October 2002 - openSUSE Multimedia - openSUSE Mailing Lists

KOnCD 1.0r2 crashes when writing master CD in SuSE8.0 with Yamaha CRW3200E CD-R
by Larry Johnson KISE 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

Hi all...... I am a bit frustrated at this. Would appreciate a little help. I use Linux on servers, but this is my first attempt to use it as a desktop. Would really like an alternative to Windows...... On every attempt to write a data CD, KOnCD immediately crashes and the KDE crash manager opens. I have applied the fix offered in http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/tbraza_ide_brenner.html and the result has been the same. I have done the fix offered in http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/81_ide-scsi.html and it solved the problem of the DVD and CD-R not mounting, but not the crash on write. I have all updates from SuSE. I have checked the KDE KOnCD bug list and found over a dozen bug reports on the same issue, all from SuSE rpm's, but no resolution. I have searched this mailing list and found no help. Notes: The Yamaha CRW3200E SCSI CD-R and SONY CD-ROM CDU5211 SCSI are on a Promise IDE-66 controller card. The Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-105 is on a motherboard (ECS K7VZA) IDE controller. There seems to be no problem reading from these drives, except that the DVD-ROM will not read the SuSE 8.0 Installation DVD (A known, unresolved issue). Larry Johnson KeepItSimpleEngineering,Inc. http://www.kise-inc.com/

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AW: [suse-multimedia-e] SBLive+ALSA+MIDI
by Monaghan John 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

I would also be very interested in this as I am about to install an SBLive card in my (SuSE 7.1) Linux box. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Gary Counsellor [mailto:sineigs@eskimo.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. Oktober 2002 23:56 An: suse-multimedia-e Betreff: [suse-multimedia-e] SBLive+ALSA+MIDI Howdy, I've been using SuSE + Alsa + SBLive with Daughterboard (front midi, headphones, mic and spdif in and out) quite well for several years. I recently updated to SuSE 8.1 and was disappointed when the daughterboard no longer functioned. I was very suprised, while trying to troubleshoot the issue, to discover on alsa' web site that (quoted from website): "Known bugs - MIDI on SB live drive not working properly. - wavetable drops notes sometimes. (a good test example wanted.) The following does not work in SB Live!Platinum: - capturing the front panel RCA connectors - front panel midi connectors" How long have these not worked? Did they ever work at sometime? They always worked for me (except for the spdif connectors, which I've never gotten around to testing). I could have been living in ignorant bliss (highly underated). Will they start working again? when? and What's the major malfunction? If there is anything I can do to help please let me know. -- Gary Counsellor http://www.musician2000.com gary.all.attitudes(a)musician2000.com Please remove .all.attitudes before replying In 1977, there were 37 Elvis impersonators in the world. In 1993, there were 48,000. At this rate, by the year 2010 one out of every three people will be an Elvis impersonator. --(Source: N/A) ------------------------------------------------------- -- Gary Counsellor gary(a)musician2000.com MuseProductions "The world is much more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be" -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-help(a)suse.com

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SBLive+ALSA+MIDI
by Gary Counsellor 30 Oct '02

30 Oct '02

Howdy, I've been using SuSE + Alsa + SBLive with Daughterboard (front midi, headphones, mic and spdif in and out) quite well for several years. I recently updated to SuSE 8.1 and was disappointed when the daughterboard no longer functioned. I was very suprised, while trying to troubleshoot the issue, to discover on alsa' web site that (quoted from website): "Known bugs - MIDI on SB live drive not working properly. - wavetable drops notes sometimes. (a good test example wanted.) The following does not work in SB Live!Platinum: - capturing the front panel RCA connectors - front panel midi connectors" How long have these not worked? Did they ever work at sometime? They always worked for me (except for the spdif connectors, which I've never gotten around to testing). I could have been living in ignorant bliss (highly underated). Will they start working again? when? and What's the major malfunction? If there is anything I can do to help please let me know. -- Gary Counsellor http://www.musician2000.com gary.all.attitudes(a)musician2000.com Please remove .all.attitudes before replying In 1977, there were 37 Elvis impersonators in the world. In 1993, there were 48,000. At this rate, by the year 2010 one out of every three people will be an Elvis impersonator. --(Source: N/A) ------------------------------------------------------- -- Gary Counsellor gary(a)musician2000.com MuseProductions "The world is much more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be"

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rec command
by George Johnson 22 Oct '02

22 Oct '02

I was able to record from a cassette tape player to the aux in on my soundblaster card to a .wav file. I was using the gmix mixer to allow the sound into my computer then I was using the rec command in a terminal window to actually perform the recording. I was doing this from SuSE 7.3. I upgraded to 8.0 and can no longer record as the command just times out and returns to the prompt. I test the file created and there is no sound. Usually these recordings are 30 to 45 minutes long and I have to hit <ctrl> C to stop recording. What happened here? How can I correct the problem? Is the rec command no longer any good in this version or do I need to download another more recent copy of it? George Johnson

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/etc/asound.state for emu10k1
by John Lamb 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

Can someone please send me a copy of /etc/asound.state that will give surround sound for an emu10k1 card. I can't work out all the settings in alsamixer and I've some new 5.1 speakers. JDL Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 0.9.0beta12. Compiled on Mar 27 2002 for kernel 2.4.18-64GB-SMP (SMP).

