php4 source error
apt-get source php4-cli Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Need to get 5460kB of source archives. Get:1 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main php4 4:4.3.9-1.0.0.1.amd64 (dsc) [1817B] Get:2 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main php4 4:4.3.9-1.0.0.1.amd64 (tar) [4870kB] Get:3 http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org unstable/main php4 4:4.3.9-1.0.0.1.amd64 (diff) [589kB] Fetched 5460kB in 1m40s (54.4kB/s) dpkg-source: error: syntax error in source control file ./php4_4.3.9-1.0.0.1.amd64.dsc at line 17: expected blank line before PGP signature Unpack command 'dpkg-source -x php4_4.3.9-1.0.0.1.amd64.dsc' failed. E: Child process failed I am using the gcc-3.4 archive. Adding in a blank line there makes the dpkg-source command work fine.
mzscheme and amd64
The debian version of drscheme and mzscheme is 207, which does not have support for amd64 and fails to compile, so the package is missing from the amd64 archive. The latest version of drscheme is 208, which was released in August, and it contains support for amd64. I was able to download the 208 source and apply the drscheme_207-3.diff.gz. There were two rejects which I fixed, and I needed to make one small change to debian/rules. I was then able to successfully build the mzscheme package, and have been using it the past few days. Of course, I have not tested everything but it seems to be working. (This is with the gcc-3.4 archive) If anyone is interested, I can send the drscheme_208-1.diff.gz file I created. John
GStreamer and ALSA
Has anyone gotten gstreamer alsasink to work? I can play a file with alsaplayer just fine, so I know alsa and the kernel and everything is working, but when I run for example gst-launch-0.8 --gst-debug-level=2 sinesrc ! alsasink RUNNING pipeline ... WARN (0x50ac20 - 304367:44:35.501704000)alsa(10673) gstalsa.c(1426):gst_alsa_probe_hw_params:alsasink0 snd_pcm_hw_params_set_period_size_near (this-handle, hw_params, period_size, 0): Invalid argument ERROR: pipeline doesn't want to play. Rhythmbox doesn't work either if I set it to use alsasink. If I load the OSS emulation driver snd_pcm_oss, I can use the osssink with gstreamer/rhythmbox just fine. I am using the gcc-3.4 repository on alioth. Is this a amd64 problem or a more general problem? John
Re: SiS755 AGP support
On 07/22/04 21:03:34, Tom Vier wrote: On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 08:36:55PM -0500, John Lenz wrote: I have a Radeon 9200, so the open source drivers should work. But when loading the radeon module (which happens after the agpgart, since agpgart is compiled into the kernel (I am using the kernel-image-2.6.7- 5-amd64) it does not say anything about AGP. are you using a 32bit userland with that 64bit kernel? or pure64? i just posted about this problem, which has been around for a while. in addition to dri not working, there are transcient display bugs. No this happens in either pure64, in a normal debian sid (32-bit kernel, 32 bit userland) and also in a 64-bit kernel booting directly into a 32-bit userland. I haven't tried anything with a chroot, but I assume it won't work either. John
SiS755 AGP support
Hi. Has anyone got SiS 755 AGP support working? In the linux kernel Kconfg for the AGP_AMD64 option it says You still need an external AGP bridge like the AMD 8151, VIA K8T400M, SiS755. It may also support other AGP bridges when loaded with agp_try_unsupported=1. So it seems like SiS755 is a supported device. In dmesg, I get agpgart: Detected AGP bridge 0 agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 439M agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xe000 I have a Radeon 9200, so the open source drivers should work. But when loading the radeon module (which happens after the agpgart, since agpgart is compiled into the kernel (I am using the kernel-image-2.6.7- 5-amd64) it does not say anything about AGP. [drm] Initialized radeon 1.11.0 20020828 on minor 0: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200] [drm] Loading R200 Microcode glxinfo says direct rendering: Yes, but in /var/log/XF86Config it has a whole bunch of lines like (II) RADEON(0): [pci] 8192 kB allocated with handle 0xff30f000 (II) RADEON(0): [pci] ring handle = 0xff30f000 and glxgears only has around 300 frames per second. In a 32 bit install/kernel on this same machine, I can install the ati binary drivers and get around 1700 fps, but they are buggy for me (neverwinter nights leaks memory very fast). How can I get the radeon module to see and use AGP? John
