Installing gspca-modules in 64 Studio

Installing gspca-modules in 64 Studio .

The gspca-modules contain drivers for webcams, but they need to be compiled for
64 Studio before you can use them, so here's a little how-to ...
This should work for all webcams listed here.

(Make sure) this package is installed:
gspca-modules-2.6.17-2-

multimedia-486
version 01.00.04-2+2.6.17-9 (apt.64studio.com)
and this one too:
gspca-source
version 01.00.04-2 (stable)

To unpack the sourcefiles I did:

peter@64studio:/usr/src$ sudo bunzip2 gspca-source.tar.bz2
cd into the new directory:
peter@64studio:/usr/src$ cd modules/gspca/

Now prepare module-assistant:

peter@64studio:/usr/src/modules/gspca$ sudo m-a prepare
[skip]
a lot of messages came and 'cause all went well, it ended with
...
Done!

Now auto install gspca :

peter@64studio:/usr/src/modules/gspca$ sudo m-a a-i gspca
[skip]
again a lot of messages and 'cause all went well, again
...
Done!

The driver is now installed and the webcam works :-)

Useful links:
gspca home page : http://mxhaard.free.fr/
list of supported cams
/usr/share/doc/gspca-source/README.Debian.gz

Installing LMMS 0.3.2 on 64studio 2.1

WARNING: Don't do this if you don't want to mess up your installation !!
Adding other repositories (like Lenny and Sid) is not recommended if you don't know apt pinning.

To install the latest version of LMMS, I simply added
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
to the repositories in Synaptic.
Then I did a search for lmms , upgraded my lmms 0.2 installation , and reverted the repositories to the default list.

With 64Studio, the repositories I normally use for Synaptic are :

deb ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/64studio.com/apt/ 64studio main
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main
deb http://apt.64studio.com/backports/ etch-backports main
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/ etch main
deb-src http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/ etch main

The online manual is getting better every time I check it out, and it's great to have some extra standard instruments and VST plugins working in LMMS now :)

LMMS 0.3.0 out

From the LMMS developers list ...
an anouncement for the latest version, and it seems like worth giving a try ...

Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:45:15 +0200
Subject: [LMMS-devel] Announcement of LMMS 0.3.0
Hi folks,

I'm glad to finally announce the availability of LMMS 0.3.0. This release is a
big milestone as it brings lot of new features and (according to my
experiences and the reports of other users) at the same time probably is the
most stable version of LMMS we ever had (which is even more important).

The release had been delayed a few days as Paul and I had to figure out some
major problems with his (new) monophonic LB302-plugin which are fixed now.
LB302 still has known minor issues (which a normal user probably wouldn't
even notice) which will be fixed in 0.3.1.

Important changes:

- of course *lot* of bugs and segfaults were fixed
- added support for effects:
* LADSPA-effects (LMMS includes CAPS as well)
* VST-effects
* LMMS' own effects
- better compatibility with several platforms/GCC-versions
- better desktop-integration
- improved automation-editor
- performance-improvements
- free VST-support (via reverse-engineered header)
- new plugins:
* LB302 (powerful monophonic 303-clone)
* Mallets (STK-frontend)
* Singerbot (Festival-frontend for speech-synthesis)
* Live-Tool (control of bb-tracks at live-performances)
* Kicker (bassdrum-/kick-synthesizer)
* PatMan (sampler for Patch-files)
- obsolete PluckedStringSynth-plugin has been replaced by Vibed-plugin
- added support for compressed project-files
- rewrote parts of internal mixer-core
- added support for note-detuning
- upgrade-feature for properly opening older projects/presets
- improved MIDI-file-import
- added libsamplerate as 3rdparty-code for systems that do not have
libsamplerate
- new/improved projects in "cool_songs"-directory
- new samples and presets
- new "Recently opened projects"-menu


The download is available at

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105168


Please uninstall LMMS *completely* before installing this version, i.e.
remove /usr/bin/lmms, /usr/lib/lmms and /usr/share/lmms (or /usr/local... ),
otherwise you could experience problems because of obsolete files that
actually do not work anymore etc.


