[WLUG] Need talk for Oct 19 meeting

[Charles Dayringer]

Maybe a fresh install of 17.10 next week will fix it. I've been thinking 
of ditching Ubuntu Studio for a while, anyway, as it is a metapackage & 
I can't try out any new interfaces with it. It's been working reliably 
for me for several years, though, & I like the xfce interface fine.

-cd



On 10/16/2017 11:45 AM, Richard Green wrote:
> to: Charles Dayringer
> - IMO: Your backend is confused.
> Your initials are CD and you are asking it to play CD.
> I fear there is one inference too many, and that is interfering with 
> the interface.
>
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Charles Dayringer <dayringer at izzy.net 
> <mailto:dayringer at izzy.net>> wrote:
>
>     Ubuntu Studio 17.04 - HP laptop
>
>     I suddenly cannot play cd's, either on my built-in cd/dvd tray, or
>     on my usb cd/dvd device.
>
>     I get a gstreamer backend error.
>
>     Anyone else encounter that or have any ideas about that?
>
>     Searches don't turn up much for it.
>
>     Yesterday I put a cd in, and it stuck, wouldn't show up on the
>     filesystem, wouldn't eject, didn't play. It was inserted properly.
>     I ignored it & watched a movie on TV. 1 1/2 hours later, while
>     watching a movie - the CD suddenly started to play! I finally was
>     able to eject it. Now the cd tray will not open, even though it is
>     empty. I tried using my external cd/dvd usb drive, but only get a
>     gstreamer backend error - "cannot open the cd device for reading".
>     If I mount the cd & try playing one of the .wav files I get a
>     different error. I can play local files from my hard drive OK. I
>     can copy the .wav files from the cd to my disc drive OK, & play
>     them from there.
>
>     It was all working OK in the morning before this happened.
>
>     Huh?
>
>     -cd
>
>
>
>     On 10/14/2017 06:28 PM, Mike Bernson wrote:
>>     I am looking for talk for Oct 19 meeting.
>>
>>     Does anyone have something that they are willing to talk about ?
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