On 9/26/07, Doctor Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/26/07, Doctor Who <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/26/07, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Doctor Who wrote: > > > > > > > It appears I have some of the packages installed (like kaffeine) from > > > > the OSS repo already. It does not apppear that with the new software > > > > installer I have the ability to choose software by repo. > > > > > > > > In other words, I cannot easily choose to install kaffeine from packman > > > > vs. OSS. > > > > > > > > Am I missing something? Do I need to find all installed OSS > > > > multimedia packages, uninstall them, then install their packman > > > > equivalents? > > > > > > No need - if you install libxine1, it only comes from packman. That's the > > > non-crippled back end that will allow xine & kaffeine to play all the > > > usual > > > media types. Also, if you look closely at the packages in yast software > > > management, it will tell you if it's the suse build or the packman or guru > > > build - amarok will have a suse and a guru build. OTOH mplayer IIRC is > > > only > > > from packman and not suse. > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > Yes, but, for example, I have kaffeine installed. It is from the OSS > > repo. I need the one from packman. I can't easily (that I can see) > > select the kaffeine version from packman to install with Software > > Management. > > > > If both repos are enabled, whatever is installed shows up in both > > Available and Installed columns (in this case the OSS version). I > > can't "replace" it with the packman version. > > > > The older Software Manager allowed you to see packages by repo. This > > one appartently does not. > > > > OK, so both XMMS and Amarok will play mp3 files on this machine. > However, audacious and Banshee (looks to be plain and not > helix-banshee) will not. > > These are (of course) the 2 players I would like to get working. > > Any ideas? >
OK, so uninstalling/reinstalling both audacious and helix-banshee got things working. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
