FC2 & multimedia

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Tue Nov 9 08:29:09 EST 2004 

I believe you have to change something in /etc/apt/apt.conf to not check 
signatures. I can't recall offhand exactly what it is. As root, send me 
the output of "apt-config dump".

Advent Systems wrote:

> Cyber Source,
>    freshrpms.atrpms.net:80 came back online, but now I'm getting this 
> message:
>
> [root at localhost brandal]# apt-get install xmms-mp3
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   xmms-mp3 (1.2.10-2.2.p.1.fc2.fr)
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 removed and 59 not upgraded.
> Need to get 87.1kB of archives.
> After unpacking 169kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://freshrpms.atrpms.net fedora/Linux/2/i386/freshrpms 
> xmms-mp3 1:1.2.10-2.2.p.1.fc2.fr [87.1kB]
> Fetched 87.1kB in 35s (2462B/s)
> Checking GPG signatures...
> Unknown signature 
> /var/cache/apt/archives/xmms-mp3_1%3a1.2.10-2.2.p.1.fc2.fr_i386.rpm: 
> (SHA1) DSA sha1 md5 (GPG) NOT OK (MISSING KEYS: GPG#e42d547b)
> E: Error(s) while checking package signatures:
> 0 unsigned package(s)
> 1 package(s) with unknown signatures
> 0 package(s) with illegal/corrupted signatures
> [root at localhost brandal]#
>
> I have kgpg installed and setup and I went to freshrpms site but cant 
> find any public keys, but remember I,m new.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Randal
>
> Advent Systems wrote:
>
>> Thanks Cyber Source,
>>    Everything was moving along till I hit "Could not connect to 
>> freshrpms.atrpms.net:80 (160.45.32.86), connection timed out"  there 
>> site was down.  Will try later.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Bob Randal
>>
>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>
>>> mv your /etc/apt/sources.list and replace it with the one attached. 
>>> Then run "apt-get update" to poll the new list the run "apt-get 
>>> install xmms-mp3"
>>>
>>> Advent Systems wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jesse,
>>>>    Ok, I got apt-get installed and I got my repository set up but 
>>>> when  run "apt-get install xmms-mp3 " I get the message "Reading 
>>>> Package Lists... Done
>>>> Building Dependency Tree... Done
>>>> E: Couldn't find package xmms-mp3"
>>>> Whats up?
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>> Advent Systems wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jesse,
>>>>>    Is it possable I dont have  "apt-get" installed on my system?   
>>>>> When I ran the commands you suggsted I get a "command not found" 
>>>>> message.  I went searching for info and the apt-get  site says I 
>>>>> should have /etc/apt/sources.list. files and I dont ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>> Jesse Jarzynka wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Geez, come on people don't talk about Fedora if you don't use it. 
>>>>>> There absolutely nothing we can't do in Fedora Core X. All you 
>>>>>> have to do is use apt-get.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ apt-get install xmms-mp3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Viola! As long as you have a decent repository list you should 
>>>>>> grab it fine. I don't know what the problem with Samba is, but we 
>>>>>> do just fine, perhaps Dad would be the one to ask about that if 
>>>>>> you have a question. I don't know where else or what other kinds 
>>>>>> of multi-media problems you may be having, but feel free to 
>>>>>> e-mail me with any questions about Fedora, I think I have pretty 
>>>>>> much everything tweaked. The only other thing you may find is 
>>>>>> that K3B doesn't support mp3's either right out of the box, but 
>>>>>> that's simple too:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ apt-get install k3b-mp3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See a pattern? Whatever reason's- and there are many -that the 
>>>>>> Fedora gurus don't support mp3's I don't see it a big hassle if 
>>>>>> you know what to do. As long as the distro stays free, which I 
>>>>>> think the whole point of that is, we're happy. Core 2, like 
>>>>>> anything you know inside and out, work's great once you learn it. 
>>>>>> Remember when Linux was hard? Hope that helps, -Jesse
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 12:41, Stephen Burke wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have just finished installing BLAG linux ( 
>>>>>>> _http://www.blagblagblag.org/_ ) to replace a SuSE 8.2 system 
>>>>>>> that fried in various ways I do not yet fully understand, 
>>>>>>> practically the same day that I had finally gotten it configured 
>>>>>>> to play just about any media file I could find. It appears, from 
>>>>>>> the installation and startup visuals, that it is based on FCx, 
>>>>>>> so it will probably run on your machine. I am still trying to 
>>>>>>> rebuild something resembling the SuSE system that died, so I am 
>>>>>>> just tasting the flavor of this particular linux. So far, it 
>>>>>>> seems to be very madia friendly (xmms {with mp3 support}, 
>>>>>>> mplayer, xine, etc, all on one CD). I did an "Everything" 
>>>>>>> install to save time on package selection and since I have more 
>>>>>>> than enough room on this HD, so I am confident that there is 
>>>>>>> much more here that I have not even discovered yet.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I would recommend it highly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know that RH took mp3 functionality out of 9 (easily replaced 
>>>>>>> with rpms from somewhere out there), but I'm not sure what 
>>>>>>> fedora does, since, until now, I have only used a couple of FC 
>>>>>>> installations briefly, as I have not been able to get Samba 
>>>>>>> running properly on it. Same here with blag, so far, except this 
>>>>>>> time I am determined to get it working, since it also comes with 
>>>>>>> XFce and blackbox window managers, which is nice. No KDE, 
>>>>>>> though, so kaffeine, one of the better media players I have 
