> I've also installed the updates (gnome media) as > suggested by Gary > and the CD Player is reporting the same "drive > error". also, once i got my cd player to play (to find /dev/cdrom), when i plugged in my speakers, nothing happened. alsamixer solved that. my volumes were all turned completely down. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide