Re: [opensuse] CD titles artist how to?

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

2007/11/23, Gavin Chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 21:51 -0500, James Knott wrote:
> > Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
> > > I made a wav files of vinyl records. Then I burned those wav using k3b.
> > > I fill the spaces for artist title etc. When I play it I only see track
> > > 1, track 2 etc.
> > > I have been searching in how this info is contained I have not find any
> > > useful information.
> > >
> > > Q: how do you write the track info so it can be display in a cd player
>
> When you say "CD player" do you mean a music player in linux or a stereo
> system. If the latter, then they don't show track names, do they? Also,
> how did you "fill the spaces"? If you just edited the file names then
> that's not enough.
>
> > Any CD info I've seen, comes from a CDDB database, which someone
> > uploaded.  I don't think there's any means to store that info on the
> > disk.  There's no reason why you couldn't create your own description
> > file, so that the CD player can read it.
>
> The file you are talking about is the "ID3" tag. There are several
> editor app. options for how to create your own in linux either manually
> or automatically. What I'm not 100% sure about is whether the ID3
> editors will work just as well for .wav files as it does for .mp3, etc
> because I've not put it to the test. But, that info should give you a
> start to google better than you might have up to now :-) HTH.
>
> Gavin


I think he was referring to CDText-info on audio CDs... Many new CD
players can display such info, and when you insert a CD with CDText,
you can get the player to display album name, artist name and track
name instead of or in addition to the track number/time info.

Since his CD player displays the track names as Track 1... etc, it is
obviously capable of displaying CD Text.  The question is how to make
k3b write *your* preferred track name instead of the default "Track
1".

Regards,
Magnar.
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Re: [opensuse] amdcccle doesn't run

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

Glenn Holmer skrev:
>> cp /usr/var/tmp/xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-build/usr/lib/libX11.so* ~/
>> 
>
> s/b "cp /var/tmp..."
>   
?h, I forgot to correct that one. I just copied and pasted from the web
page...

Glad it worked,
Magnar.
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Re: [opensuse] amdcccle doesn't run

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

2007/11/10, Glenn Holmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In 10.3, I get nothing when I run amdcccle from a command prompt.  No
> error message, no core dump, it just hangs.  Control-C gets me back to
> the prompt OK.  The driver itself works great (glxgears reports ~1800
> fps).  This is on a ThinkPad T43 (Radeon Mobility X300).
>
> Anybody know a way to get it running?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # rpm -qa | grep fglrx
> ati-fglrxG01-kmp-default-8.42.3_2.6.22.9_0.4-1.1
> x11-video-fglrxG01-8.42.3-2.1

I posted this to the list yesterday:


(snatched from http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6028)

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little HowTo for openSUSE 10.3 32-bit (based on Snake's HOWTO)

1. Download xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-75.src.rpm


2. Open a console window as user not as root
Code:

rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-75.src.rpm

3. Now you can find file "xorg-x11-libX11.spec" at /usr/src/packages/SPECS

edit these 2 lines:
Code:

%define xcb 0

# rm -rf "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"

4. build the rpm packages

Code:

rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/packages/SPECS/xorg-x11-libX11.spec

5. After that, there are a new directory
"/var/tmp/xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-build/". From there you can copy the
needed file. For example:

Code:

cp /usr/var/tmp/xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-build/usr/lib/libX11.so* ~/

6. Try amdcccle
Code:

LD_PRELOAD=~/libX11.so.6 amdcccle

7. If all runs fine , you can remove the temp directory.

Code:

rm -r /var/tmp/xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-build




Worked for me.

Magnar
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[opensuse] Found out what breaks Compiz (ATI, 10.3)

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

After shutting down/restarting from KDE, Compiz continued to work great.
After logging off and on again, however, I was greeted with the broken
Compiz - no 3D, broken window decorations.

At last I found out that the *//usr/lib/libIndirectGL.so.1, which I had
to remove as a step towards getting a working compiz, had somehow been
restored.
Removing this again was all it took to get compiz up and running again.

I don't know what restored this file/symlink, though...

Regards,
Magnar
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Re: [opensuse] openSuSe 10.3 + compiz-fusion: systray icons opens as small windows

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

2007/11/9, Pablo Bueti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I've a fresh install of openSuSe 10.3 with all the updates to date
> applied, kde and compiz-fusion over Xorg and nVidia XFX 8400 GS 512.
> When system starts some systray icons aren't show in the taskbar, they
> open as small windows with a 'x' to close it. Happens mainly with KMixer
> and openSuSe updater, but other applets are affected too sometimes. Note
> that is a "random" behaviour, sometimes all icons are ok, and sometimes
> not as described.
>
> Someone knows how to fix it?
>

Try to add a "sleep 5s" (or 10s) in your kde startup script (located
in ~/.kde/Autostart/) or make a small startup script and put it in
that folder.
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SUCCESS! Was Re: [opensuse] Compiz on ATI: Worked until I installed fusion-icon?

