VNC != VLC

airbillion wrote:

I think these programs are a great combo for both mp3s and videos, and vnc is essential for remote desktop, but I can't install them from the default repositories.  I dont have an external dvd drive yet so I dont want to botch up my eee os because I have no way to restore my system.  Has anyone tried to install these programs from the additional repos?

If you have a 1GB usb stick floating around (and who doesn't these days, you can get them for less than 20 bucks easy) and a windows box with a dvd drive you can turn it into a recovery stick. I've got mine and it's quite liberating to be able to just futz with the thing, knowing that I can restore it to factory glory in less than 15 minutes.

I would also like to know how to install xmms on the eee. This is my first experience working with Linux so maybe someone can post a walk through?

I tried type in the terminal: apt - get install xmms but it didn't work, and i doubt it would be that simple, haha.

Last edited by danucleus (2007-11-03 7:20:10 pm)

Yes, != means "not equal to".

Thanks for the help!  I installed vlc, xmms, gimp, and vnc after adding the extra repositories and enabling the advanced desktop mode, which I happen to prefer over the simple default mode.  Now I just need to install some emulators and I'll be all set!

danucleus wrote:

Could you tell me which repositories have you added? I'm not really sure which ones are safe.

Update - I've changed to the advanced desktop, and then got vlc installed by adding the debian repository mentioned in Brad Linder's blog about installing Audacity http://www.bradlinder.net/2007/11/insta … ee-pc.html

which is "deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main"

I've also borne in mind the warnings about using straight debian repositories on the Wiki here and created an apt-get preferences file which sets the asus ones at the top level, xandros4 ones next and debian below that.

http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=14236

Last edited by Peteb1951 (2007-11-07 6:39:50 pm)

And for those that want an XMMS icon in their Play tab.  I modified my ZSNES icon code as well.  Dump this into a script and run as root.

#!/bin/bash
LINEENTRY=`grep -n "record and" /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc | cut -d ':' -f 1`
LINEENTRY=$(($LINEENTRY + 2))
echo $LINEENTRY
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\</parcel>' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\  <desc lang="en">XMMS is an open source music player for Linux similar to Winamp</desc>' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\  <name lang="en">XMMS</name>' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\  selected_icon="xmms_hi.png">' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\  icon="xmms_norm.png"' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\<parcel simplecat="Play/Games" extraargs="/usr/bin/xmms"' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\ ' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\ ' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sed -i ''$LINEENTRY'i\ ' /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
wget http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/6694/studentxmmshigl9.png
cp studentxmmshima9.png /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/student_xmms_hi.png
cp studentxmmshima9.png /opt/xandros/share/AsusLauncher/xmms_norm.png
rm studentxmmshima9.png

If you don't like the icon, sorry, I am not a graphics person.  I welcome somebody to improve the icon or the script. 

Last edited by meltingrobot (2007-11-07 4:46:57 pm)

err can anyone give me step by step to installing vlc and xmms player? I am new to linux and i jsut got my eee.....

help will be appreciated!

Probably this is too late but may help someone in the future to install xmms

add: deb http://xnv4.xandros.com/xs2.0/upkg-srv2 etch main contrib non-free
to your sources, you can do this with synaptic easily or edit your sources manually
Then open a console
type 'sudo bash', enter
type 'apt-get install xmms'
okay  or 'y' everything
it is now installed.

If you like internet streams in the advanced desktop, I prefer 'streamtuner' which loads a number of services for music.  do 'apt-get streamtuner' with the same sources.

mellz wrote:

02Smartphone said:If you cannot use F9 to do the restore initially, try this:

To set this up, press F2 during boot-up to bring in BIOS setup utility.
Select EXIT -> Exit Options, Load Setup Defaults.
Press F10 to exit.

At reboot, F9 will bring up the System Recovery Screen.


I tried it and it didn't work for me.

During boot up, Press F9 rapidly, not hard press.