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Newer page: version 39 Last edited on Friday, July 7, 2006 9:26:51 am by AristotlePagaltzis
Older page: version 36 Last edited on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:26:55 am by JohnMcPherson Revert
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-!!! Messages reported by applications and [OperatingSystem]s  
-  
 This page tells you how to resolve problems in some applications if you receive strange/weird error messages or conditions. 
  
-You might also be interested in the FunnyApplicationErrorMessages wiki page .  
-See also CommonErrors and ErrorMessages (for [POSIX ]/libc error conditions ).  
+!! Various sound applications under [GNOME] 2 .x ([GStreamer ]) 
  
-!!! Sawfish/Sawfish-gnome  
+[GNOME] 2 has moved to using the [GStreamer] for audio processing, including recording and playback. Some applications may say things like:''''  
  
-If you do not get a drop -down menu when you click on a window's menu button, can't change the number of workspaces, and/or gnome -control-center says "the applet encountered an error" when you try to configure sawfish, it means that you have versions of sawfish and rep (and/or rep-gtk~[-gnome] ?) that don't like each other . For example, you have sawfish from debian woody (stable) but a rep from debian testing or unstable, even though these packages don't have an official conflict . Other symptoms include lines like "No such file or directory, sawfish /client" from the command line or in your .xsession-errors file.  
+ <verbatim>  
+ GStreamer -ERROR **: No default scheduler name - do you have a registry ?  
+ aborting. ..  
+ < /verbatim>  
  
+Or:''''  
  
-!!! GNOME 2.x - various sound applications/GStreamer  
-  
- GStreamer-ERROR **: No default scheduler name - do you have a registry ?  
- aborting...  
-or  
+ <verbatim>  
  Failed to create the player: Couldn't initialize scheduler. 
  Did you run gst-register? 
+ </verbatim>  
  
-Gnome 2 has moved to using the gstreamer suite for audio processing, including recording and playback.  
-  
- The answer is to run the command " gst-register-.8" as your normal user.  
-  
+The answer is to run the command <tt> gst-register-.8</tt> under your normal user account
  
-!!! tar (1
+If you have installed both [GStreamer] .8 and .9, or have run <tt>gst-register-.8</tt> as both root and yourself, delete the configuration files created by [GStreamer] in <tt>root</tt>’s and your home directory, and re-run <tt>gst-register-.8</tt> (probably similar for .9 ) __only__ as root and try to start Rhythmbox again.  
  
- tar: Failed open to read on /dev/nrst0 <No such file or directory>  
+!! tar(1)  
  
-You're using a BSD-derived tar, but using GNU-tar options - it got confused and is trying to use the default tape drive device. See PortableProgramming for tar option discussion.  
+ <verbatim>  
+ tar: Failed open to read on /dev/nrst0 <No such file or directory>  
+ </verbatim>  
  
+You're using a [BSD]-derived tar(1), but using [GNU] tar(1) options. It got confused and is trying to use the default tape drive device. See PortabilityNotes for tar(1) option discussion.  
  
-!!![ find(1)]  
+!! find(1) 
  
- find: paths must precede expression%%%  
- Usage: find ~ [path...] ~ [expression] 
+ <verbatim>  
+ find: paths must precede expression  
+ Usage: find [path...] [expression]  
+ </verbatim>  
  
-The regular expression used matches files in the current path. Surround your expression with single or double quotes and it should work. 
+Your shell glob(s) matched files in the current path. Surround your expression with single or double quotes and it should work. 
  
+!! See also  
  
+* CommonErrors  
+* [SSHErrors]  
+* FunnyApplicationErrorMessages  
+* ErrorMessages, for [POSIX]/libc error conditions  
  
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