>>>>>>> found, could be tricky to install.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any help with Samba on fedora would be most welcome. Thanks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hope it works for you,
>>>>>>> *S.*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Advent Systems wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>>>>    This my be a really stupid question but does anyone know if 
>>>>>>>> you can play multimedia files in FC2, mp3 files for starters?  
>>>>>>>> If you read my previous posts I'm using FC2 for the first 
>>>>>>>> time.  I was unable to purchase a boxed set so I have no 
>>>>>>>> manuals, the xmms site (my favorite player) only supports FC1 
>>>>>>>> and other sites seem to imply FC2 is not multimedia friendly.  
>>>>>>>> Since I work in the AV industry I need something at least as 
>>>>>>>> usable as suse or mandrake.  I dont need it to do actual 
>>>>>>>> production work as I use industry specific windows based 
>>>>>>>> programs for this at work.  Any advice on a multimedia friendly 
>>>>>>>> based distro would help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Bob Randal
>>>>>>>> PS: I all reddy tried coral Linux, RH7, mandrake 8 & 9, and 
>>>>>>>> suse  8.   They worked fine  as far as the  multimedia aspect 
>>>>>>>> but  as you see from my previous posts  in the past week FC2 is 
>>>>>>>> the only distro that  will not lockup my computer.   I'm sure 
>>>>>>>> I  could  put suse back on  right now and it may run fine for a 
>>>>>>>> few days but thats nuts.  If  I cant find something it's back 
>>>>>>>> to  windows for a while  :(
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BR
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>
>>>
>>> # You can use the file:/ entries for creating your local repository 
>>> mirrors.
>>>
>>> # Fedora Core 2
>>> #cyb#rpm        http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 core 
>>> updates
>>> #rpm        http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 tupdates
>>> #rpm-src    http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 core updates
>>> #rpm-src    http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 tupdates
>>>
>>>
>>> # ATrpms for Fedora Core 2
>>> # Possible sections: at-stable, at-good, at-testing, at-bleeding
>>> #rpm        http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/2/en/i386 at-stable
>>> #rpm-src    http://apt.physik.fu-berlin.de fedora/2/en/i386 at-stable
>>>
>>>
>>> # FreshRPMS for Fedora Core 2
>>> rpm        http://freshrpms.atrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 freshrpms
>>> #cyb#rpm        http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 freshrpms
>>> #rpm-src    http://ayo.freshrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 freshrpms
>>>
>>>
>>> # NewRPMS for Fedora Core 2
>>> rpm        http://newrpms.atrpms.net/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc2 newrpms
>>> rpm        http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc2 newrpms
>>> #rpm-src    http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/ redhat/en/i386/fc2 newrpms
>>>
>>>
>>> # Dag Wieers' rpms for Fedora Core 2
>>> #rpm        http://apt.sw.be redhat/fc2/en/i386 dag
>>> #rpm-src    http://apt.sw.be redhat/fc2/en/i386 dag
>>>
>>>
>>> #JPackage for Fedora Core 2
>>> rpm        ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/generic free
>>> ### rpm        ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/fedora-2 
>>> free
>>> #rpm-src    ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/generic 
>>> free non-free
>>> #rpm-src    ftp://jpackage.hmdc.harvard.edu/JPackage 1.5/fedora-2 free
>>>
>>>
>>> # Planet CCRMA for Fedora Core 2
>>> rpm        http://planetccrma.atrpms.net/apt fedora/2/i386 
>>> planetcore planetccrma
>>> rpm        http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/apt fedora/2/i386 
>>> planetcore planetccrma
>>> #rpm-src    http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/apt fedora/2/i386 
>>> planetccrma
>>>
>>>
>>> # NyQuist for Fedora Core 2 (Matthew Hall's GNOME2 pakages)
>>> #rpm        http://people.ecsc.co.uk/~matt/downloads/apt 
>>> fedora-2-i386 production testing
>>> #rpm-src    http://people.ecsc.co.uk/~matt/downloads/apt 
>>> fedora-2-i386 production testing
>>>
>>>
>>> # GStreamer for Fedora Core 2
>>> rpm        http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/pkg/ fedora/2/i386 gst
>>> #rpm-src    http://gstreamer.net/releases/redhat/ fedora/2/i386 gst
>>>
>>>
>>> # Arjan's 2.6 test rpms
>>> #cyb#rpm        http://people.redhat.com arjanv/2.5 kernel
>>> #rpm-src    http://people.redhat.com arjanv/2.5 kernel
>>>
>>>
>>> # kde-redhat.org for Fedora Core 2
>>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/kde-redhat 2   stable
>>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/kde-redhat all stable
>>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/fedora 2   stable
>>> rpm        http://kde-redhat.atrpms.net/apt/fedora all stable
>>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat 2   stable
>>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat all stable
>>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/fedora 2   stable
>>> rpm        ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/fedora all stable
>>> #rpm-src    ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat 2   stable
>>> #rpm-src    ftp://apt.kde-redhat.org/apt/kde-redhat all stable
>>>
>>>
>>> # Fedora Core 2 - i386 - Dries' repo
>>> #cyb#rpm        http://apt.sw.be dries/fedora/fc2/i386 dries
>>> #rpm-src    http://apt.sw.be dries/fedora/fc2/i386 dries
>>>
>>>
>>> # Fedora Core 2 - i386 - spc
>>> # Possible sections: production, testing, experimental, graveyard
>>> ### rpm        http://spc.atrpms.net fedora/linux/2/i386 production
>>> #rpm        http://rpms.subpop.net fedora/linux/2/i386 production
>>> #rpm-src    http://rpms.subpop.net fedora/linux/2/i386 production
>>>
>>>
>>> # BIOrpms repository for Fedora Core 2
>>> rpm        http://apt.bea.ki.se/biorpms fedora/linux/2/i386 biorpms
>>> #rpm-src    http://apt.bea.ki.se/biorpms fedora/linux/2/i386 biorpms
>>>
>>>  
>>>
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