Ubuntu 5.04 i386 addon zip

[mrbass]

This uses dpkg -i to install apps locally so if your without an internet connection.
It installs the following apps:

java, flash-player + firefox plugin, adobe reader + firefox plugin, gFTP, multimedia codecs, mplayer, dvdplayback, xine, realplayer 10, thunderbird, gnomebaker, firestarter, nvidia 3D driver, samba server, ssh server, Japanese input.

Each one you can decide to install it or not. Download from http://mrbass.org/linux/ubuntu it's about 85MB.

a few notes:
for Japanese input use CTRL-space to start. Also in SCIM setup go to IM Engines and uncheck all languages except those you plan on inputting in. Then in Japanese uncheck all but UIM-Anthy.

For http://www.apple.com/trailers to watch quicktime movies I've had to killall -9 esd otherwise mplayer would just hang.

[mrbass]

Changelog
1.3 Apr 28th 112MB removed fireflysung, added fix sound in GNOME now apple.com/trailers works without freezing mplayer in firefox and added xfce4 install, added turn on DMA mode for CD-ROM and DVD-ROM
1.1 Apr 28th 119MB added XFCE4 4.2.1 Desktop Environment, Azureus (automatically adds menu item), menueditor, fireflysung chinese font, Chinese Input, msttcorefonts, fixed a few minor things
1.0 Apr 27th 85MB first version
Plan to add xfce4 next version
I really could use someones help as I feel I'm violating the msttcorefonts license by just zipping up all the fonts. Could someone tell me how to get the script for the deb for instance or just email me the script so I could modify it so it'll extract the .exe archives of the fonts.

XFCE4...wow never did so much copying and pasting...phew

edit: 1.3 is now up

[thedman]

Love the addon zip, saves me a bunch of time and headaches. Thank you. Just have one problem yet. Should the RealPlayer install be placed in the default locatons (home...) ? I thought I read somewhere here on the forums that it should go in /opt/RealPlayer. I took the defaults and it doesn't seem to work in firefox. I'm testing on foxnews.com video for realplayer. It just seems to lock up. Also I cannot even start it from the applications menu. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[mrbass]

When you rip through that script go a tad slower..hehe.

echo "RealPlayer 10 installation path type /opt/RealPlayer"
echo "For everything else just press ENTER"
read -p "Install Real Player 10? [Y/n/q]"
if [ "--$REPLY" == "--q" -o "--$REPLY" == "--Q" ]; then exit 0; fi
if [ "--$REPLY" == "--y" -o "--$REPLY" == "--Y" -o "--$REPLY" == "--" ]; then
sudo chmod +x realplay-10.0.4.750-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin
sudo ./realplay-10.0.4.750-linux-2.2-libc6-gcc32-i586.bin
else
echo "Skipped"
fi

So it shows the first three lines in quotes. Now as soon as you hit enter the screen clears to the top so you have to remember /opt/RealPlayer. But it is there. Just nuke your directory you installed it to in your home directory and reinstall it.

[thedman]

Thanks, for the quick reply. I really must have flew threw that script. I never noticed that. I followed your suggestions, but I still seem to have the same problem.

Firefox just sort of hangs without any errors, or suggestions for plugins, and simply clicking on RealPlayer 10 in the applications menu doesn't seem to do anything but use a little cpu time, but nothing ever opens.

I applied your sound fix as well. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

Thanks again for your help.

[thedman]

Okay, I made some progress. I did apply the sound fix in the script, but apparently that must not affect RealPlayer. As soon as I did "killall -9 esd", about 10 RealPlayer setup windows opened. (I guess I tried starting it a few times ) Anyway after going through the setup it all works fine now. One question though will I need to run that kill esd every time?

Maybe the only fix is to wait until ubuntu goes completely alsa.

Thanks

[grimmson]

Your a good man Mr. Bass. A million thanks. Im a noob and was having a tough time. =D>