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KDE 3.0.3 upgrade problems
by John Sved 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

After installing the KDE upgrade as per http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/linuks/i386/update_for_8_0/index.ht… certain apps crash. For example find files the Crash Handler dump says: (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)... (no debugging symbols found)...0x40f05099 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 #0 0x40f05099 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x40f7fbd8 in __DTOR_END__ () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x40d9a072 in waitpid () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #3 0x405c1ade in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #4 0x40d97a74 in pthread_sighandler () from /lib/libpthread.so.0 #5 <signal handler called> #6 0x407fb851 in QWidget::checkChildrenDnd () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #7 0x407fb96d in QWidget::setAcceptDrops () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #8 0x4099416e in QTextEdit::init () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #9 0x40993dbd in QTextEdit::QTextEdit () from /usr/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #10 0x40415a30 in KAboutContainerBase::addLicensePage () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4 #11 0x40417e85 in KAboutDialog::addLicensePage () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4 #12 0x404583a1 in KAboutApplication::buildDialog () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4 #13 0x4045713a in KAboutApplication::KAboutApplication () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdeui.so.4 #14 0x08055ff3 in QScrollView::mouseReleaseEvent () #15 0x0805698f in QScrollView::mouseReleaseEvent () #16 0x40e7a9ed in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 Similar output is given when some apps like package manager encounter a problem such as a zero result for a search. But the worst of the problem is that Yast2 will not start. The sand clock revolves for a while .......then nothing. I first noticed that Yast2 was sick when I was going to reinstall webcam apps which would not load. i.e. the KDE 303 upgrade did something to the webcam (video) apps. Since Qt3 looks to be involved I installed it again and the option Qt3 stuff , to be sure. But it has not helped. Main apps such as StarOffice, QCad, Mozilla, Digikam are OK I will post this Suse-kde list. ....... After a quick look ....it seems that KDE 3.0.3 is now old. Any suggestions 1) to stop the crashes 2) regain "lost" apps like Yast2 -- John

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RE: [suse-multimedia-e] Realplayer 8 stopped working
by Jonathan Cowherd 03 Oct '02

03 Oct '02

I believe that realplayer8 uses the native kernel drivers soundcore.o, etc to produce sound. You may want to read the kernel documentation for your card to see if there is any standing issues for your soundcard's chipset and the driver it uses. You can also do a google search for your card's chipset and linux and you should be able to find remarks people have made with problems they've had. Jonathan Paul Cowherd Linux and Java Administrator Genscape, Inc. Email: jonathan.cowherd(a)genscape.com Office: (502) 583-3730 Mobile: (502) 314-0444 -----Original Message----- From: John Sved [mailto:JohnSved@compuserve.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 5:58 PM To: Eduard Avetisyan Cc: 'suse-multimedia-e(a)suse.com' Subject: Re: [suse-multimedia-e] Realplayer 8 stopped working Eduard, OK.. I finally found the Options etc and have enabled the ALSA output plugin. So XMMS now works. Real Play 8 still does not (as discribed in my earlier post). Thanks, John Eduard Avetisyan wrote: > > > Hi John, > > >>I tried. I lookede into a XMMS config file. I saw nothing related to >>arts plugin. > > Try from the GUI: Options->Preferences->Output plugins... There are a > lot of interesting options there :) > > >>I could find nothing about how to enable the arts plugin. > > This is the KDE sound server, and can be enables/disables from KDE > Control center... A rough way would be killall -9 artsd (not > recommended :) > > Good luck > Eduard > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com > -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-help(a)suse.com

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RE: [suse-multimedia-e] Realplayer 8 stopped working
by Jonathan Cowherd 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

