From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 16 04:12:16 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE0016A420 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 04:12:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (dsl231-043-140.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.43.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF99F43D46 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2005 04:12:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j9G4CCGD035690; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:12:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j9G4CB2K035689; Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:12:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 21:12:11 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Vulpes Velox Message-ID: <20051016041211.GA35572@thought.org> References: <20051012213632.GA3888@thought.org> <20051015142358.59fc6f00@vixen42.vulpes> <20051015205705.GC29903@thought.org> <20051015203056.3525e2bc@vixen42.vulpes> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051015203056.3525e2bc@vixen42.vulpes> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: Observing 19 years of service to the Unix community Cc: Gary Kline , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: interesting past 4 hours... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 04:12:16 -0000 On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 08:30:56PM -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:57:05 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 02:23:58PM -0500, Vulpes Velox wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:36:32 -0700 > > > Gary Kline wrote: > > > > > > > This is to anybody with Gnome or KDE insights, > > > > > > > > Oh: I brought up linux-mozilla under Gnome, pointed > > > > audio/x-pn-realaudio at realplay; it works except that > > > > the audio "quivers". With ctwm, I can nice apps down; with > > > > user-friendly window mangers, things are hidden away. > > > > > > > > Anyway. If anybody knows how to add other KDE apps to > > > > the default, and how I can fix firefox to point to realplay, > > > > I would appreciate it. > > > > > > BTW what version of FreeBSD are you running on it? Mine had > > > problems till a update done some time after 5.4. Had something to > > > do with cpu cx states, acpi, or something like that, that my > > > audio worked nicely. Previously it had to be on at cx 1 to work > > > properly. It works properly at others now. > > > > I'm running 5.3 everywhere except for my Ubuntu server. > > No need/reason to move to v 6.X as far as I'm concerned. > > I may not have moved over the new linuxpluginwrapper file > > to /etc. I can't think of any other reason that mplayer > > would hang after every 1+ sec or that realplay would > > sound off/quiver/echo. > > > > But: before I go and change wm's and wind up with > > something that just doesn't work, there's lots of testing to do. > > I would suggest cvsuping to the newest 5.x. I had problems with one > of the older versions of 5.x on my laptop till it was fixed in one of > the commits. Underway. I always read UPGRADING nowadays, but if there are any recent gotchas, please drop a line. I've got a week before I more/less vanish into studyland for a few months. The more I can get done now, the happier, &c. thanks, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix