Yes, that was one of the packages I remembered adding. Along with a bunch of other gst-plugins, even if I didn't think I needed them. --- chip33az@netscape.net wrote: > Do you have gst-plugins-gnomevfs installed? > > I haven't used Gentoo in quite a while, but Rhythmbox is dependent on > the gstreamer program (as are most Gnome media applications). I would > verify that you have the gstreamer plug-ins installed. > > madhse@yahoo.com wrote: > > Thanks, I did read about that, and went for the simplest set of flags and > > options considered "safe". I have no interest in getting a theoretical > 0.5% > > speed increase at the risk of stability. > > > > My only problem is with trying to play music. I suspect I'm missing > something > > I need to install, but I don't know how to find out what it is. > > > > If I try to use Rhythmbox (I know most will probably recommend something > > else, but it has the smallest memory footprint of the players I've tried, > and > > I have used it very successfully on other distros), It prints a message > for > > each .ogg file in the library saying something like gnomevfssrc element > could > > not be created (I don't have the exact message handy). It seems like the > > forums on every major distro have a post from someone with this problem, > but > > no solutions that I could find. I installed two packages whose names > seemed > > to indicate they had something to do with gnomevfs. > > > > I installed Totem and tried to play the music files. It runs and thinks > it's > > playing them, but I get no sound. > > > > Oh well, more digging I guess. I may start using this for serious work, > as > > it is very fast, and very clean the way I have it set up. > > > > > > > > --- Steven G Wagner wrote: > > > > > >> DO NOT put ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" in your make.conf. It's not the > >> equivalent of Debian's unstable, it's far worse. Put it in > >> packages.keywords > >> WITH the specific version number of a package only if you really really > >> really need the unstable version. Gentoo doesn't operate like Debian, > >> stable Gentoo is far more hip than Debian's stable, and when Gentoo > masks > >> packages as unstable, it's really really unstable. > >> > >> I agree with all this, broke my last system this way and was too lazy to > >> fix > >> it so I switched to SUSE 10.1. Love SUSE, it's on my notebook right now > but > >> still I'm working on setting up a file/web server right now with > hardened > >> gentoo. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss