XMMS install problems

pandorazbox · #1 28th April 2005, 02:41 PM

I'm a noob to Linux, and am having problems already.

First, I am having problems with my AC'97 audio not playing anything every time I reboot my box. I have to redetect the audio card every time I load into Fedora. Is there any way for me to have this auto-detect when I load Fedora? It become a huge annoyance after the 4th reboot.

Secondly, I'm trying to install XMMS, and it is causing problems. I change directories into the XMMS folder I've downloaded to, and start the ./configure, and it says I don't have GLIB installed. However, when I try to install GLIB, it says I have GLIB already installed and the GLIB I have is newer than the one I've downloaded to install. Is this a dependency issue? I don't know how to correct this problem at all. I'm an application engineer for iFIX and Visual Basic. In those, I would just set a command line in the program to reference to the .dll it is missing. Is this similar to what is needed? ...AH! just need help...haha.

Thirdly, what program can I use to create C++ programs? In Windows, I just use either Borland or Visual Studio 6. Are there Foundation Classes similar to MFC for Linux? I'm assuming they would be Linux Foundation Classes, but is there anything like this for C++? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Druid · #2 28th April 2005, 03:26 PM

I am going to tell you about XMMS that, the best way is to download and install it via yum. Just open the terminal and become root. (Type: "su") . Then, type :

yum install XMMS
yum install xmms-mp3

For more information check this out http://www.fedoranews.com/contributo.../#Installation

PS: I want to use C++ but I do not know which is the best interpreter on Linux ? help the newbies....

tejas · #3 28th April 2005, 04:17 PM

g++ is the best

Type your program in any text editor, and save as *.cpp

the command is

Code:

g++ whatever.cpp

The output file is something called a.out

Run your program by

Code:

./a.out

.

Be warned:
a) conio.h has been removed. Do a clearscrean by system("clear") [in iostream.h]
b) You may get a warning about deprecated header files. Ignore them if you want to run windows programs, or make them vanish by using

Code:

g++ -Wno-deprecated whatever.cpp

-Tejas Dinkar

spike32 · #4 28th April 2005, 04:32 PM

SOUND:
I think you have a isa card, you need to manually set it up in /etc/modprobe.conf
What is the module that you need, or what do you do manually each time you reboot

COMPILEING XMMS:
you need glib-devel, double check it might need glib2, then you will need glib2-devel

tejas · #5 28th April 2005, 04:45 PM

Don't compile xmms. So many newbies die in the attempt.

For a start, just download xmms from
www.pbone.net

RPMS are what us semi-lazy people do to get programs. It is the equivalent of a windows install file for redhat. You cannot customise an RPM by editing the source code, but XMMS is pretty good as it is

And don't download the .src.rpm, because that is just the source code again

pandorazbox · #6 28th April 2005, 04:48 PM

XMMS needs glib 1.2.10, and i supposedly have a higher version than this. My soundcard is an onboard card. Intel AC'97 to be precise. It is running on an i865 chipset. When I reboot, I have to toggle my way through the menu system on the GUI to SOUND, then click DETECT SOUNDCARD. I have to press the TEST button before I can use my audio. Plus, when I load the CD Player that comes with KDE and GNOME, it doesn't like playing audio cd's that I insert. I have to reference my drive to /dev/hdc, and it keeps looking for /dev/cdrom. When I finally get it right, the volume is EXTREMELY low. I have to turn my speaker volume to max and turn the volume on the volume slider bar to max to hear a FAINT sound.

As far as XMMS, do you have to be in the directory where XMMS was downloaded to in order to use yum install XMMS?

pandorazbox · #7 28th April 2005, 04:50 PM

thanks for the link, tejas. I'd still like to know how to install things with yum and ./configure. I'd like to learn as much as I can with Linux. I'm an application developer for Visual Basic, and would like to get back into C++ to develop for Linux. So learning as much as I can for Linux now would be beneficial for me in the future.

tejas · #8 28th April 2005, 04:52 PM

Look in KMix or the equivalent for GNOME.

Chances are, the input volume for CD is exteremely low.

Get the RPM and install XMMS. You won't need any dependencies.

Yum is the equivalent of telling you butler, go by me bag of chips.
a) It will get all the cash needed for a taxi to the store
b) Look at all the stores till he finds your chips
c) And come back and give you the chips.

It doesn't matter where you run it from. It will not use the XMMS you downloaded. Yum basically downloads the latest RPM with all dependencies, and installs in the correct order. You may need to set up your /etc/yum.conf, so that is why I sugggest you fint the correct RPM at pbone.net

pandorazbox · #9 28th April 2005, 04:59 PM

can i use yum to install fedora updates? i'm having an awful time running my DSL connection and getting the updates via up2date. internet hangs for forever, runs for 3 secs, then hangs again. i want to get the updates, but it just hangs too much. know how i can get this with yum? people were telling me that i can use yum...

tejas · #10 28th April 2005, 05:04 PM

First you'll need to update your yum.conf

After this just run yum update whatever, and it will update for you.

Did you get c++ working the way you want?

pandorazbox · #11 28th April 2005, 05:29 PM

Currently, I'm at work, working with Visual Basic coding. My home PC is a Linux box, so I won't be able to get anything working until I get home. That's a few hours from now. I just wanted to get some answers before I got home and had to wait for replies to posts. What is the best C++ compiler for Linux? Is it the g++ that you mentioned above? Also, does WINE compile Visual Basic coding? I do have WINE installed, and somewhere, I read that it depended on what was going on.

tejas · #12 28th April 2005, 05:35 PM

Forget WINE. I haven't got anything except notepad and Solitare working with it [though others have had better success]

g++ is for compiling c++ programs. It is the free one that comes with fedora, and is enough for all of my simple programs.

In case you havent learnt, the 'man' command brings up a manual on that program. You may also want to look at 'info' an 'apropos' [appropriate]

run:
man g++
info g++
apropos g++

to learn anything you may need. And you will learn that g++ is an extention to gcc, the compiler of c programs. Repeat the man, info and apropos commands with gcc instead of g++

pandorazbox · #13 28th April 2005, 05:42 PM

While I'm at it, any suggestions on fixing my internet issue? Not sure if it was explained, so I'll restate it.... I try to load a webpage, and it hangs for a few seconds, goes, then hangs half way through loading the page, then goes again, then hangs, then finally loaded. This is with any web page or dloading. Mostly, the dloading isn't bad (goes the speed the DSL should go), but web pages are horrible. I've had faster connections with a 56k modem...

tejas · #14 28th April 2005, 05:58 PM

Maybe you are using a bad browser?

Do you have the latest firefox from www.mozilla.com/firefox

Easiest to download on a linux machine, or you will have to search the site for linux install. It is not an RPM, instead it is just an executable install file.

Oh, and bad news. As far as i've heard, no one has done anything using Visual Basic on Linux.

pandorazbox · #15 28th April 2005, 06:10 PM

crap. i'll have to keep my windows xp partition then. and i'm using 1.0.3, i believe. this is the same version i have on my windows part.

I'm assuming you run Fedora. you don't have internet problems like I'm having, do you?