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[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

On Friday 25 November 2005 10:56, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Fri November 25 2005 12:51 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > So I'm curious which repositories you're using, 'cause between the
> > commercial DVD, Packman and Guru's RPM, I do not have access to
> > xmms-1.2.10-84 (likewise xmms-lib-1.2.10-84). I also note that
> > among packages installed on all three of our systems, these are the
> > only ones for which you're running a newer version.
>
> I just saw this in ANOTHER thread:

> > > The MP3 problem goes even deeper than that. I used official SuSE
> > > updates to update from KDE 3.4 to KDE 3.5 and it broke the KDE
> > > sound system. Artsd crashed when a system sound was attempted.
> > > This was because SuSE chose to move MP3 support out of its
> > > default KDE rpms and put it elsewhere so it could be left out of
> > > the default install. When doing the update those new rpms were
> > > NOT installed. I had to install them explicitly. I submitted a
> > > bug report to the KDE team and wasted their time on this. They
> > > were kind enough to identify the solution -- I was not the first
> > > to run into this.

Yes, I saw that too, but I don't think it's related because I am not 
using the (pre-release) KDE 3.5.


> > For the benefit of those who are battling the problem, what are
> > those RPMs which fixed the issue and where did you find them?
>
> kdemultimedia3-arts-mad-3.5.0-5
> kdemultimedia3-mad-3.5.0-5
>
>
> I don't have either of those packages installed..

So clearly this is not related to your experience of the "xmms cannot 
play MP3s" problem.


> Paul Cartwright


Randall Schulz