Ubuntu 10.04 – getting xmms to work again
Well, yet again xmms isn’t working. Oh, life is hard when one loves deprecated software!
Now, to make matters worse, some of xmms’ dependencies have been deprecated as well.
Out of sheer perversity, I decided to install all the old schtuff to see if I could get xmms to work.
(I don’t necessarily recommend doing this in general, mind you – I usually try to avoid installing random deprecated things which may have security holes, conflict with everything else installed or generally cause annoyances. However, it was late and I was in a mood. Since installation, Since installation, I’ve had a closer look and I don’t think that adding these deprecated packages should cause any problems for a clean installation of 10.04, but it is possible that they could cause conflicts with other packages one might choose to install. For me, it is definitely worth the risk!)
Here’s what I did to get xmms working:
Went to:
Downloaded and installed:
- libglib1.2ldbl_1.2.10-19build1_i386.deb
Went to:
Downloaded and installed (in this order):
- libgtk1.2-common_1.2.10-18.1build2_all.deb
- libgtk1.2_1.2.10-18.1build2_i386.deb
Went to:
Downloaded and installed:
- xmms_1.2.10+20070601-1build2_i386.deb
Amazingly, this seemed to work!
…Mostly. I’m now getting some terrible moments where the track repeats until I move the mouse. It sounds rather like a CD does when it gets caught on and plays the same hyper short bit of a track over and over again until someone with Fonz power hits it. There was certainly no such bad behaviour a couple days ago when I was happily xmms-ing away on Jaunty.
Just for kicks, I tried Audacity and, interestingly enough, it seems to be plagued with the same skippy repeaty problem.
I don’t think this skipping is a problem with xmms; I think it’s a problem with something else. If this happens, closing and re-opening xmms sometimes works. If other applications are running that involve audio, try closing them. On one occasion, I had to restart the computer, but after that xmms worked fine.
Not sure what’s going on. Audio is a black art. I’m going to bed.
Eric
May 20, 2010
Thanks for this!
I can’t stand the “new” players like audacious and xmms2, and, in any case, xmms is the only player I can find on linux that plays di.fm premium streams without tripping their access restrictions.
Norm
June 6, 2010
Many thanks!
I too think xmms is the best player and have been so disappointed that it was dropped from linux.
grid
June 6, 2010
Eric and Norm, I couldn’t agree with you more…!
asbesto
June 17, 2010
Aaaah! Thank you! I LOVE YOU. xmms is the only working program I use for MP3 and other stuff. the rest is real crap.
faizlo
July 7, 2010
xmms is the best player for Linux. I do not know how does Ubuntu decide on these softwares without asking us. both xmms and g77 are so much missed from Fedora.
Andre
July 13, 2010
Hello – BIG THNX !!!
xmms1 is the best player for audio-files like ogg, mp3s and amiga-mods
K
September 8, 2010
ty<3
Curt
September 8, 2010
I’m also a die-hard fan of xmms – it does just what I need it to do with no fluff.
Thanks so much for figuring this out.
I’m wondering what I’ll do when the deprecated packages are finally killed or Ubuntu no longer will support them… bummer!
grid
September 8, 2010
Oh, what a horrible thought! I’m sure there’s enough of us xmms die-hards that we’ll come up with something! : )
Curt
September 6, 2011
I’m going through this for the third time now with Natty. God I hope it works!
Isn’t there someone who is as attached to xmms as I am that has the know how and a place where a deb could be packaged and placed for “the rest of us”?
roos
July 23, 2012
yes, work for me and LTS
SENX