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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: xcdplayer for ATAPI Drve??
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 07:23:29 -0600
Organization: NeoSoft, Inc.
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In article <5eacso$auo@walt.ee.pdx.edu>,
	daver@sirius.cs.pdx.edu (Dave Roethig) writes:
> 
> I am using FreeBSD 2.1.0 with a ATAPI CD drive.
> I compiled xcdplayer from the ports dist. but I am 
> having trouble running it.
> 
> I call it with "xcdplayer -device /dev/wcd0c",
> It opens a window and then displays errors:
> 
>   ioctl(cdromreadtocentry): Invalid argument
>   ioctl(cdromreadtocentry): Invalid argument
>   cdrom_get_curtime: error from cdrom_open
> 
> 
> 
> What's wrong??

It has to do with the ioctl mechanism in the ATAPI driver.  Certain calls
that work with "standard" CD-ROMs fail.  Someone posted a patch here 
recently for the wcd driver that "translates" certain calls into something
the device can handle.  I'll see if I can find my copy and either post it
again or mail it to you.  Remind me, if I don't get back to you soon
enough.

-- 
Conrad Sabatier		http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads