more mga9

[faeychild]

Most apps will not play mp4 files.

If I launch them in Kaffeine or vlc the Desktop crashes back to the
login screen.

Vlc will not play off air TV signals without the same crash.

The mpv player will not start at all without the same crash

Xine however will play mp4 just fine

Is it possible to get some log output to survive the crash

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by faeychild
Most apps will not play mp4 files.
If I launch them in Kaffeine or vlc the Desktop crashes back to the
login screen.
Vlc will not play off air TV signals without the same crash.
The mpv player will not start at all without the same crash
Xine however will play mp4 just fine
Is it possible to get some log output to survive the crash

It's working for me. What's the output of "urpmq --list-media active"?

I have the following vlc packages installed ...
$ rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort
lib64vlc5-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
lib64vlccore9-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
phonon4qt5-vlc-0.11.3-2.mga9
svlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-aa-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-chromaprint-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-dv-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-flac-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-fluidsynth-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-gme-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-gnutls-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-jack-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-kate-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-libass-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-libnotify-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-lirc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-lua-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-mod-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-mpc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-ncurses-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-projectm-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-samba-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-schroedinger-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-sdl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-shout-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-sid-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-speex-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-twolame-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-upnp-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-vdpau-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-zvbi-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[faeychild]

Post by David W. Hodgins
urpmq --list-media active

While xine does play mp4 does it use a different set of libraries

First mga8 which does play mp4

[***@unimatrix ~]$ urpmq --list-media active
Core Release (distrib1)
Core Updates (distrib3)
Nonfree Release (distrib11)
Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
Tainted Release (distrib21)
Tainted Updates (distrib23)
Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)
[***@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort
lib64vlc5-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
lib64vlccore9-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-lua-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-samba-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-vdpau-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
[***@unimatrix ~]$


And mga9

[***@unimatrix ~]# rpm -qa|grep vlc|sort
lib64vlc5-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
lib64vlccore9-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-flac-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-speex-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
[***@unimatrix ~]# urpmq --list-media active
Core Release (distrib1)
Core Updates (distrib3)
Nonfree Release (distrib11)
Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
Tainted Release (distrib21)
Tainted Updates (distrib23)
Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)
[***@unimatrix ~]#

[TJ]

Post by faeychild

Post by David W. Hodgins
urpmq --list-media active

While xine does play mp4 does it use a different set of libraries
First mga8 which does play mp4
Core Release (distrib1)
Core Updates (distrib3)
Nonfree Release (distrib11)
Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
Tainted Release (distrib21)
Tainted Updates (distrib23)
Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)
lib64vlc5-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
lib64vlccore9-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-lua-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-samba-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
vlc-plugin-vdpau-3.0.18-1.1.mga8.tainted
And mga9
lib64vlc5-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
lib64vlccore9-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-common-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-flac-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-opengl-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-pulse-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-speex-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
vlc-plugin-theora-3.0.20-1.mga9.tainted
Core Release (distrib1)
Core Updates (distrib3)
Nonfree Release (distrib11)
Nonfree Updates (distrib13)
Tainted Release (distrib21)
Tainted Updates (distrib23)
Core 32bit Release (distrib31)
Core 32bit Updates (distrib32)
Nonfree 32bit Release (distrib36)
Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib37)
Tainted 32bit Release (distrib41)
Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib42)

The mga9 vdpau plugin isn't installed. I believe that lets vlc use your
Nvidia GPU's hardware acceleration for the codecs the GPU supports.

TJ

[TJ]

Post by faeychild
Most apps will not play mp4 files.
If I launch them in Kaffeine or vlc the Desktop crashes back to the
login screen.
Vlc will not play off air TV signals without the same crash.
The mpv player will not start at all without the same crash
Xine however will play mp4 just fine
Is it possible to get some log output to survive the crash

I don't have a tuner in my computer for OTA TV. It wouldn't make any
difference anyway, as I'm in the U.S. and your broadcast system is
probably different.

No problem here with mp4 files, in vlc from the tainted repos, or in
Dragon Player. I don't have it on this system, but Parole works OK on
others.

Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it
shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
tainted versions of those two tasks.

TJ

[faeychild]

Post by TJ
Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it
shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
tainted versions of those two tasks.
TJ

OK How do I check on those

[TJ]

Post by faeychild

Post by TJ
Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While
it shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install
the tainted versions of those two tasks.
TJ

OK How do I check on those

Easiest way, if you are GUI-minded like me, is to search in MCC/Install
and Remove Software.

The core versions are on the CI, and I believe are installed by default.
Updating to the tainted versions should happen if the tainted repos are
enabled, but it doesn't hurt to check.