Big thanks to all who helped making up this release!!


toby

Adding items to the main menu

To start up the loading and connecting process (if it didn't happen automatically at boot) of my Speedtouch 330 USB modem, I added a shortcut in the >Applications >Internet menu. Here's the little "how to add items to the main menu "

In UbuntuStudio I went to
>System
>Preferences
>Main menu
(or in the terminal type : alacarte)
and I get this window :

There choose the "internet" menu (on the left) and "+ new item" (on the right).





The launcher properties window appears . To be able to execute a sudo command , where I'll need to enter my password , I choose "Type" "Application in terminal" . "Name" becomes "Connect ADSL " and the "Command" goes "sudo /etc/init.d/dial start -v"
Choosing an icon and setting a comment are optional .

Now this also is my way to find out how to launch any program listed in the Main menu from the terminal . E.g to find out this Main Menu editor can be launched by typing "alacarte" , I opened it, went to the "system" and "preferences" tab , right clicked on "Main menu" , and I get the Launcher properties for "Main menu" where the command goes "alacarte" .

Compiling from source : wav2mid

Here's my first experience trying to install wav2mid , a package I downloaded here .
Too bad I didn't find the time yet to write down usefull things here. Next week I'm job-free again ;-)

Installation of the newest version of CAPS

There's a new version of CAPS , the C Audio Plugin Suite , a suite featuring 38 plugins, free for us Dudes !

Here's how I managed to get the latest version -0.4.0 on my UbuntuStudio box instead of the -0.3.0 version I got from synaptic :
I simply followed the comments in the LAU-list .

First make sure you have g++ installed (I used g++-4.1 version 4.1.2-0ubuntu4) , then download the latest release here.

Open a terminal and type :

$ cd /place/where/you/saved/caps_0.4.0.tar.gz

unpack the files and go inside the new folder

$ tar xvfz caps_0.4.0.tar.gz
$ cd caps-0.4.0

optional but recommended :

$ ./configure.py

to work around something I can't explain in detail, edit the Makefile with your favorite texteditor:

$ gedit Makefile

and change line 4 where it says
OPTS = -O3 ...
to
OPTS = -O0 ...

(comment: It is probably better for performance to leave the Makefile as it is, but in case you get errors, this is the way to go.)
save it and go back to the terminal to do :

$ make
$ sudo make install
$ password:
********

Now you should get those new tools at your hands , they can be found between the other LADSPA plugins under a name beginning with "CAPS: " .
Enjoy 'em and don't forget it's good music we need ;-)

You'll find more information at the CAPS homepage . Thanks a lot for the plugs Tim !

Installation and configuration of a midisport 2x2 usb - LinuxQuestions.org

www.linuxquestions.org/linux/blog/freakrush/2006-1...

Note created June 14, 2007

Installing M-Audio Midisport 2x2 : I just follow this How-to created by "Yaaarrrgg !" .

(In short) :

sudo -i
cd /tmp

then get firmware from the 'usbmidi' package

wget http://homepage3.nifty.com/StudioBreeze/software/bin/usbmidi-20040829.tar.gz

unpack

tar xvzf usbmidi-20040829.tar.gz

to simplify the instructions copy the firmware to /etc/firmware

mkdir /etc/firmwarecp usbmidi-20040829/testing/MidiSport/ezusbmidi2x2.ihx /etc/firmware/

install fxload if not yet installed

apt-get install fxload

find out what bus and device id the midisport has

lsusb

load the firmware (change "003" with your bus number and "004" with your device number , found from lsusb

fxload -I /etc/firmware/ezusbmidi2x2.ihx -D /proc/bus/usb/003/004

On the page I also found a script for loading the midisport .

With "Alacarte menu editor" in 64Studio or in Ubuntu >>system>>preferences>>main menu I added a new menu-item with the command "sudo /usr/local/bin/midisportsetup" set to open up in a terminal. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do things , but it worked for me.

I also added one with the command "sudo modprobe snd-seq-midi" that I need to make Alsa find the /dev/snd/seq . The same as the previous counts here, I'm not sure if it's the best way to work. Try it and see if it works.

and...

... thanks a lot Yaaarrrgg !, for your great and detailed tutorial.