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

Joseph Loo skrev:
>> After I installed ATI 8.42, Compiz fusion worked as it should - however,
>> I got the common problem of the systray icons being scattered around,
>> and the kicker panel not working properly.
>>
>> I thought it might be a good idea to install fusion-icon - in order to
>> quickly switch compiz on and off.
>> But the next time I logged on, the once-working Compiz was reduced to a
>> sad state - unmovable windows without borders/window decorations, no
>> working visual effects, etc.
>> Of course, I tried to remove fusion-icon again, but it didn't help.
>>
>> I tried to manually start compiz:
>>
>> compiz-manager &
>>
>> didn't do it,
>>
>> compiz --replace ccp &
>>
>> gave me the broken desktop with the borderless windows.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Magnar.
>> 
> Sounds like your decorator setting is messed up. Use the Compiz-fusion
> icon and setup your decorator. I like the emerald settings, so I use
> that for my decorator. If it is set with the wrong decorator that is
> what you get.
>   

I finally got it working - after my initial batch of problems the other
day, I uninstalled everything compiz and fusion related, but today I
summoned the courage and patience to give it another try.  Reinstalled
it, fiddled around some, and what do you know?  Suddenly it works like a
dream - and damn (pardon my french), this is a good looking desktop! 
Not entirely stable, I had one case of window decorations suddenly
disappearing, but then I just switched to KWin and back again using the
Fusion Icon, and window decorations were back.  But still - wow!  I
never thought I would get enthusiastic about visual gimmicks and such...
I wish I could make it a learning experience for me and others by
finding out what went wrong the last time, but I am not quite sure. 
Maybe it was what you suggested; the decorator setting.

Thanks,
Magnar.
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Re: [opensuse] ATI, 8.42, 10.3: The X server always start with max resolution

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

Rajko M. skrev:
> On Thursday 08 November 2007 03:43:33 am Magnar Strand Olsen wrote:
>   
>> fazer skrev:
>> 
>>>> I installed the 8.42 drivers, but it gave me a desktop resolution of
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the highest resolution my 19 inch Hansol CRT monitor
>>>> supports).  After some hassle (see my previous post) I got the ATI
>>>> control panel working, enabling me to switch resolution to the less
>>>> eye-straining [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> However, the system doesn't remember the settings - the next time I log
>>>> on, the resolution is once again 1792x1344.
>>>>
>>>> It is slightly annoying to have to set the resolution each time - has
>>>> any of you got an idea of how to fix this problem?
>>>> 
>>> Did you try modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>   
>> Yes, that's the first thing I did - made a backup copy of the xorg.conf
>> file, and modify it. Oddly enough, the 1792x1344 resolution isn't even
>> listed in my xorg.conf file.
>> I removed the entire 1600x1200 entry from xorg.conf (leaving 1280x1024
>> as the highest resolution), but it didn't change anything.  Resolution
>> was still maxed out at 1792x1344 the next time I turned on my computer.
>> 
> Can you post /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Here it is... The one modification I dared to try was to remove the
line:   "ModeLine "1600x1200" 202.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201
1204 1250 +hsync +vsync"


# /.../
# SaX generated X11 config file
# Created on: 2007-10-23T10:28:49+0200.
#
# Version: 8.1
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2005
# Contact: SaX-User list
<https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/sax-users>
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (8.1)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
Screen  0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice"Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice"Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option"Clone" "off"
Option"Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
InputDevices   "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices   "/dev/input/mice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load  "glx"
Load  "type1"
Load  "extmod"
Load  "dbe"
Load  "freetype"
Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option"AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
Option"AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option   "DAMAGE" "true"
Option   "Composite" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Keyboard[0]"
Driver  "kbd"
Option"Protocol" "Standard"
Option"XkbLayout" "no"

Re: [opensuse] ATI, 8.42, 10.3: The X server always start with max resolution

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

Ed McCanless skrev:
>>>
 I installed the 8.42 drivers, but it gave me a desktop resolution of
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the highest resolution my 19 inch Hansol CRT monitor
 supports).  After some hassle (see my previous post) I got the ATI
 control panel working, enabling me to switch resolution to the less
 eye-straining [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 However, the system doesn't remember the settings - the next time I log
 on, the resolution is once again 1792x1344.
 
>>> Did you try modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>>   
>> Yes, that's the first thing I did - made a backup copy of the xorg.conf
>> file, and modify it. Oddly enough, the 1792x1344 resolution isn't even
>> listed in my xorg.conf file.
>> I removed the entire 1600x1200 entry from xorg.conf (leaving 1280x1024
>> as the highest resolution), but it didn't change anything.  Resolution
>> was still maxed out at 1792x1344 the next time I turned on my computer.
>> 
> I am working on a problem similar to yours. (See [opensuse] Can't set
> resolution after NVIDIA graphics card installation.)
> I have searched for several hours, and found a number of occurrences  of
> the same problem since  June of 2007, but no solutions that work. 
> I tried as root:
> nvidia-xconfig
> nvidia-settings
> and I tried to configure from Yast>hardware>graphics card and monitor.
> All I have found is that sax makes the decision and doesn't allow me to
> change it, even though it is wrong.
> It seems there should be some way to manually change the xorg.config
> file, but I can't find it. If I understand your post correctly, you were
> either unable to edit the file or the edit was ignored. Is this correct?
> The same solution should work for both of us even though we are using
> different graphics cards.
>   

Correct, I was able to edit the xorg.conf file, and I did, but it had no
apparent effect. It seems the configuration data is stored elsewhere.

