Gkrellm installs easily using the rpm that came with SuSE 8.2 but tar.gz plugins don't work. I changed to a gkrellm tar.gz and that won't "make" - I get millions of errors and all error lines begin with main.c. I'm wondering if that indicates something blindingly obvious that I can't see ???

Hmmm! The hardest thing about this problem is that I just don't have the vocabulary to describe the problem.

Gkrellm 2.1.5 is happily installed on my SuSE 8.2 box. I want the XMMS plugin and a volume plugin. When I use an rpm file, nothing happens. It compiles and then nothing. I have set Gkrellm up before - in SuSE 8.0 so I think I know what I am looking for. tar files error out bigtime - lots of main.c and gkrellm.c errors. It's a big error file!!

I'm almost certain that I'm missing a key component somewhere but I don't know what.

Of course....I can start XMMS from my Flux menu and, similarly, volume doesn't present a problem but I want things to work as they should. Also, this is a great distraction from real work!!!! I wonder how many Linux users are in a similar position - they can do what they need to do in one form but prefer to do it in a way that they can't yet. How many hours are wasted in the pursuit of knowledge? Hmmm! Once I crack this one, I WILL focus.

Hi,

Okay, so you have gkrellm running just fine on Suse. Good. You want the xmms and volume plugins. All you have to do is download the tar.gz file for each plugin (here and here), untar them, check the Makefiles to make sure that they point to the right directories (wherever gkrellm.h and gkrellm-public-proto.h are; for me that's /usr/include/gkrellm), and run make. You shouldn't need the latest gkrellm source. The rpm will be just fine as long as it includes the two header files mentioned above.

Also, you should untar them into their own directories and compile them there. That's the beauty of plugins. The source isn't necessary (except for header files, of course).

Ok, now get back to work!!!

Chris

Thanks Chris but I think the problem runs deeper than that --- when I make I get lots off errors. I spent some time uninstalling and reinstalling bits and pieces until I got a wild shot in the dark Freshrpm rpm working. Gkrellmms is there and it works but the volume.so, though it appears as a plugin, doesn't add anything to gkrellm when selected. Hmmmm.... time to pour a glass or two of wine..

Doh! You also need the development header files for xmms. Maybe that's what is missing? If you want you could post the error messages or email them to me. You just gotta have the volume!

errr...where would I find the development header files for xmms? A search for xmms+development on my distro doesn't bring anything up.
Thanks

Check out xmms.org. It looks like they have rpms for Redhat 6 and 7. Can Suse use them?

Well done footfrisbee .... after about 8 installs and uninstalls and reinstalls of a variety of flavours of .rpm volume.so and gkrellmms.so - with the aid of the development headers (the RedHat ones have worked so far!!) I now have both gkrellmms AND volume. I don' t know why I had such problems - perhaps because I'm delving into MySQL a bit too much? Or is it the wine? But ---- thanks Chris!

Awesome.

Erm, did you ./configure before make ?

Erm...I followed the README to the letter