Paul Johnson
2009-Jan-23 06:04 UTC
[CentOS] where did all the nonfree rpms go? Nvidia? xine-lib-mp3?
I installed Centos on some machines that need long term support. I'm running up against some simple user convenience issues. How to play MP3? I've been really puzzled today that the addon rpm sites like livna, rpmforge, rpmfusion, epel, don't seem to have something like amarok-mp3 or xine-lib-mp3. What am I missing? It can be done in Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora Linux. In the worst case scenario, what must be done? get the xine source code and build an rpm that includes the mp3 components? Do you have Nvidia cards? Then I noticed there is a new Nvidia proprietary driver on www.nvidia.org, and I can't find an rpm package for it, or for the previous 2 releases of the nvidia driver. The place to get those packages used to be rpm.livna.org, but that is now moved to rpmfusion, but on the rpmfusion site, the nonfree folders are empty. Oh, well. Just singing a complaining song. pj -- Paul E. Johnson
Sorin Srbu
2009-Jan-23 10:06 UTC
[CentOS] where did all the nonfree rpms go? Nvidia? xine-lib-mp3?
>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On BehalfOf>Paul Johnson >Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 7:04 AM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: [CentOS] where did all the nonfree rpms go? Nvidia? xine-lib-mp3? > >Then I noticed there is a new Nvidia proprietary driver on >www.nvidia.org, and I can't find an rpm package for it, or for the >previous 2 releases of the nvidia driver. The place to get those >packages used to be rpm.livna.org, but that is now moved to rpmfusion, >but on the rpmfusion site, the nonfree folders are empty.Why don't you get your proprietary drivers from nvidia.com? Or do you need an actual rpm-package? Anyway, you're bound to get newest stuff from Nvidia.com. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5126 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090123/13dafc80/attachment-0003.bin>
Ralph Angenendt
2009-Jan-23 10:12 UTC
[CentOS] where did all the nonfree rpms go? Nvidia? xine-lib-mp3?
Sorin Srbu wrote:> Why don't you get your proprietary drivers from nvidia.com? Or do you need an > actual rpm-package? Anyway, you're bound to get newest stuff from Nvidia.com.Yes, using an rpm package is better, as the packaged drivers do not remove libGL.so, for example, like the nvidia driver does. Cheers, Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090123/b3d28844/attachment-0003.sig>
Ralph Angenendt
2009-Jan-23 10:16 UTC
[CentOS] where did all the nonfree rpms go? Nvidia? xine-lib-mp3?
Paul Johnson wrote:> I installed Centos on some machines that need long term support. I'm > running up against some simple user convenience issues. > > How to play MP3? > > I've been really puzzled today that the addon rpm sites like livna, > rpmforge, rpmfusion, epel, don't seem to have something like > amarok-mp3 or xine-lib-mp3. What am I missing? It can be done in > Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora Linux.No, but they have gstreamer plugins which can play mp3s, there's xmms-mp3, and xine-lib from rpmforge also should play mp3s.> In the worst case scenario, what must be done? get the xine source > code and build an rpm that includes the mp3 components?Have you checked that this isn't already the case?> Do you have Nvidia cards? > > Then I noticed there is a new Nvidia proprietary driver on > www.nvidia.org, and I can't find an rpm package for it, or for the > previous 2 releases of the nvidia driver. The place to get those > packages used to be rpm.livna.org, but that is now moved to rpmfusion, > but on the rpmfusion site, the nonfree folders are empty.livna.org *never* had rpms for CentOS/RHEL. atrpms and rpmforge have nvidia drivers for CentOS/RHEL. If you need more current ones, please do contact the appropriate venues (mailing lists, forums) for those repositories.> Oh, well. Just singing a complaining song.Yes, but to the wrong audience. CentOS is not in control over what gets into third party repositories. Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090123/a7943c9d/attachment-0003.sig>
Rex Dieter
2009-Jan-23 13:00 UTC
[CentOS] where did all the nonfree rpms go? Nvidia? xine-lib-mp3?
Paul Johnson wrote:> I installed Centos on some machines that need long term support. I'm > running up against some simple user convenience issues. > > How to play MP3? > > I've been really puzzled today that the addon rpm sites like livna, > rpmforge, rpmfusion, epel, don't seem to have something like > amarok-mp3 or xine-lib-mp3.Fwiw, rpmfusion uses more "PC" naming now :), with Obsoletes/Provides in place, e.g., xine-lib-extras-freeworld -- Rex