Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Re: .94/SuSE 8.0/KDE

[Charles Whittington <chw scs co uk>]

Thanks all. Results:

1) I was taking the URL too literally.  The bits are actually under 
.... /update_for_8.0/base. Took two hours to install these and .94 now 
(not) working the same as .93
2) Very useful test suggested by Damien fails. I obviously have problems 
with sound I/O.Alsa installed. artsd stopped. CD player/KDE noises work 
fine, Damien's test & Yast2 test fail. Curious, but not for this forum. 
Need to learn more. (But if anyone has experience on SuSE 
8.0/KDE/Toshiba Tecra 8000 ...!)

Thanks anyway

PostScript. General silly remark about software: I would like to able to 
build  up a system to perform various functions by installing layers and 
run standard tests on each layer after it is installed to ensure it is 
working correctly. If something performs unexpectedly, I want to strip 
down the layers to find out in which software layer or interface  the 
failure is. To get specific, could someone re-engineer the lower 
interfaces of Gnomemeeting as a set of tests to see whether/which the 
things it depends on in its environment are present and working. Just 
dreaming .... Thanks again.

Damien Sandras wrote:

> Le jeu 31/10/2002 à 11:13, Charles Whittington a écrit :
>  
>
> > I must be being really thick and I apologise for bothering you guys who 
> > appear to be doing a fantastic job but ....
> >
> > In the README for the SuSE packages for .94 there is a list of packages 
> > prequisite for .94 on SuSE 8.0 and indeed my installation fails because 
> > they are not installed But where can I find them? I have searched on 
> > SuSE 8.0 YaST, SuSE websites etc but none of the packages mentioned seem 
> > to be there. What am I doing wrong?
> >
> >    
>
> I can't help for suse but I guess other users will help you.
>
>  
>
> > > I am on SuSE 8.0, KDE Desktop
> > > I ran .93, partially successful but want .94 for NAT
> >
> > Also (2), is there a simple test to ensure sound is working fully duplex 
> > before starting GM?
> >
> >    
>
> Imagine your soundcard is in /dev/dsp and your mic too. Open up a mixer
> (for example gmix), and enable "Record" and also "Mute" for the
> microphone. Mute is to disable the electronic echo in your speakers when
> you talk in the mic.
>
> Then you can do a 'cat /dev/dsp > /dev/dsp'
> if it works, congrats! GM will work.
> If it doesn't work, you could have to install ALSA for full-duplex
> support.
>