Welcome Linux, Bye Windows...

[QwertyManiac]

^^
Are you kidding? Its written for newbies lol!

 

[nitish_mythology]

Searched the 4 Fedora cds for xmms, could not get it!
Then tried my SuSe cd, found xmms(rpm).

Installed xmms......
It worked!
But the sound quality is not too good,a little bit less than what it was with windows..
What to do?

 

[nitish_mythology]

Switched to kde and xmms is working fine...
Wow! I want to distribute sweets to all the members in the forum!

Now I have to make my modem work!
First success with Linux...

I am so-so-so happy!
Memorable moment.

 

[mehulved]

Don't mix rpm's of SUSe and FC. Use add remove applications to search from the cd, I believe in FC4.
For sound you will need to just change the sound level. Type alsamixer in the terminal and change the levels of all the mixer using up and down button. You will get it. In GNOME you will have a sound mixer applet on the panel at the top. In KDE, if you right click on the task bar, and from applets select sound mixer and you can then adjust.

 

[nitish_mythology]

Downlaoded xine's rpm..
But there is a problem!
It never executes when I double click it(other rpms I have seen so far do), just opens in archive manager. On extraction it shows several files.
What to do?
Videos are still not playing.

 

[kalpik]

rpm -ivh <filename>

 

[nitish_mythology]

Xine is causing dependencies prb..
What is src.rpm file? is it diff from rpm files?

Lets downlaod VLC.

 

[mehulved]

src.rpm is the source file. It contains source code.
VLC is a dependancy hell. If you think it is difficult to manage dependancies for xine, it will be near impossible to solve dependancy for VLC.
I am not saying it's impossible but you will have to work for days to sort it out.

 

[Sukarn]

I would suggest you people to use Ubuntu. I found it the easiest to set up my network in it. It has repositories from which you can download and use software like xmms without any problems as it pulls out the dependencies with it.

*www.ubuntu.com/
*www.ubuntuforums.org/

 

[nitish_mythology]

The problem wont be solved by installing Ubuntu..
Coz my modem is not working with the P.C.

Installing Ubuntu is not the solution!

 

[Satissh S]

@nitish, forget all this rpm stuff, IMHO build vlc from source way easier
It wont leave u stranded, like making u work your way out of dep- hell
follow this tutorial, know that when installing from source u get as much mileage as what u want. -no more no less-

Use the following resource, IMHO its quite comprehensive,
*developers.videolan.org/vlc/nix-compile.html

Download the packages here,
*www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html
post back any queries.
Move away from binaries and builders such as rpm.

Forgot to mention,
use the help option in the configure script to learn more abt the build.
cd into tarred dir and,
./configure -h

 

[vignesh]

Why not try mplayer ?

 

[nitish_mythology]

I am on dial-up..
V.L.C is of 12.x MB,a visit to cyber cafe will be needed.
Day after tomorrow, I wll move out of station(for my admin in a new schoool )
Let see what can be done.

@Satissh S
Thanks for ur help!

 

[nitish_mythology]

By the way, what is IHMO?
Is this a dumb ques ?

 

[mehulved]

By the way, what is IHMO?
Is this a dumb ques ?

IMHO = In My Humble Opinion.
You decide if you think it's dumb or no.

 

[nitish_mythology]

Why do people use short cuts?
The ques was dumb-dumb-dumb

Well, downloading is bit diff.

 

[nitish_mythology]

I have a ques to ask...
Why Linux soft face dependencies prb, no such prb is there with windows?

 

[mehulved]

I have a ques to ask...
Why Linux soft face dependencies prb, no such prb is there with windows?

Cos linux has choice. So, every distro and also every version of distro is different. Also, many people configure their distros as per their needs since there is lot of choice available.
And who said windows doesn't have such problems? Haven't you heard of dll hell?

 

[QwertyManiac]

Lol the DLL hell, the good ol' windows lol.

Windows doesnt need dependencies, same way, no app runs properly on it lol.

 

[nitish_mythology]

I never faced any dll problems in windows.
Pls tell me how dll solve dependencies prb in windows..