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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Who can help me re aRts?
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2008-09-05 17:14:17
Message-ID: 48C168E9.1050003 () acm ! org
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Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 04 September 2008 15:51:53 James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>> From googling, I gather that there is no aRts maintainer, but I'm
>>> guessing that someone is still around who can give me some general
>>> guidance.  This is for the userbase wiki.
>>>
>>> Since KDE 3.x will be around for some time, and since sound often is
>>> problematic, I thought that migrating
>>> http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=aRts%20Troubleshooting would be
>>> useful.  However it's obvious that parts of it are very out of date.
>>> Obviously I've removed the speculation about KDE 4 and started with "KDE
>>> 3.x uses the aRts sound system".
>>>
>>> If someone could simply tell me which parts are still relevant and which
>>> should be deleted it would be most helpful.
>> Sorry to say that aRts is broken.  The problem appears to be
>> incomparability with the current version of glib.
>>
>> This suggests that it might be possible to include the last version of
>> glib that works with it and either statically link it or link it to the
>> specific version.
>>
>> IIRC, I had some stuff working before my sound hardware quit working.
>>
>> I used the SVN for the aRts branch:
>>
>> svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/arts/1.5/arts
>>
>> and I applied the patches contained in the latest Fedora SRPM for arts:
>>
>> 	arts-1.1.4-debug.patch
>> 	arts-1.3.1-alsa.patch
>> 	arts-1.3.92-glib2.patch
>> 	arts-1.4.0-glibc.patch
>> 	arts-1.5.0-check_tmp_dir.patch
>> 	arts-1.5.2-multilib.patch
>>
>> This is a black art and I do not make any promises.
>>
>> Do not try to use Kaboodle and Noatun.  Install other multimedia
>> players.  I found that Kaffine worked best.  Totem (GNOME) was nice till
>> I started having problems with it.
> 
> I've often found Kaboodle and Noatun to be non-functional.  I think that the 
> advice you are giving wrt to aRts patches would only be suitable for quite 
> advanced users, which is not where userbase is really aimed.  

It is necessary for anyone that builds aRts from source.

So, you either need to install the binary package for your disto or use 
the patches.  Unpatched aRts won't work at all with the current glib.

-- 
JRT



 
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