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Thanks, Ian, that's what I suspected. Interestingly enough, the volume control on RealPlayer works on the sound-system generally - I tested this by reading from an unmounted device, to generate the warning "smash" - but the sound has been cut off from the speakers. Excuse my daft way of expressing this situation :huh: . A further request: the plugindoc.mozdev.org site recommends the following "Make sure a symbolic link to the realplay script is in your PATH", but I don't know how to go about this. Could you give me a tip? Thanks.

I've noticed that, in MCC/System/Services, Alsa is stopped. Its "On Boot" box is checked and when I click on "Start" the message 'Alsa isn't running' appears. Could this be connected to this problem of no sound in RealPlayer, or is it irrelevant? BTW, can anyone say what 'artsdsp' and 'aRts' are; saw them in a KDE Bug Tracking thread. Thanks.

Thanks about setting default, haven't been able to check that it works yet but assume it's OK, We seem to be approaching lift-off ;) . The BBC has a pretty helpful site @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/audiohelp_nix.shtml, attempting to assist linux-users to get RealPlayer working. I've tried many of the tips, and the process IS improving because FF doesn't advise me any more that Realplayer needs to be installed, although there's still no sound. Something (presumeably RealPlayer) IS running because I can start and pause it. Some of the things that I still can't do are: - (BBC text): One user has said that when running on a non-root area, disabling artsd got it working [don't know how to disable; I tried "disable artsd" but the system keeps asking for my user password and then ignoring my input] - One user has said that using the command artsdsp /usr/bin/realplay got it working [i tried this and got 'Warning: LD_PRELOAD="/lib/libdl.so.2"'; can't find "libdl" on or off the system] - One user found using the command "ln -s /home/me/applications/RealPlayer10/realplay /usr/bin/realplay" got it working [there is no folder "/home/me/applications/RealPlayer10/" on my system; do I have to create it, or is its non-existence a possible reason for RealPlayer not working?] Any further help would be gratefully accepted. Edit: GREAT news :P I've just gone to the BBC's site "ClimateChange" and am able to run the short film: How to install. There's no sound and the replay is a bit jerky, but that's a massive step.

Yes, I'm using LE2005, which would probably explain the difference in versions. I'll try mplayerplugin-2.80. And, harking back to my previous reply, could you tell me how to make FF my default browser?

Thanks, Ian. Could you explain why you get mplayerplugin:mplayerplugin-3.11-1mdk.i586.rpm with 'urpmf', whereas I get mplayerplugin:mplayerplugin-2.80-2mdk.i586.rpm. I thought that 'urpmf --name' just gives a list of available packages, have I misunderstood this? Or does it just mean that I have to select different repositories (mine are Bayreuth and Netherlands)? I don't want to install an old version if that can be avoided.

Thanks, flummoxed, I installed the package as you suggested and realplay started its configuration process. I noticed that 'Check for updates' and 'Configure mozilla helpers' were (already) selected; when I clicked OK, konqueror displayed the Helix-Community page and, then, the message "Your player is up to date". Unfortunately, there still seems to be something missing, because while konqueror was running, the following messages (yes, two) appeared in the konsole. [lawrence@localhost personal]$ realplay konqueror: ERROR: Error in BrowserExtension::actionSlotMap(), unknown action : searchProvider konqueror: ERROR: Error in BrowserExtension::actionSlotMap(), unknown action : searchProvider and the konsole process hung up. A ctrl-C terminated it, which also caused the RealPlayer window to close. Quite strange. Edit: It's just occurred to me that Firefox is probably not my default browser - why else would the installation process have started konqueror - which may account for the above error-messages. If this IS the case, how would I make FF the default?

On running realplay in a normal konsole I get the following message: "/usr/local/RealPlayer/realplay.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory" The following libstdc++ packages are installed on my system (LE2005): libstdc++6-3.4.3-7mdk libstdc++6-devel-3.4.3-7mdk On the distro-DVD (and the mirror-sources??) are the following libstdc++2.10-2.96-0.83mdk libstdc++2.10-devel-2.96-0.83mdk libstdc++5-3.3.4-4mdk libstdc++5-devel-3.3.4-4mdk libstdc++5-static-devel-3.3.4-4mdk libstdc++6-static-devel-3.4.3-7mdk Couldn't find anything, on or off the system, resembling so.5. :unsure: I also tried: [root@localhost ~]# urpmf --name mplayerplugin mplayerplugin:mplayerplugin-2.80-2mdk.i586.rpm

Well, I did as you said and double-clicked the file; after my entering the root-password, the system went through an installation and ended with 'Done'. I then restarted FF and selected the programme which I wanted to hear; the BBC Radio Player now tells me that "Additional plugins are required...." with an 'Install Missing Plugins' button. I click this, select RealPlayer 10.5 in the plugin list (list of one), click Next. FF tells me that it is installing, but with an empty progress-bar, and after waiting about a minute I click Next. FF then says "Firefox finished installing..., RealPlayer 10.5, Not Available", with a 'Manual Install' button. If I click this, the whole download procedure is repeated. I hope this makes sense and I'm sorry to be such a pain, but it certainly beats me. BTW, just to be certain, I have just removed RealPlayer using urpme, as you mentioned, then repeated the installation; sadly, no difference.

