then piped to the soundcard. This is possible using xmms and the cdread plugin. rebuild your kernel with the following options: // In "ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL Support" // In "IDE, ATA, and ATAPI Block Devices" < > Include IDE/ATAPI CDROM support // turn this OFF <M> SCSI emulation support // compile this as a module // In "SCSI Support" <M> SCSI support // compile this as a module <M> SCSI CD-ROM support // compile this as a module add append "hdX=ide-scsi" to the kernel image description(s) in /etc/yaboot.conf NOTE: hdX is the IDE device corresponding to your cd player. (on G4 PowerBooks this is hdc). type mkofboot -v to install the new yaboot.conf settings edit /etc/group add any users that should be able to play CDs to the cdrom group. reboot -n NOTE: this will REBOOT your system chown root.cdrom /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd chmod 660 /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd NOTE: make sure this path matches what's present on your machine emerge xmms xmms-cdread to play a CD, fire up xmms and enter /dev/cdrom as the file you want to play.
added in cvs. thanks.
