Hi everybody, I have followed the ESR howto from http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Fedora-Multimedia-Installation-HOWTO/index.html to enable a few things that stupid US legislation crippled away from Fedora. But even after following the tutorial point by point I get this: # yum install xmms-mp3 Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base Server: Fedora Core 1 Dag Wieers' repository Server: Macromedia flash-plugin site Server: Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (stable) Server: Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (testing) Server: Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Resolving dependencies ....identical dependency loop exceeded package xmms-mp3 needs xmms = 1.2.7 (not provided) Trying up2date results in the same error. I then checked which version I have installed: # xmms --version xmms 1.2.8 This sucks. I thought yum and up2date were supposed to solve dependencies themselves? And why isn't version 1.2.8 sufficient to install xmms-mp3? I have done a normal installation of Core 1 and updated the packages via yum, using mirror servers from the list Fedora provides. I then followed the howto. Has anyone encountered the same problem? Please help me solve this. These whole patent issues are SO ridiculous. Maybe it's better to base Fedora in a non-US country right away to avoid this mess. Sorry, but I have no tolerance for this kind of "intellectual property" shit. kind regards, Tobias W.
