update 2004-DEC-13
Music CDs
Just insert the CD and within about 10 seconds the "workman" CD
player utility will start. I've found it best not to move the mouse
while this is happening, as doing so sometimes causes workman to crash.
Workman has a volume control.
To eject the CD use the eject button in workman. If you accidentally
closed the workman window, then use the shell command "eject cdrom".
To turn off the speaker
and send the sound to headphones use the audio/volume control on "audioplayer"
(accessible from the programs menu when you press the mouse
button on background in CDE). Alternately:
- From a shell type:
/usr/openwin/bin/audiocontrol
- Deselect "speaker" and "lineout" and select "headphone".
- Do something else.
One final note, while you can plug the headphone directly into the CD
and use the dial to adjust the volume, this bypasses all software volume
controls. Instead it's preferable to plug the headphone into the back of the
computer in the outlet marked with an "a" or an arrow going into a circle
- on Ultra 5's it's near the mouse cable [bottom left hole looking
from the rear].
Software CDs
Insert CD. The CD will be mounted in the file system at /cdrom.
To eject the CD use "eject cdrom" after making sure you are no longer
in the /cdrom directory (otherwise you'll get a "device busy" complaint
and CD will not be ejected).
If you need "raw" access to a CDROM, then just like with any other removable
device handled by the Volume Manager, this can be done by looking under /vol
-- just like when you "tar" floppies.
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