TJ

[faeychild]

Post by TJ

Post by faeychild

Post by TJ
Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While
it shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install
the tainted versions of those two tasks.
TJ

OK How do I check on those

Easiest way, if you are GUI-minded like me, is to search in MCC/Install
and Remove Software.
The core versions are on the CI, and I believe are installed by default.
Updating to the tainted versions should happen if the tainted repos are
enabled, but it doesn't hurt to check.
TJ

I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.


But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
vlc plays mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.

I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and
do the upgrades
Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
reinstall everything. I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long
overdue for a clean up

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by faeychild
I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

Helps if the correct names are used. :-)

$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

Post by faeychild
But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
vlc plays mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.
I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and
do the upgrades
Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
reinstall everything. I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long
overdue for a clean up

Hope it continues to work after installing the updates.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[faeychild]

On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:18:23 -0500, faeychild

Post by faeychild
I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

Helps if the correct names are used. :-)
$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

[***@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
task-codec-video-6-4.mga8
[***@unimatrix ~]$


That's interesting video is not tainted but this is also mga8 and it
plays mp4.
I didn't select these, the installer did, one tainted and one untainted. ???

Post by faeychild
But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
vlc plays  mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.
I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and
do the upgrades
Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
reinstall everything.  I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long
overdue for a clean up

Hope it continues to work after installing the updates.

Fingers crossed!! archaic,but you never know
After the videos render I will do the mga9 update.

I still may reorganize the SSD but some days I get overcome by "who
gives @^%$&" it's working, don't fix it.

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by faeychild

On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:18:23 -0500, faeychild

Post by faeychild
I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

Helps if the correct names are used. :-)
$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
task-codec-video-6-4.mga8
That's interesting video is not tainted but this is also mga8 and it
plays mp4.
I didn't select these, the installer did, one tainted and one untainted. ???

Post by faeychild
But I have reinstalled mga9 without the updates, just vanilla setup and
vlc plays mp4 OK. so there you go, mystery deepens.
I am rendering video with mga8 so when I get the time I'll boot mga9 and
do the upgrades
Or get stupidly adventurous and reorganize the SSD partitioning and
reinstall everything. I'll go for larger swap and temp partition. Long
overdue for a clean up

Hope it continues to work after installing the updates.

Fingers crossed!! archaic,but you never know
After the videos render I will do the mga9 update.
I still may reorganize the SSD but some days I get overcome by "who

Mageia 8 has ...
https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm

It shouldn't have one tainted and one from core.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[faeychild]

Post by David W. Hodgins
Mageia 8 has ...
https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
It shouldn't have one tainted and one from core.

So does mga9

[***@unmatrix ~]$ rpm -qa | grep code
lib64avcodec59-5.1.3-3.mga9
perl-Encode-Locale-1.50.0-6.mga9
iso-codes-4.13.0-1.mga9
dmidecode-3.5-1.mga9
fonts-otf-adobe-source-code-pro-2.030.1.050-3.mga9
lib64opencv_imgcodecs406-4.6.0-5.mga9
lib64qrencode4-4.1.1-2.mga9
lib64recode3-3.7.14-1.mga9
recode-3.7.14-1.mga9
mencoder-1.5-12.mga9
microcode_ctl-2.1-11.mga9
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9
kcodecs-5.114.0-1.mga9
lib64kf5codecs5-5.114.0-1.mga9
lib64gstcodecparsers1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
lib64gstcodecs1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
microcode-0.20231114-1.mga9.nonfree
lib64gsttranscoder1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
[***@unmatrix ~]$


The update went in without drama.
mp4's will now play and the quirkiness has gone
The same hardware software and install media, so maybe it was procedural.

Regards

[William Unruh]

Post by faeychild

Post by David W. Hodgins
Mageia 8 has ...
https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/8/x86_64/media/tainted/release/task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted.x86_64.rpm
It shouldn't have one tainted and one from core.

So does mga9

I would have put in codec not just code, since that produces all maner
of false postivies

Anyway tainted has both
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm
Not sure why your system did not pick them up. But try doing
urpmi task-codec-video-9-1
(assuming you use urpmi)
and give the error message if it refuses to install that.

Note your mirror might be bad as well.