What type of sound card are you using? Are you using ALSA or just the kernel driver? I assume that all other sound software works as expected? Mp3 streams via xmms, etc? Jonathan Paul Cowherd Linux and Java Administrator Genscape, Inc. Email: jonathan.cowherd(a)genscape.com Office: (502) 583-3730 Mobile: (502) 314-0444 -----Original Message----- From: John Sved [mailto:JohnSved@compuserve.com] Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 1:25 PM To: suse-multimedia-e(a)suse.com Subject: [suse-multimedia-e] Realplayer 8 stopped working Hi, Using SuSe 8.0 (previously 7.2) and the RealPlayer 8. Only problem in the past was the processor clock rate on my laptop. If energy saving was not disabled it could cause the Realplay to play at the wrong speed. Now there is a wierd problem. The "welcome" plays for only 0.2 seconds and there is no audio. This occurs for all real media. i.e. A video will play for a frame or two and then stop - no sound. The aRTs in KDE control center - sound - server is set on at startup as always. The sound I/O was set to autodetect. I have now set it to ARTS. Realplayer is set to use native sound driver - as always. Trying the other two sound driver preference options does allow RP8 to play video or audio but there is no audio output. I had a look at the real.com community support (UNIX) site and tried the various posted suggestions that looks relevant but there has been no fix. I uninstalled and reinstalled RP8. Once it worked almost correctly with only poor sound quality even though the sound quality settings were the usual (16 bit etc.) But it did no last. Again there is no sound as described above. A fresh unistall, restart, install of RP8 did not help. The only recent change was the installation of Mozilla 1.1 (previously I had 0.9.8) for many months with RP8 working OK. and Java 1.4 RE I suspect that the problem may be caused by a SuSe 8.0 configuration bug or such but I do not know what to look for and I do not want to experiment ! Any suggestions please ? -- John -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-multimedia-e-help(a)suse.com

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Re: Re: [suse-multimedia-e] TV tuner noisy audio
by reg＠ryue.freeserve.co.uk 01 Oct '02

01 Oct '02

Hi, I have just found out from bttv list that because my card has a PAL-BG tuner and the TV standard in UK is PAL-I, I will not be able to tune into both image and sound at the same time. Reg > > From: Mel Steinberg <saxofon(a)pacbell.net> > Date: Mon 23/Sep/2002 19:10 CEST > To: reg(a)ryue.freeserve.co.uk, suse-multimedia-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [suse-multimedia-e] TV tuner noisy audio > > By the fact that you're able to get clear audio through tuning sounds > like the connection is good. Are you absoulutely sure that you have > the correct broadcast standard for the UK set in your preferences > (Options>TV Norm in MoTV)? You might want to try deleting the existing > .xawtv and .kwintvrc files from your /home directory and using YaST (I'm > also running SuSE8.0) to reconfigure your TV card (there's a provision > in it to match the selected card with different types of tuners mounted > on it (PAL/NTSC/SECAM). Good Luck! > > /mel > > P.S. - You mentioned that you manually configured the card. Does YaST > recognize it at all, with a different name? It could be that PixelView > PlayTV is a name a distributor slapped on it, and YaST is identifying it > under it's true identity. Just a thought. > > > reg(a)ryue.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Unfortunately, there is no internal connector on my TV card. > > > >However, I have tried fine tuning the channels and found the following: > >For most channels, if I increase the freq by 1 or 2 MHz, I can get a channel with very > >clear audio but no picture. I wonder if it is hardware problem or software (driver) > >problem. > > > >Have anyone come across this problem or have a explanation for it? > > > >By the way, I am using SuSE 8.0. The drivers, kwintv and motv are of the versions that > >come with the distribution. > > > >Regards, > >Reg > > > > > >>From: Mel Steinberg <saxofon(a)pacbell.net> > >> > > >>Date: Fri 20/Sep/2002 22:53 CEST > >>To: reg(a)ryue.freeserve.co.uk > >>CC: suse-multimedia-e(a)suse.com > >>Subject: Re: [suse-multimedia-e] TV tuner noisy audio > >> > >>I had a similar problem when I installed a Pinnacle (Miro - in Europe) > >>StudioPCTV Pro in my sister's computer. I got around it by using the > >>internal connectors in both the tv card and the audio card, instead of > >>the external 1/8" short stereo cable. I didn't have the same problem > >>on my computer, but using the internal connection leaves the external > >>line input free for recording, which is always handy. > >> > >>/mel > >> > >>reg(a)ryue.freeserve.co.uk wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I have got a PixelView PlayTV Pro TV (mono) tuner card and have installed the driver modules through > >>>YaST (the exact card model was selected manually). When I try to watch TV in motv and kwintv after > >>>scanning the channels, the picture is quite clear but the audio is very noisy (I can hardly hear > >>>the original audio of the programme). Does anyone come across this problem or have any suggestions > >>>what I can do? > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>>Reg > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________________________________ > >>>Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! > >>>For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on 0800 970 8890 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________________________________ > >Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! > >For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on 0800 970 8890 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free on 0800 970 8890

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