On Thursday 12 of May 2016 11:40:12 Felix Miata wrote: > deloptes composed on 2016-05-12 08:28 (UTC+0200): > > Felix Miata wrote: > >> I have 14.0.3 installed freshly on Jessie on an AMD Cedar machine 18 > >> months old. When I try doing anything to access a CD in either of the > >> two DVD drives, > >> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/xsession-errors-jessie-easyst.txt > >> (includes dmesg tail) shows some sort of audio setup problem seems to be > >> repeatedly trying and failing. When KsCD triggers this, it gets hung by > >> the problem. Simply logging out of the session takes an excessive length > >> of time, and so does attempting to reboot. Holding down CAD produces a > >> long string of failed to store sound card state messages instead of > >> rebooting, until well over a minute passes. On reboot, journal recovery > >> occurs. /etc/group seems to have the required user permission > >> assignments. Aplay works OK on a test .wav file, and so does normal > >> startup and shutdown system sounds. How can I tell where the fault lies? > >> Could there be a broken dependency? I don't see any open bug that seems > >> related. > >> > >> Output from alsa-info.sh: > >> http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Sound/alsa-info-jessie-easyst.txt > > > > On my notebook (intel) after starting kscd notebook rebooted - kernel > > crash. I tired in the vmware that I use for testing - the same result. > > In firt case I use 4.4.3 kernel. In the second the debian stock. > > > > Did you try kplayer or VLC to access the cd? > > No, but I got Trinity Kaffeine and SMplayer to work, so I guess KsCD must > be broken. Jessie's already an anachronism, so I guess I'm upgrading this > to Stretch. Maybe its KsCD will work. KsCD allows you to set whether to play as audiocd or digitally. Audiocd method requires an analog cable between the drive and sound card. The second method is substantially grabbing and playback as a conventional audio. Because most of new computers not allows analog connection, it is preferable to use digital playback. It usually has fewer problems. -- Slávek