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!!! My [MP3]s don't work!

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.

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].

Even though we all know we should be using OggVorbis anyway...

!!! Installing XimianDesktop 2 breaks AptForRpm

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:

 __# 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 1.85-0.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:

 rpm -qa | grep ^db4

Then download and install the fixed packages:

 rpm -Uvh ''package1'' ''package2''

Now everything should be back in good order.

Another, more complex solution is described at
[http://thomas.apestaart.org/linux/ximian-rh9-apt.php].

!!! Eliminate the Need for Initrd in RHEL 4 or Centos 4
If you're trying to build a custom kernel from kernel.org and get "Warning: Cannot find initial console" on bootup followed by a hard lockup, see EliminateInitrd.
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Last edited on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 4:17:50 pm by "KevinCroft"
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