David, First of all, thank you. I'm a newbie and I don't want to badder but what I did yesterday before sending my e- mail is exactly what you wrote.I'm reading the guides but it takes time and I usually check out other sources before posting messages. I'm receiving the following error for both hdd and hdc: [root@localhost ~]# $chmod 664 /dev/hdc -bash: 664: command not found what's wrong? Julian El dom, 06-02-2005 a las 18:38 -0500, David Curry escribió: > Julian Daich wrote: > > >I'm new in Linux and apparently have the same problem. My question is > >where can I introduce the" $chmod 664 /dev/hdc " command? > > > >Julian > > > > > >El sáb, 29-01-2005 a las 10:05 +0530, Vibhu Rishi escribió: > > > > > >>>After installing Fedora, the first thing i notice is that i can't play > >>>any VCD, DVD or even normal audio CDs; I "tested" my soundcard and it > >>> > >>> > >>I assume you are able to mount a data CD but not able to play your audio > >>CDs ? > >> > >>If so, I had the same problem. > >> > >>FC3 has a bug in the installation which makes the permissions of your CD > >>drive as 640. Change the permissions to 644 and your audio cds will > >>start playing. E.g. on my machine the CDROM drive is /dev/hdc ( use the > >>hardware browser to find out if you dont know) > >> > >>$chmod 664 /dev/hdc > >> > >>Working on the video part though. I have the same problem. Can't watch > >>Star Wars DVDs.. sigh ! :( > >> > >>vibhu.. > >>-- > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > Panel pop-up menu --> System tools --> Terminal, or alternatively right > click on the desktop --> Open Terminal > > Su - at the prompt and enter your root password. Enter the command at > the prompt. After execution of the command, return to user via the exit > command, close the terminal via the exit command. > > You should get a hold of some reference books on linux and do some > reading before trying to post many more messages. A good starting point > might be pdf files of Red Hat Linux 9.0 "Getting Started", "reference", > and "customization" guides available through following links on Fedora > documentation or links on documentation at Red Hat's home web site. >