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-!!RedHat Linux Notes
+!!! My [MP3]s don't work!
-Just a few things
to make life with RedHat more pleasant
...
+One day, long ago, while all was going quitely in Linux land, [someone suddenly stood
to claim|http://slashdot
.org/article
.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241] that all programs which decode [MP3]s had to pay royalties to the developers of the [MP3] format. Even though soon after, [someone else refuted the claim|http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/29/1633205&tid=17], showing that free decoders never had and never would have to pay a licencing fee, the damage had been done
.
-!Glibc Bug
+RedHat, fearing a lawsuit, removed all [MP3] decoders from the [MediaPlayer]s in their distrubtion. To play [MP3] files on [XMMS], you have to install an [MP3] plugin from an external source. An appropriate [RPM] is available from the [XMMS website|http://xmms.org].
-This fault is particular to RedHat 8
. There are several open bugs on bugzilla
.redhat.com, but no "absolute" fix. The fault is thus:
+Even though we all know we should be using OggVorbis anyway
...
-Whenever the total members of one group (including the group name and group
-id ) exceed a certain number of characters on that group line in /etc/group, the group fails.
-This number seems to vary depending on type of members, position in the file, etc.
+!!! Installing XimianDesktop 2 breaks AptForRpm
-When the "magic number" is reached and a new user is added to that group, group functions no
-longer work
. For instance, adding user "joebloggs" to group users at
the "breaking point"
.
-Before you do
this, all group related functions (groups, getent group, etc) work correctly, but after adding user "joebloggs"
:
+This problem can manifest itself in many different ways
. It is caused by some bogus __db4__ packages with incorrectly set
the __obsoletes__ field. See http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=44442 for more details
. You might see something like
this:
-[[root@somebox etc]
# groups joebloggs%%%
-id
: cannot find name for group ID 100
+ __
# apt-get upgrade__
+ Reading Package Lists... Done
+ Building Dependency Tree... Done
+ You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
+ The following packages have unmet dependencies:
+ db4: Obsoletes: db1 but 1.85-.ximian.6.1 is installed
+ E
: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
+A simple fix is to replace your bogus __db4__ package with the corresponding fixed one from
+[http://www.math.utah.edu/~newren/my-ximian-db4-packages/].
+To find out which one you need, check which one you have:
-All groups __after__ that line in /etc/group will fail also.
+ rpm -qa | grep ^db4
-The fix (unlikely as it seems) is to upgrade
the glibc
packages to those in RawHide. Yes. ''Even though'' the major version changes... I was dubious about doing this at first, but all has gone well.
+Then download and install
the fixed
packages:
-This fault nearly drove GreigMcGill insane.
Many thanks to JohnMcPherson, PerryLorier, DanielLawson, and all the others on that stressful day on irc...
+ rpm -Uvh ''package1'' ''package2''
+Now everything should be back in good order.
-!My [MP3]s don't work!
-One day
, long ago, all was going quitely in Linux land. Suddenly, an [article|http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/27/1626241] appearen on Slashdot, claiming that all Music players that played [MP3] files had to pay a royalty fee to the developers of the [MP3] format to use the decoder.
-
-But was this the truth? Days later, another
[article|
http://newsforge
.com/article
.pl?sid=02
/08
/29/1633205&tid=17] surfaced, saying that free deocders had never had to pay a licencing fee and never would have to
. But the damage had been done. RedHat, in their quest to not get sued, removed all [MP3
] decoders from the music players in their distrubtion. To play [MP3] files on Xmms, you have to install an [MP3] plugin. The xmms [website|http://xmms.org] has rpm packages that you can download and install to bring your [MP3]s back. But we all know you should be using [Oggs | OggVorbis] anyway.....
.
+Another
, more complex solution is described at
+[http://thomas
.apestaart
.org
/linux
/ximian-rh9-apt
.php
].
