Problem: error message
play soxio: Failed reading `test.wav': unknown file type `auto'
Solution:
$ sudo apt-get install libsox-fmt-base libsox-fmt-ao
Installs everything you need just for the wave (.wav) format, or use
$ sudo apt-get install libsox-fmt-all
to install all available formats for sox and the play command.
Sections:
For some reason, my fresh Ubuntu install didn’t include all the NFS bits… had to do this:
# apt-get install nfs-common portmap
# /etc/init.d/portmap restart
# /etc/init.d/nfs-common restart
and then I was able to:
# mount 192.168.0.50:/myshare /mnt/myshare
OK so I tried to run simutrans on my new 64-bit Ubuntu box… and got this:
$ ./sim99-18-1671
./sim99-18-1671: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
If you look at which libraries are actually being loaded, this way:
$ ldd ./sim99-18-1671
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libz.so.1 (0xf7fac000)
libSDL-1.2.so.0 => not found
libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf7f93000)
libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0 => not found
libstdc++.so.6 => not found
libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf7f6e000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf7f63000)
libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf7e13000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7fd1000)
…you’ll see that several libraries aren’t found, and that the other libraries that are found are 32-bit (in /lib32)… not the system standard 64-bit (in /lib).
To overcome this, we’ll have to:
$ sudo apt-get install apt-file
$ sudo apt-file update
$ sudo apt-file –architecture i386 search libSDL-1.2.so.0
ia32-libs: /usr/lib32/libSDL-1.2.so.0
[...more listing here...]
$ sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
and likewise for any other missing 32-bit libraries.
Current preferences:
ThinkPad customers will soon have a new configuration option, as Lenovo and Novell have announced that the popular laptops will begin shipping with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED) preinstalled. Although the ThinkPad has been certified for Linux for some time, this marks the first time Lenovo will ship a laptop with Linux preinstalled—while providing both hardware and OS support. Novell will provide software updates directly to ThinkPad owners, however…
Rest of the story on Ars Technica
Two key computer analogies
Using a GUI : Learning command-line :: Pointing at a phrasebook : Learning the language.
Proprietary Software : Free Software :: Alchemy : Science
From their press release –
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – June 13, 2007 - Answering the call for an open source option from Information Technology professionals, Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) announced today that businesses will soon be able to operate QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions® from Linux servers. It is the first time the company has made one of its products available to users of open source systems.
“TaxGeek is a Mozilla-based US income tax program that includes Form 1040, Schedules A, B, C, C-EZ, D, E, K-1 (1065), SE (Short and Long), W2, Form 8880, Form 8863, Form 3903, and Form 2441 with access to most other files as PDFs. It is also intended to be extensible so that developers can easily add other forms that are needed without affecting the existing file formats and stored data.”