Re: [LAU] No joy with AVlinux

On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:03:06 +0100
fred <f.rech@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Folderol a écrit :
> > On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:44:20 +0100
> > Hartmut Noack <zettberlin@linuxuse.de> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Am 02.12.2010 10:59, schrieb Philipp Überbacher:
> >>
> >>> Excerpts from Hartmut Noack's message of 2010-12-02 09:40:47 +0100:
> >>>
> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >>>> Hash: SHA1
> >>>>
> >>>> Am 01.12.2010 14:29, schrieb Batz:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Y-ellow All.
> >>>>>
> >>>> [snip]
> >>>>
> >>>>> So anyway, if any of this sound familiar and is easily fixed then I'd be
> >>>>> over the moon to hear about it. Or alternatively, should I move on to
> >>>>> try another distro?
> >>>>>
> >>>> All I can say: a friend of mine here in Germ, who was heavily advocating
> >>>> AVLinux last year, is now explicitly warning users NOT to use AVLinux 4.1.
> >>>> Bad RT-Performance and other smaller issues he reports. Seems, AVL has
> >>>> switched from Debian to Ubuntu. The very same step, that was one of the
> >>>> last steps in the life of 64Studio....
> >>>>
> >>> 64studio is dead?
> >>>
> >> Not officially dead yet, but smelling quite funny to me....
> >>
> >>
> >
> > I've been waiting for an update on this too :(
> >
> > However, the good news is that I've found I get very reasonable results using a
> > minimal debian squeeze then pulling in a rt kernel and just the audio packages
> > I want.
> >
> > If anyone is interested I can post the crib sheet I made as I installed it.
> >
> >
> Please post it Folderol, it could be really nice when Squeeze goes to
> stable !
> Thanks in advance,
> Fred
>

Wow!, I wasn't expecting that much interest. OK here it is:

install from disk and unmark 'desktop' and 'standard'

log in as root

using apt-get-install
        xorg
        synaptic pulls in sudo and a lot of useful base level stuff
        python-dbus
        openbox
        obconf
        rox-filer

in /etc/sudoers add line:
        {username} ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/synaptic, /sbin/halt, /sbin/reboot

run startx, xterm, rox, obconf to create default files
        create ~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh with:
                rox -S &

using apt-get-install
        mingetty
                in /etc/inittab change:
                        respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
                to:
                        respawn:/sbin/mingetty --autologin {username} --noclear
tty1

add to end of /home/{username}/.bash_profile
        startx

use iceweasel to fetch the following rox apps
        rox-lib2
                tar xvjf rox-lib2*
                as root move contents to /usr/local/lib/

        archive
                tar xvjf archive*
                can now use archive to unpack others

        rox-Clib_xxx
                move as /usr/lib/ROX-CLib

        traylib
                rename to just TrayLib and as root move to /usr/local/lib/

        devtray so we can use usb sticks in ROX

from the desktop install:
        libusb-1.0-0
        inkscape
        k3b
        kcalc
        kchars
        krename
        kwrite
        gftp
        gimp
        gkrellm
        gnome-system-monitor
        gparted

for audio

install the following: enable audio when asked
        qjackctl pulls in a lot!
        alsamixergui
        alsaplayer-jack
        alsa-utils
        ardour
        audacious
        audacity
        easytag
        hydrogen
        jack-rack
        jamin
        japa
        lillypond
        meterbridge
        qsynth
        rakarrack
        timemachine
        vkeybd
        vorbis-tools

as root
        alsactl init (ignore errors)
        reboot and use alsamixer to bring up levels (will be silent otherwise)

 temporarily add the following to repositories:
        deb cdrom:[64studio 3.3-alpha2 (1)]/ karmic main
        deb http://apt.64studio.com/backports/ hardy-backports main
                ignore errors
        install multimedia kernel 2.6.29
        disable these repositories but keep then 'just in case'
        reboot and select new kernel

 check for RT kernel with uname -a
        should include PREEMP and RT

 edit /etc/default/grub
        change
          GRUB_DEFAULT=0
        to
          GRUB_DEFAULT={number of wanted menu item as default, counting from 0}
        run 'update-grub'

for compiling music progs:
        automake
        build-essential
        cmake
        cmake-curses
        dssi-dev
        fluid
        git-all
        libasound2-dev
        libfftw3-dev
        libjack-dev
        liblircclient-dev
        liblo-dev
        liblrdf0-dev
        libmxml-dev
        libqt4-dev
        libsamplerate0-dev
        libsndfile1-dev
        libxml++2.6-dev
        subversion
        xutils-dev
        zlib1g-dev

compile and standard install lame

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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