System-config-soundcard

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Kenneth:

You might just want to upgrade to the latest release of yum first. Do
something like:

yum upgrade yum

You'll know your in the version that has a separate file for each
repository (the one based in XML syntax) if you see a directory called
/etc/yum.repos.d

PS: Be sure to edit the main configuration file, /etc/yum.conf, and add
an exclusion for the kernel--or one day Speakup will simply stop
speaking, and you'll be wondering what happened. A line something like:

exclude=kernel kernel-smp kernel-doc 

in the header of yum.conf should do the trick.

Kenneth Lee writes:
> Janina, thanks for these tips and your help getting everything running.  I
> have used yum a few times and it really does make installs a breeze.  
> 
> I don't know if the repos's you mentioned are included in my yum setup, but
> I'll add them if they are not.  I can't remember where I got my yum config
> file, I found one out there in the www and just started using it.
> 
> Regards, Ken -N5SWR
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:13 AM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Re: System-config-soundcard
> 
> 
> Suggest you get mplayer working for real audio, and for many other
> formats. Best way, imho, is to get yum working with some additional
> repositories. In particular, add the following "repos" (repositories):
> 
> 
> [dag]
> name=Dag RPM Repository for Fedora Core
> baseurl=http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1 
> 
> 
> 
> [freshrpms]
> name=Fedora Linux $releasever - $basearch - freshrpms
> baseurl=http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/$releasever/$basearch/freshrpm
> s
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=1
> 
> 
> With these two added, (separate files under /etc/yum.repos if your yum
> is new enough--I'm sorry I don't recall your Fedora version), you can
> then do things like:
> 
> yum install mplayer
> 
> I promise, it's by far the easiest way to deal with installs--especially
> for applications like mplayer that literally have a dozen dependencies.
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040