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Thread ID: 48644	2004-08-28 23:01:00	burning audio cds with toaster	kiwirik2001 (2583)	Press F1

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266425	2004-08-28 23:01:00	Hi all. I run FC1 and did the latest update last night. When I try to create an audio cd I get 1 track with no sound on it. I have tried converting mp3's to wav using both toaster and xmms output plugin, but can get the damn thing to work. Is there anything obvious I'm doing wrong? n I have read the howto's from the documentation project but that just leaves me baffled. Its the only thing linux hasnt done easily for me (other than interact with my camera) since i totally ditched windows at xmas. Please help. Thank you very much Richard Morris	kiwirik2001 (2583)
266426	2004-08-29 07:32:00	Hi Richard, Can you get sound when playing standard audio CD's and not just the ones you burnt yourself? I found that Toaster was not the most user friendly burning app. Have you seen/heard about K3b (k3b.plainblack.com) which is a nero clone. Very easy to use. You can find RPM's for Core 1 here (k3b.xcyb.org/), or if you use apt or yum, have a look here (http:). What sort of problems are you having with your camera? Are you using KDE or Gnome on Core 1?	Jen C (20)
266427	2004-08-29 12:09:00	hi there and thanks for your reply. I have tried to download the rpms for k3b but the dependencies are impossible to fullfill. Also I cant find the k3b rpm and yum tell me I am uptodate. got me beggared. This is the one thing I take linux to task, it is very hard to get something to work first time everytime. I'll just have to keep pluging away at it and hope for the best	kiwirik2001 (2583)
266428	2004-08-29 23:39:00	>Also I cant find the k3b rpm > and yum tell me I am uptodate. got me beggared. Are you using the vanilla supplied default yum.conf that came with Core 1? If you are, this is probably why yum cannot find nor solve the dependencies for K3b. It *should* handle this with no problems and make your life easier. :) First download this yum.conf file from here (fedorafaq.org) (right-click on it and choose "save as") to somewhere handy in your /home directory. While it is still in your /home directory, open it up with a text editior and add the following lines at the bottom and then save it:[xcyb-stable] name=Fedora Core 1 ( xcyborg / stable ) baseurl=http://rpms.xcyb.org/fedora/1/stable/ [xcyb-bleeding] name=Fedora Core 1 ( xcyborg / bleeding ) baseurl=http://rpms.xcyb.org/fedora/1/bleeding/ To modify your yum.conf you need to be root first. Got to /etc and find yum.conf and make a backup copy of it (eg yum_original.conf). Now copy the downloaded yum.conf into /etc. Next you need to update yum with all the new headers which will be available by running yum update - this may take a while. When it has finished, enter in yum install k3b and it will go off and search for this app. You will see a list of required dependencies that it will also install, so say "y" to those. > This is the one thing I take linux to task, it is > very hard to get something to work first time > everytime. I'll just have to keep pluging away at it > and hope for the best If you have your Linux setup to make life easier (eg good yum.conf files) you will find installing/updating packages to be much easier. You may like to also take a look at GYUM (fedoranews.org) which is a GUI frontend for yum. This site FedoraNEWS (http://fedoranews.org/) has some excellent Fedora guides and is well worth having a browse through. You still having problems with your digicam that you would like some help with? Are you using Gnome or KDE?	Jen C (20)
266429	2004-08-30 10:44:00	>I run FC1 and did the latest update last night. When I try to create an audio cd I get 1 track with no sound on it. I just came across this information regarding the 2.6.8.1 kernel and CD burning of audio CD's. Basically as well as getting a memory leak, creating audio CD's under 2.6.8.1 are likey to result in a corrupt file - see here for details (kerneltrap.org). Seeing as you mention you have fully updated Core 1, I suspect you are now running the Kernel 2.6.8.1-521. You should see this listed on your boot manager (LILO or GRUB), but if you open up a console window and enter in uname -r this will show what kernel you are currently running. That kernel also causes memory leaks (this is what I got plus my CD writer is only recognised by root now) which lead me to the above link when investigating this issue. K3b News has this to say: [quote] A patch that was introduced into the kernel shortly before the 2.6.8 release makes K3b and also the dvd+rw-tools unusable on Linux (unless run as root but that is not recommended). The very important GET CONFIGURATION MMC command is rejected by the kernel for reasons I cannot see and writing commands like MODE SELECT also fail (K3b cannot detect CD writers without it) even when the device is opened O_RDWR. Until this issue has been solved I strongly recommend to stick to kernel version 2.6.7. Update: The kernel guys are currently fixing the problem so the next kernel release should work again. Update 2: The problem is NOT fixed in 2.6.8.1 Update 3: Be aware that kernel 2.6.8 also contains the memory leak which makes it impossible to write audio cds, even as root.. [end quote] There is a patch available which you can patch and then recompile your kernel manually, but I imagine the kernel guys will be releasing a new kernel version shortly with this fixed. In the meantime, you can either hang-10 and wait for the new kernel, or boot into an older pre-2.6.8 kernel if one is listed under your boot manager menu.	Jen C (20)
