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Xmcd: An Audio-CD Player for X11
[0] News
- Jan 22, 1998: xmcd-2.2-1B: the latest version with wip980113
which now alows volume control. I changed the
spec file to use a new mklinux-patch which differs
from the previous one with volume control disabled
to avoid annoying error messages.
- Dec 6, 1997: xmcd-2.2-1A: the latest version with mklinux patch.
[1] Origin
- ftp://ftp.x.org:/contrib/applications/xmcd/xmcd-2.2.tar.gz
Patches were created:
- xmcd-2.2-Imakefile.patch
- xmcd-2.2-ppc.patch
- xmcd-2.2-mklinux.patch
- xmcd-2.2-mklinux-new.patch
essentially to switch off unsupported features to avoid ioctl errors
as much as possible.
[2] How to Build Xmcd from SRC
The Xmcd RPM building procedure is described in its spec file:
- xmcd-2.2.spec
You can rebuild the RPM using its corresponding SRPM as:
- # rpm --rebuild <somewhere>/xmcd-2.2-1B.src.rpm
[3] How to Install Xmcd
Before installing xmcd, update your Mklinux to DR2.1update4 or
higher: the package requires the full shared library support coming
with DR2.1update4 including shared X11 libraries.
Onece the update is completed, the rest is easy:
- # rpm -i <somewhere>/xmcd-2.2-1A.ppc.rpm
If you have wip980113 or later installed, you may want to install 1B instead
of 1A:
- # rpm -i <somewhere>/xmcd-2.2-1B.ppc.rpm
You may want to reconfigure Xmcd by
- # /etc/X11/xmcd/config/config.sh
- .... Answer questions .....
in order to use some remote CD data base.
Once you issue this command, you will be prompted to specify your CD player
type. You must choose "36. other (non-SCSI)", even if you think
your CD player is SCSI and select "1. SunOS/Solaris/Linux/QNX ioctl method"
as a Device Interface Method (the other options simply did not work for me).
[4] Known Problems
- You cannont control volume with the slide bar.
- Jan.22, 1998: this problem was solved by xmcd-2.2-1B when
used with wip980113 or later.
- When you eject a CD, your display will be screwed up with
error messages. You need to insert a CD as soon as possible
and do "xrefresh". In stead you can do
- # vi /etc/X11/xmcd/config/cdrom
- ....
- exitOnEject: True
- ....
so that xmcd exits when a cd is ejected.
- Jan.22, 1998: this problem too was solved by xmcd-2.2-1B when
used with wip980113 or later.
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fujiik@jlcuxf.kek.jp Jan. 22, 1997