Hi Scott. Thanks very much. I read it with interest and will keep it for future reference but might not do anything now as the main problem for me is solved and also I have got very busy suddenly with my business and other commitments. Hope to get back to it, Steve
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 11:55 PM, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > Easily solvable - read on. :) > > On 29/10/14 06:51, Eike Lantzsch wrote: >> On Tuesday 28 October 2014 19:27:56 Steve Greig wrote: >>> Thanks Scott and Gary. >>> >>> The problem is now largely sorted out as I have got VLC media player >>> to play audio cds now by opening it and asking it to play the cd in >>> the cd drive as Gary suggested. I have also discovered how to make VLC >>> display the tracks on the cd. Still if I go to dolphin it lists the >>> audio cd on the left but it does not respond in any way if you click >>> on it so you cant see the individual tracks on the cd. > > >>> I have found >>> that if I put a cd of photos in the drive then the name of the cd >>> appears on the left and when I click on that the individual photo >>> files appear. So it is looking like I can do most of what I would like >>> to which is great. > > That's not related to the original problem. > Audio CDs have no filesystem. > Data CDs, like the one with your pictures on it do (iso9660). > >>> >>> I did try to do the install that Scott suggested as it would be nice >>> to have the audio tracks listed from within Dolphin although not >>> essential. > > Playing CDs, and being able to view the virtual file system on an audio > CD in Dolphin, are two distinctly different things. > > To view the virtual filesystem in Dolphin you *need* > kdemultimedia-kio-plugins installed. > >>> It seems not to have worked. The following is the response >>> I got: >>> >>> steve@debian:~$ su >>> Password: >>> root@debian:/home/steve# apt-get -y install kdemultimedia-kio-plugins >>> Reading package lists... Done >>> Building dependency tree >>> Reading state information... Done >>> Suggested packages: >>> lame >>> The following NEW packages wl be installed: >>> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins >>> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 81 not upgraded. >>> Need to get 128 kB of archives. >>> After this operation, 466 kB of additional disk space will be used. >>> WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! >>> kdemultimedia-kio-plugins > > > This error is the result of *not* having installed the keys that allow > apt to check the authenticity of downloaded packages. You /could/ force > the over-riding of the authenticity check but it's strongly recommended > *not* to. > > You likely debian-archive-keyring package installed. You can check with:- > dpkg --get-selections | grep debian-archive-keyring > > If you get nothing from the above command you'll need to install it or > you will *not* be able to *securely* install *any* debian packages. > There are two ways of doing that:- > > Easiest, least secure (as root):- > apt-get --force-yes install debian-archive-keyring > > Better:- > 1. Open the following link in your web browser:- > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=debian-keyring&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=main > > 2. Follow the link matching the Debian release you have installed[*1] > (you don't tell us) and download that package:- > e.g. if you run wheezy, follow that link:- > https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/all/debian-keyring/download > to the mirrors page for that packages:- > https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/all/debian-keyring/download > and choose the nearest mirror nearest your location. > > 3. Download the appropriate package for your Debian release > > 4. Install the debian-archive-keyring. As root:- > dpkg -i debian-keyring_*_all.deb > > > Regardless of which method you use, you should now be able to install > kdemultimedia-kio-plugins without a security warning. You'll then be > able to view the virtual CD audio filesystem. > > *Important* > Not having the keyring installed may have caused you to miss updates. > After installing the keyring as root:- > > 1. Update the package database:- > apt-get update > > 2. Check for updates (but don't install them - yet[*2]):- > apt-get -s upgrade | more > > 3. Page through (by pressing the space bar) what will happen if you > upgrade your packages. If nothing you care about is going to be removed > - proceed with the upgrade:- > apt-get -y upgrade > > > [*1] If you don't know what release you have installed, run the > following as a normal user:- > lsb_release -sc > > > [*2] As you didn't have debian-keyring installed it's possible you have > other problems. If you'd like help checking your sources.list run the > following as a normal user and post the output:- > cat /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*}|grep '^[^$\|^#\|^\s*\#]' > > > >>> E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes >>> root@debian:/home/steve#t would be nice to have a list of tracks on >>> the cd but maybe not essential. > > Follow the above instructions and you *will* have that ability. :) > >>> >>> >>> Thanks again to you both for your help. I am pretty happy with the >>> situation now but open to any more suggestions or comments. Best >>> wishes Steve >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Gary Dale <garyd...@torfree.net> wrote: >>>> On 28/10/14 03:01 AM, Steve Greig wrote: >>>>> If I put a CD into my computer it appears in Dolphin on the left hand >>>>> side >>>>> where it sais 'Audio CD'. However if I click on this the contents do not >>>>> appear in the main window of Dolphin. Also I cant play the CD or find any >>>>> other way of accessing it. This applies to other CDs not just Audio. In >>>>> the >>>>> past I have accessed CDs without problems on this same computer. >>>>> >>>>> It may be relevant that I often get an error message something like 'apt >>>>> update cant access CD drive' (I cant remember the exact wording). >> >> Looks like your CD is still in /etc/apt/sources.list - but that is no problem >> relating to your Audio-CD trouble. > > > Agreed on both points. > > <snipped> > > How audio CDs display in Dolphin:- > http://ge.tt/7X7t4v22/v/0 > > KDE ref:- > https://userbase.kde.org/Dolphin/File_Management#Encode_and_copy_audio_CD_tracks > > > > Kind regards > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54502ce6.3000...@gmail.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? 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