266430	2004-08-30 12:19:00	It cant be the kernal which came back as [root@rick root]# uname -r 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl [root@rick root]# [root@rick root]# I have been trying to get yum to work. I thought yum was the redhat update. (As you can see I am a total newbie.) When I try entering one of the yum commands like yum check-update, it does nothing, just goes to the next line but without the [root@rick] at the front. I have also tried upgrading the conf file but the same thing happens. Sorry to keep going in circle like this.	kiwirik2001 (2583)
266431	2004-08-30 23:43:00	> It cant be the kernal which came back as > > [root@rick root]# uname -r > 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl Well that is good then :) > When I try entering one of the yum commands like > yum check-update, it does nothing, just goes to the > next line but without the [root@rick] at the front. Hmm ... I wonder if yum comes pre-installed with FC1? Nevermind, it is an excellent way of updating and installing packages so I will give you the instructions to get it up and running. First of all, make a new folder in your /home/{username} directory called "temp". Now download both these RPM's to this folder: yum-2.0.7-1.noarch.rpm (fedoranews.org) gyum-1.0-1.fc1.noarch.rpm (fedoranews.org) Now open up a Terminal (Console) Window and change to root (su -). Now you need to navigate to your temp folder:cd /home/{username}/temp [enter]To make sure you are in the right place, enter in ls and you should see both the RPM's you downloaded. Next to install the RPM's, so enter in the console window:rpm -Uvh *.rpmThe * indicates a wildcard so all RPM's within that directory will be installed. > I have also tried upgrading the conf file but the same thing happens. How are you editing this conf file? With a Terminal Window (console) open and "su -" to root, enter in nautilus (if you are using Gnome) or konqueror (if you are using KDE) which will open up the file manager but with full root powers. Using this new window, navigate to /etc and find yum.conf. Follow the instructions I gave before and make a backup copy first, and then replace yum.conf with the downloaded version I gave the link to before (don't forget to add those extra lines to it at the bottom). Make sure you keep using this window to navigate to where you saved the downloaded yum.conf to copy it and then navigate back to /etc - if you use a new window, you will lose the root powers that you have. Close the new window once you have finished (ignore the error messages you might see printing in the console window during this). Now to use yum. One of those RPM's I got you to install is for the Graphical Frontend of YUM which is called gyum as I think you will like this better than using the default command line only yum. Hit ALT-F2 to open up a run command dialog box and enter in gyum - you will then be prompted for root's password. Seeing as this is the first time yum (gyum) has run, you will see a splash screen saying "Please wait ... updating yum cache" - this will take a long time to download all the new headers for the first time so just leave it running. Subsequent uses of gyum will only take a couple of minutes to update the cache each time. Once yum has updated its cache you will see a box like this (fedoranews.org). Any updates that you would of normally got via RedHats up2date can be found under the update tab, the install tab lists all apps which you can choose to install, and under the remove tab are the apps which you currently have installed and this can be used to uninstall them. You can find full screenshots here (fedoranews.org). To find the app K3b, make sure you are under the install tab and just enter in k3b under search. Once it has found the package, tick the checkbox and then click the Install button. It will go off and sort out the dependencies required (you might need to agree to these first), and then install the app for you. Once you have seen the completed message in the text window, you can exit gyum and then look for the K3b entry under the KMenu or Gnome Menu (probably under Sound & Video) or hit ALT-F2 and enter in k3b. You can find a tutorial for K3b here (fedoranews.org) (requires flash). > Sorry to keep going in circle like this. Not a problem, please just ask if you get lost or have any problems. :)	Jen C (20)
266432	2004-08-31 04:39:00	i tried that by doing this root@rick home]# cd temp [root@rick temp]# ls gyum-1.0-1.fc1.noarch.rpm yum-2.0.7-1.noarch.rpm [root@rick temp]# rpm -Uvh *.rpm but the cursor just goes to a solid square at the front of the next line. And does nothing. And it does nothing for an hour or more.	kiwirik2001 (2583)
266433	2004-08-31 05:04:00	> [root@rick temp]# rpm -Uvh * . rpm > > but the cursor just goes to a solid square at the > front of the next line . And does nothing . And it > does nothing for an hour or more . Crikey :O It should only take seconds to install . . . . Seeing as you have been using up2date which itself uses the RPM package manager, you *should* be able to install packages manually . Looking at your console copy & paste's, it does seem that you have made the temp folder under /home and not the /home/{username} directory eg /home/rick/temp . You do have a general user account and are not just using root for every day use? Try moving the /temp folder to under your user directory and try the install process again . No idea if this will make a difference . Someone else might have a suggestion to as why RPM is not functionally correctly for you - very strange ?:|	Jen C (20)
266434	2004-08-31 06:04:00	tried under user again, but same problem. should I just upgrade to fedora core 2? i think i read somewher that konqueror has integrated audio cd buring	kiwirik2001 (2583)
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