******************************************************* You will need to run the configuration script for xmcd to accurately recognize your cd-rom. The configure script is: %%PREFIX%%/lib/X11/xmcd/config/config.sh If you would like to submit data to CDDB you will need to install mail/mailx or add something similar to the following line in your Xdefaults: XMcd.cddbMailCmd: mail -s '%S' %A <%F >/dev/null 2>&1 xmcd and cda are not suid anymore, so if you want to allow non-root users to use xmcd or cda, either set the suid bit yourself, or even better, allow access to /dev/cd0 in /etc/devfs.conf, e.g. perm /dev/cd0 0664 *******************************************************