Sound problems

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#1

I have 11.2 installed on a dual core 64 bit system. The sound works when I use Yast to look at the sound device and select “play test sound”. I haven’t gotten anything out of Amarok or SMPlayer. I followed the guide listed in other posts to update the system although I could not seem to solve all the dependences.

When I use SMPlayer to play an MP3 file, I get a message saying that I am missing libdirectfb-1.1.so.0

I tried the following:


ldd /usr/bin/mplayer | grep libdirect
        libdirectfb-1.1.so.0 => not found

This seems to be the only missing library. The interesting thing is that if I search my system for libdirect, I find that I have libdirectfb-1.2.so.0. Is this a newer rev or a different library because of my platform?

Any hints?

Thanks

#2

If you have only OSS, Non-OSS, Update and Packman repositories setup and no others then the dependencies “just work”. We need to determine what is misconfigured on your pc.

Please provide the output of:

zypper lr -d
#3

You could also work your way thru RedDwarf’s guide to sort the packages you have installed:
Check your multimedia problem in ten steps - openSUSE Forums

#4

I figured it out. I ran per your suggestion

zypper lr -d                                                 
# | Alias                               | Name                        | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                             | Service           
--+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------           
1 | Packman                             | Packman                     | Yes     | Yes     |   90     | rpm-md | http://packman.mirrors.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0/         |                   
2 | VLC                                 | VLC                         | No      | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/SuSE/11.0/                 |                   
3 | http-download.opensuse.org-1e5ac983 | Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/                       |                   
4 | openSUSE 11.2-0                     | openSUSE 11.2-0             | No      | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///                                                          |                   
5 | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-11.2-Debug         | No      | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/  |                   
6 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss       | Yes     | Yes     |  120     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss/    |                   
7 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-11.2-Oss           | Yes     | Yes     |  120     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/        |                   
8 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-11.2-Source        | No      | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |

I noticed that the packman repo was for 11.0. I changed the link to 11.2 and updated. It now works and there are no missing dependences. I copied the links from the post on “Multi-media and Restricted Format Installation Guide”, but I did not notice the updated 11.2 section or that I had linked to the 11.0 repos.

Thanks for your help

#5

Congratulations on sorting this ! Thanks for sharing your solution.