Post by faeychild
lib64avcodec59-5.1.3-3.mga9
perl-Encode-Locale-1.50.0-6.mga9
iso-codes-4.13.0-1.mga9
dmidecode-3.5-1.mga9
fonts-otf-adobe-source-code-pro-2.030.1.050-3.mga9
lib64opencv_imgcodecs406-4.6.0-5.mga9
lib64qrencode4-4.1.1-2.mga9
lib64recode3-3.7.14-1.mga9
recode-3.7.14-1.mga9
mencoder-1.5-12.mga9
microcode_ctl-2.1-11.mga9
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9
kcodecs-5.114.0-1.mga9
lib64kf5codecs5-5.114.0-1.mga9
lib64gstcodecparsers1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
lib64gstcodecs1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
microcode-0.20231114-1.mga9.nonfree
lib64gsttranscoder1.0_0-1.22.8-1.mga9.tainted
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
The update went in without drama.
mp4's will now play and the quirkiness has gone
The same hardware software and install media, so maybe it was procedural.
Regards

[faeychild]

Post by William Unruh
I would have put in codec not just code, since that produces all maner
of false postivies

If certainly did. I wasn't trying for pretty I was hunting around

Post by William Unruh
Anyway tainted has both
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm
Not sure why your system did not pick them up. But try doing
urpmi task-codec-video-9-1

[***@unimatrix ~]# urpmi task-codec-video-9-1
No package named task-codec-video-9-1

Post by William Unruh
(assuming you use urpmi)
and give the error message if it refuses to install that.
Note your mirror might be bad as well.

princeton

[jim whitby]

<snip>

Post by William Unruh
(assuming you use urpmi)
and give the error message if it refuses to install that.
Note your mirror might be bad as well.
princeton

From <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/
tainted/release/>
[ ] task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm 2022-12-05 07:09
6.8K

[faeychild]

Post by jim whitby

Post by David W. Hodgins
princeton

From <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/
tainted/release/>
[ ] task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm 2022-12-05 07:09
6.8K

And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
advised to remove old video and replace with tainted

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by faeychild

Post by jim whitby

Post by David W. Hodgins
princeton

From <https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/
tainted/release/>
[ ] task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm 2022-12-05 07:09
6.8K

And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
advised to remove old video and replace with tainted

It should happen automatically when installing updates if the tainted repo
is enabled (both release and updates), as "tainted" sorts after (is considered
greater than) "rpm"

$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[faeychild]

On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:59:48 -0500, faeychild

Post by jim whitby

Post by David W. Hodgins
princeton

 From
<https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/
tainted/release/>
[ ]    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm    2022-12-05 07:09
6.8K

  And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
advised to remove old video and replace with tainted

It should happen automatically when installing updates if the tainted repo
is enabled (both release and updates), as "tainted" sorts after (is considered
greater than) "rpm"
$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
Source RPM  : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
Source RPM  : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm

[***@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm


After installing the tainted video codec

[***@unmatrix ~]$ urpmq -i task-codec-video|grep ^Source|sort -V
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm
[***@unmatrix ~]$

no apparent change

[jim whitby]

Post by David W. Hodgins

On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:59:48 -0500, faeychild

Post by jim whitby

Post by David W. Hodgins
princeton

 From
<https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/mageia/distrib/9/x86_64/media/
tainted/release/>
[ ]    task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted.x86_64.rpm    2022-12-05
07:09 6.8K

  And there it is. Bearing in mind that everything is working, is it
advised to remove old video and replace with tainted

It should happen automatically when installing updates if the tainted
repo is enabled (both release and updates), as "tainted" sorts after
(is considered greater than) "rpm"
task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm

task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm
After installing the tainted video codec
no apparent change

Am I missing something or did I understand you to say you installed the
sourece rpm for the codec?

If yes, then, please, try
urpmi task-codec-video
and see what happens. If there are any errors or warnings pr other
problems, please post them.

If I'm miss informed, please feel free to ignore me.
--
Jim Whitby


The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been
changed to protect the innocent.
----------------------
Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
6.6.18-server-1.mga9 unknown
----------------------

[faeychild]

Post by jim whitby
If yes, then, please, try
urpmi task-codec-video
and see what happens. If there are any errors or warnings pr other
problems, please post them.
If I'm miss informed, please feel free to ignore me.

No No It was the tainted version installed through MCC.
Although why it wasn't install originally with the tainted audio codec
seems to be the the anomaly. And it still doesn't show up

[***@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -qa | grep codec
task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
lib64gstcodecparsers1.0_0-1.18.5-1.mga8.tainted
lib64kf5codecs5-5.76.0-1.mga8
task-codec-video-6-4.mga8
lib64opencv_imgcodecs4.5-4.5.1-1.3.mga8
lib64gstcodecs1.0_0-1.18.5-1.mga8.tainted
lib64avcodec58-4.3.6-1.mga8.tainted
kcodecs-5.76.0-1.mga8
[***@unimatrix ~]$

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by David W. Hodgins
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm
After installing the tainted video codec
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.src.rpm
Source RPM : task-codec-9-1.mga9.tainted.src.rpm
no apparent change

The urpmq command shows what's available in the enabled repositories, not
what's installed on that system.

