April 2007 - CRUX - lists.crux.nu

ALSA bug ?
by arnuld 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

i am using CRUX 2.3 i686 on my AMD64. it has been 3 days i am searching Google with ALSA how to and ALSA setup, Linuxquestions.org, Linuxforums.org, Gentoo ALSA guide, TLDP alsa how to and CRUX archives at gmane and the best i have come up with are these: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.crux.general/740/match=a… http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.crux.general/735/match=a… http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.crux.general/2590/match=… still, that does not solve my problem. here is what i have done PROBLEM: sound applications HANG when i start to play any audio. (e.g "ogg123" HANG with "ALSA write error") i did 5 *fresh* installations of CRUX, to experiment with ALSA and all of the times i used EXACTLY same kernel options i used for Gentoo and i never had any problem with them. ALSA was built into the kernel. "alsa-lib", "alsa-utils" and "alsa-oss" were installed. then i used alsamixer to unmute and raise the sounds. INSTALL # 1.) "ogg123"plays songs, no troubles. i recompiled the kernel but it does not help. did not try mpg321 this time. 2.) "Ogg123" HNAGS while starting to play a song. even mpg321 hangs :-( 3.) ogg123 and mpg321 hang when i try to play anything. 4.) both ogg123 and mpg321 play fine, no problems 5.) this time, i did not install alsa-lib/utils/oss packages. i want some help on what should i do ? also, in all of these cases i did not see any "alsa" in "/etc/rc.d" -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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Re: ALSA bug ?
by arnuld 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

> On 4/30/07, Simon Gloßner <viper(a)hometux.de> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 07:23:08AM +0000, arnuld wrote: > > i did 5 *fresh* installations of CRUX, to experiment with ALSA and all > > of the times i used EXACTLY same kernel options i used for Gentoo and > > i never had any problem with them. ALSA was built into the kernel. > > "alsa-lib", "alsa-utils" and "alsa-oss" were installed. then i used > > alsamixer to unmute and raise the sounds. > Try to compile alsa as a module and do not built it into the kernel! tried that and same problem in face. BTW, kernel auto-loads all the sound modules at startup. -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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Re: Xorg errors from "startx"
by arnuld 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

> On 4/26/07, Chuck Foreman <chuckf(a)arcor.de> wrote: > Hi Arnuld, > > I think Tilman wants you to verify that "Via" support is compiled in > your kernel. i know that and i compiled the kernel with VIA support built-in. i don't know which module this i reporting. can you tell me which module it is ? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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Feature request
by Chris Pemberton 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Hello all, Multiple-core processor are increasing in popularity so, what about adding an option in CRUX to make use of these extra cores? Specifically, we could set some sort of "flag" that would replace "make" with "make -j3" when building ports. As an example, I have a dual processor PIII 700 machine with 512 MB RAM: /usr/ports/opt/xchat: "make" -> build time = 2:35 "make -j3" -> build time = 1:55 /usr/ports/opt/gqview: "make" -> build time = 2:11 "make -j3" -> build time = 1:20 These are small programs; but think about the time saved with firefox or qt3 or kde. So, what do you think? Chris

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changing the runlevel for X
by arnuld 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

this what i get from my /etc/inttab: Runlevel Description 0 Halt 1 (S) Single-user Mode 2 Multi-user Mode 3-5 (Not used) 6 Reboot i have installed xdm and added it to "/etc/rc.conf" SERVICES. now xdm starts but i think it is not taking the benefits of X. i mean, in other distros,we have : Runlevel 5 == "Multi-user with X" why not so in CRUX ? is it harmful or beneficial? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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Re: Xorg errors from "startx"
by arnuld 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

> On 4/26/07, Chuck Foreman <chuckf(a)arcor.de> wrote: > Hi Arnuld, > > I think Tilman wants you to verify that "Via" support is compiled in > your kernel. i know he wants to verify that but how do i verify that ? i tried Google and it does not help and i did choose the modules i used to do for Gentoo. -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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xine footprint-mismatch error
by arnuld 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

prt-get depinst xine-ui it failed while installing "xine-lib". this is the error i got: ====> ERROR: Footprint mismatch found: MISSING: /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.6/xineplug_ao_out_arts.so MISSING: /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.6/xineplug_ao_out_esd.so MISSING: /usr/lib/xine/plugins/1.1.6/xineplug_ao_out_jack.so ..................... one more line here ................. i checked "prt-get deptree xine-lib" and saw that al dependencies are installed. what could be the problem ? BTW, while installing one dependency, named "libmpc...." i got md5sum mismatch error. then i tried to extract that file directly using "tar xjf" and it extracted correctly. so i used the "-im" switch to install that single dependency alone (separate from "xine-lib") . then i tried to install "xine-ui" again and got this Footprint mismatch error for the 1st time. -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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Xorg errors from "startx"
by arnuld 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

i did "startx", checked my email in Firefox using Windowmaker and then killed the X with "C-M-backspace" and this i what i get from terminal: (==) Log File: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" (==) using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" FATAL: Module via not found (EE) VIA(0): [dri] DRIScreenInit failed. disabling DRI (EE) AIGLX: Screen0 is not DRI capable Xinit: connection to X server lost FreeFontPATH: FPE "/usr/lib/X11/font/misc" ref count is 2, should be 1; fixing. i know it is not able to find VIA driver but even package "xorg-xf86-video-via" is installed on my system. what could be the reason. (FYI, In both in Arch and Gentoo, after installing the xorg-xf86-video-via package the problem resolved) any solution ? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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psmisc-22.4 broken on ppc -> update to psmisc-22.5
by Clemens Koller 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

Hi there! core/psmisc-22.4 barks on my embedded ppc platform: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -Wall -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/share/locale\" -O2 -pipe -MT peekfd.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/peekfd.Tpo -c -o peekfd.o peekfd.c peekfd.c: In function 'main': peekfd.c:176: error: storage size of 'regs' isn't known peekfd.c:177: error: 'PTRACE_GETREGS' undeclared (first use in this function) peekfd.c:177: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once peekfd.c:177: error: for each function it appears in.) peekfd.c:176: warning: unused variable 'regs' make[3]: *** [peekfd.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/core/psmisc/work/src/psmisc-22.4/src' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/core/psmisc/work/src/psmisc-22.4/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/core/psmisc/work/src/psmisc-22.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 =======> ERROR: Building '/usr/ports/core/psmisc/psmisc#22.4-1.pkg.tar.gz' failed. An update to psmisc-22.5 solves this problem. Best greets, -- Clemens Koller __________________________________ R&D Imaging Devices Anagramm GmbH Rupert-Mayer-Straße 45/1 Linhof Werksgelände D-81379 München Tel.089-741518-50 Fax 089-741518-19 http://www.anagramm-technology.com

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fonts do not look good
by arnuld 25 Apr '07

25 Apr '07

i finished CRUX installation and then installed Windowmaker and ran Firefox but fonts do not look good :-( on Arch Linux i have to install "xorg-fonts-100dpi" "xorg-fonts-75dpi" and "ttf-ms-fonts" packages to make fonts look good. what i can do in CRUX ? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/

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