How to fix: XMMS1.2.9 problem in Mandrake 10

[AussieJohn]

The problem is associated with soundwrapper.

As ROOT go to /usr/share/applnk-mdk/Multimedia/Sound

In there you will see an icon called Xmms.desktop,
right click on it and select Properties then Application.
Delete only the word soundwrwpper then close out.

If you also see a file titled Xmms.desktop~ then right click on it and select Kwrite to open it . Delete only the word soundwrapper, click Save then close out.

If you have version 1.2.10 then obviously you won't need to do this.

This method will save you a download if you have 1.2.9.

Cheers

[pickarooney]

Can you say what bug this fixes? I have a couple of bugs with v1.2.9 in Mdk 10.
Looking for a 1.2.10 RPM atm if you have a link to one.

[AussieJohn]

Sorry but there are no rpms for Mandrake 10 of version 1.2.10 yet.
You can get the source tarball from http://www.xmms.org.
I downloaded it and installed it AOK and it runs well now with the soundwrapper feature intact.
There were a number of other bugs in 1.2.9 and they have been fixed as well. Cheers

[mdwatts]

Build your own rpm package using

rpmbuild -tb xmms-1.2.10.tar.gz

or with Checkinstall (search freshmeat.net) using

./configure
make
checkinstall

Checkinstall will build a rpm package while executing the 'make install' step.

[pickarooney]

How to get around the potential minefield of dependant progs - sine, mplayer and the like, when building a new version of xmms? I presume libxmms has to be made too - would that come before or after?

[mdwatts]

All dependencies would need to be installed first.

[pickarooney]

Nah, no luck with compiling it - glib problems I have no glib-config file on my system for some reason.
Same story for rpmbuild.

Anyhoo, what was the problem with 1.2.9 that the original post referred to?