Use "rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to see what is currently
installed for those two, and
"urpmi task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to install both of the rpm
packages.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[faeychild]

Post by David W. Hodgins
The urpmq command shows what's available in the enabled repositories, not
what's installed on that system.
Use "rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to see what is currently
installed for those two, and
"urpmi task-codec-audio task-codec-video" to install both of the rpm
packages.

OK I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'm confusing mga9 and mga9.

So I have installed tainted video for mga8 and now

[***@unimatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted
[***@unimatrix ~]$
with a resounding sigh

I will boot mga9 and check that out


faeychild
Running kde on 5.15.126-desktop-1.mga8 kernel.
Mageia release 8 (Official) for x86_64

[faeychild]

Post by faeychild
OK I'm barking up the wrong tree. I'm confusing mga9 and mga9.

No That's MGA8 and MGA9 (^$%#@$&#$)

Or to quote Maxwell Smart, "It's craw not craw"

Some days seem very long. But, also, the Brother printer is in

Post by faeychild
So I have installed tainted video for mga8  and  now
task-codec-audio-6-4.mga8.tainted
task-codec-video-6-4.mga8.tainted
  with a resounding sigh
I will boot mga9 and check that out

[***@unmatrix ~]$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted
[***@unmatrix ~]$


"Great suffering blood oranges" finally!!


I damn near have everything running flawlessly on "9" even sig file and TV.

It's almost trustworthy. but tonight I'll return to the soothing comfort
of mga8

How long have I got until MGA-10

Regards

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by faeychild
How long have I got until MGA-10

When it's ready. :-)

Given the amount of work involved, a release is generally done when there
is a really big new or changed feature, or there's enough differences between
cauldron and the latest release to warrant it.

The main reason mga9 was released was so that the build system could be updated.
as the build system is based on with the latest stable release, and some
packages could not be built any more without newer versions of gcc, llvm, etc.

I haven't seen any discussions yet on a schedule. There likely are not enough
differences between mga9 and cauldron to warrant the amount of work involved
to start building and testing mga10.

That will be up to the council, which is made up of the team leaders.

Don't forget, skipping a release means doing a clean install. The obsoletes
in rpm packages are written to handle the prior release during upgrade, and
are unlikely to work after skipping a release. Same with the scriplets that
alter existing config files in /etc.

And just a reminder, I'm no longer leader of the qa team, the council, or the
board.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

[TJ]

On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:11 -0500, faeychild

Post by faeychild
How long have I got until MGA-10

When it's ready. :-)
Given the amount of work involved, a release is generally done when there
is a really big new or changed feature, or there's enough differences between
cauldron and the latest release to warrant it.
The main reason mga9 was released was so that the build system could be updated.
as the build system is based on with the latest stable release, and some
packages could not be built any more without newer versions of gcc, llvm, etc.
I haven't seen any discussions yet on a schedule. There likely are not enough
differences between mga9 and cauldron to warrant the amount of work involved
to start building and testing mga10.
That will be up to the council, which is made up of the team leaders.

Some have floated the idea of a 9.1 release, but I don't believe we are
ready for that yet. There's a large wave of Plasma application updates
in the pipeline, for example, and they would need to be cleared by QA first.

A 9.1 release would be like previous .1 releases, where the install isos
would contain packages that have been updated since the original Mageia
9 release. That's mostly for newcomers to Mageia 9, so that they don't
have as many updates to get at the end of the install. Anyone who has
already installed Mageia 9 and kept it fully updated would have the same
thing.

BTW, I am the current QA team leader, formerly Dave's deputy. As such, I
am on the Council, but I am not on the board. I'm just trying very hard
to fill Dave's shoes, with some limited success. Fortunately, he still
has had my back when I really need it.

TJ

[TJ]

On Tue, 05 Mar 2024 01:18:23 -0500, faeychild

Post by faeychild
I did search for task-video-codec; nothing - not entirely surprised.

Helps if the correct names are used. :-)
$ rpm -q task-codec-audio task-codec-video
task-codec-audio-9-1.mga9.tainted
task-codec-video-9-1.mga9.tainted

Oops. That's what I get for typing from memory.

TJ

[William Unruh]

Post by faeychild

Post by TJ
Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it
shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
tainted versions of those two tasks.
TJ

OK How do I check on those

rpm -qa|grep codec

[faeychild]

Post by William Unruh

Post by faeychild

Post by TJ
Make sure task-audio-codec and task-video-codec are installed. While it
shouldn't be necessary for playback, it wouldn't hurt to install the
tainted versions of those two tasks.
TJ

OK How do I check on those

rpm -qa|grep codec

Damn I should have known that. I have used it lots of times.

More and more mental blocks. Blindsided by the immediate drama

Thanks