Regards,
Magnar
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Re: [opensuse] Compiz_Fusion No# of desktops

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

Jan Ritzerfeld skrev:
 Despite having all settings I can see set to 4 desktops it always
 shows 16 of them on the task bar which is a bit pointless and takes up
 almost the bar.
 [...]
 
>>> Same here. Very annoying.
>>>
>>> Give "dcop kicker kicker restart" (KDE 3) a try.
>>>   
>> Try Configure Desktop -> Multiple Desktops -> Number of desktops = 1.
>> That's the solution I found either via google, docs or the Compiz wiki.
>> [...]
>> 
>
> Yep, but IIRC I had to do this every time I logged in. "dcop kicker kicker 
> restart" should automate the manual configuration. Perhaps it is fixed now
IIRC correctly, this is what made KDE show the correct 4 instead of 16
desktops (of which number 5-16 simply pointed to number one) on my system:

"Please change ccsm's preference backend to *flat-file"

(from http://en.opensuse.org/Compiz_Fusion)

Regards,
Magnar.
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Re: [opensuse] ATI, 8.42, 10.3: The X server always start with max resolution

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

fazer skrev:
>   
>> I installed the 8.42 drivers, but it gave me a desktop resolution of
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (the highest resolution my 19 inch Hansol CRT monitor
>> supports).  After some hassle (see my previous post) I got the ATI
>> control panel working, enabling me to switch resolution to the less
>> eye-straining [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> However, the system doesn't remember the settings - the next time I log
>> on, the resolution is once again 1792x1344.
>>
>> It is slightly annoying to have to set the resolution each time - has
>> any of you got an idea of how to fix this problem?
>>
>> 
> Did you try modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>   
Yes, that's the first thing I did - made a backup copy of the xorg.conf
file, and modify it. Oddly enough, the 1792x1344 resolution isn't even
listed in my xorg.conf file.
I removed the entire 1600x1200 entry from xorg.conf (leaving 1280x1024
as the highest resolution), but it didn't change anything.  Resolution
was still maxed out at 1792x1344 the next time I turned on my computer.

Regards,
Magnar.
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[opensuse] Compiz on ATI: Worked until I installed fusion-icon?

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

After I installed ATI 8.42, Compiz fusion worked as it should - however,
I got the common problem of the systray icons being scattered around,
and the kicker panel not working properly.

I thought it might be a good idea to install fusion-icon - in order to
quickly switch compiz on and off.
But the next time I logged on, the once-working Compiz was reduced to a
sad state - unmovable windows without borders/window decorations, no
working visual effects, etc.
Of course, I tried to remove fusion-icon again, but it didn't help.

I tried to manually start compiz:

compiz-manager &

didn't do it,

compiz --replace ccp &

gave me the broken desktop with the borderless windows.

Any ideas?

Regards,
Magnar.
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[opensuse] ATI, 8.42 drivers, 10.3: The X server always start with the highest possible resolution

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

I installed the 8.42 drivers, but it gave me a desktop resolution of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (the highest resolution my 19 inch Hansol CRT monitor
supports).  After some hassle (see my previous post) I got the ATI
control panel working, enabling me to switch resolution to the less
eye-straining [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, the system doesn't remember the settings - the next time I log
on, the resolution is once again 1792x1344.

It is slightly annoying to have to set the resolution each time - has
any of you got an idea of how to fix this problem?

Regards,
Magnar.
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[opensuse] Resolved: How to get the ATI Catalyst Control Center working (Suse 10.3, driver 8.42).

[Magnar Strand Olsen]

I remember noticing that others had the same problem - that even after
successfully installing the 8.42 drivers, the ATI control center won't
launch.
I found this quick howto after googling for some while, and thought I'd
save you some time by sharing it:

(snatched from http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6028)

-

little HowTo for openSUSE 10.3 32-bit (based on Snake's HOWTO)

1. Download xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-75.src.rpm


2. Open a console window as user not as root
Code:

rpm -Uvh xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-75.src.rpm

3. Now you can find file "xorg-x11-libX11.spec" at /usr/src/packages/SPECS

edit these 2 lines:
Code:

%define xcb 0

# rm -rf "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT"

4. build the rpm packages

Code:

rpmbuild -ba /usr/src/packages/SPECS/xorg-x11-libX11.spec

5. After that, there are a new directory
"/var/tmp/xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-build/". From there you can copy the
needed file. For example:

Code:

cp /usr/var/tmp/xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-build/usr/lib/libX11.so* ~/

6. Try amdcccle
Code:

LD_PRELOAD=~/libX11.so.6 amdcccle

7. If all runs fine , you can remove the temp directory.

Code:

rm -r /var/tmp/xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-build



After I followed the above instructions, I opened the ATI CCC menu item
in KDE's menu editor and set the launch command to
"LD_PRELOAD=~/libX11.so.6 amdcccle".

Regards,
Magnar.
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