Thanks, Ian, have got the .rpm but still don't know quite what to do with it (am very chary about installing packages after a few crashes :unsure: ). Is it a case of simply double-clicking on the file (that sounds tooo easy)? The installation instructions from Helix sound pretty easy(using the .bin), why is that not such a good method?

I want to listen to BBC Radio4, which requires RealPlayer. So, I downloaded RealPlayer10GOLD.bin, placed it in /home/lawrence/.mozilla/plugins, terminated and then restarted firefox. But I still can't get any sound, so I've clearly done something wrong. I've checked in KDE's desktop config tool at the sound section; 'Run with highest priority' and 'Auto-suspend after 60 seconds' are both selected. From another thread it looks as though setting up a symbolic link is needed, but that's something I could do with some help with. Sorry if this is a bit tedious :huh: ; any help would be greatly appreciated. BTW, ths sound system DOES work, tested it in KDE's config tool

On the Skype for Linux FAQ site, Mandrake/Mandriva is not included in the list of Linux distributions that Skype runs on. The site was last updated on Dec 20, 2005; does anyone know if, in the meantime, Mandriva has been adopted?

Picking up on devries' suggestion, I don't suppose that any "old Mandrake user" still DOES have a CDROM lying around of Mandrake 8.0 (or even 7.2) with IBM's ViaVoice on it, that he or she would be prepared to donate/sell to me? B) Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for your information. I've also done some searching (using your initial link), and found some similar data. Would an older CDROM be installable into LE2005, though? I certainly wouldn't know how to do that :unsure:

This is not actually so much a linux problem as a 'basics' one; sorry if this is the wrong medium, but I thought that some linux-guru might be able to help :huh: . Does anyone know of the existance of an application for "audio-to-text" conversion, i.e. similar to an OCR but using speech as its input (instead of print)? A long shot, I imagine, but who knows....? Have just found out that this technique is called "speech recognition". Is there anything in linux?

Many thanks, arctic. I've just remembered that it is not possible to boot from the CD-drive (just shows how old the machine is :o ) so I'll need to install via the floppy-drive. Any hints on how this is done?

I would like to install LE2005 on an old Panasonic, which only has a CD-ROM drive, and thought that this problem could be solved by burning some CD's using the distro-DVD as source. However, I haven't a clue on how do actually do this; could anyone give me a tip? Alternatively, is it possible to download an installable LE2005 in suitable CD-size chunks? :huh: Afterthought; I know that it's possible to buy CD's (e.g. on Ebay) but I've done that twice and each time has been a flop.

It looks very nice. Many thanks :P

Thanks, have downloaded Adobe Reader, will install tomorrow. Just a question in principle: is it possible to install Mandriva 2006 packages (from the DVD) into LE2005? :unsure:

I could do with a more sophisticated pdf-reader than Xpdf but can't find one on the LE2005 distro; any tips? Thanks

I now have it; many thanks :P

Tymestream wrote (on Oct 16 2004) "that rute guide is excellent too and in true open source tradition - free" I can't find out how to get a free copy, however (or even an unfree one :huh: ). Can anyone help? Thanks.

The floppy is built-in. I've just tried My Controls / View Topics as you suggested, but there is no list, just a blank frame (well, not completely blank, but, nevertheless, no list). VERY strange. :unsure: Afterthought: the 'blank' frame contains the message 'There are no subscriptions to show, try selecting a less restrictive date range'

When I read or write from/to the floppy drive on my Tosh Sat-Pro 4600 under LE2005 it takes AGES for anything to happen. I suspect that this is a software problen because, under Suse 10.0, access is like lightning. Can anyone say if this is a known problem on LE2005 and, if so, what do I have to do to correct it? Thanks. BTW, suddenly I cannot access the list of my topics; previously I simply clicked on Logged in as: satelliteuser083 and there it was. Has the system been changed, or do I have to modify my browser-settings (or something???). Help urgently needed. Thanks. [moved from Software by spinynorman]

I am interested in using PyQt or, more specifically, Qt-Designer. From a number of sites I've managed to glean some information on installing/building it, but this looks a bit beyond my (current) ability. Does anyone know if it is possible to install (e.g. via MCC) a ready-built version for LE2005 and, if so, where to find this? Many thanks. Alternatively, can anyone tell me what the application-name for Qt-Designer is? Perhaps it IS on the distro-DVD, but I just haven't been able to recognise it :unsure:

That's very odd. I use a Linksys WRT54G wireless router, with a combination of wired and wireless connections, and it configures fine under Linux with Firefox. I've never had a Windows machine anywhere near it. Which model do you have, and do you have any idea what the thing is that requires IE for it to work? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, it's a type BEFSR41, version one, (wired), and the reason for requiring IE is that the instruction manual says so :unsure: . Nevertheless, as you can see above, I've solved the problem (with some invaluable help) using Konqueror. I was also very happy to be able to configure it without having Windoz near it :P