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• Official Fedora 10 installation • Over 4GB of official Fedora software

• Official Fedora 10 KDE Live CD • Installable Fedora 10 desktop system

Fedora 10

Christopher Negus and Eric Foster-Johnson

Fedora 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux ®

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Publish Web pages and documents Launch file, printer, Web, and login services Play music, video, and games

The book you need to succeed!

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First try it out, then Install Fedora 10 Linux from CD or DVD Using the DVD and CD that come with this book, you have a range of options for starting out with Fedora 10 Linux. Everything you need to install 4GB of Fedora 10 software is included on the DVD. Use the CD to try out a live version of Fedora before installing it. Then install the contents of that CD to your hard drive when you are ready.

Fedora 10 Software Repository on DVD! This DVD contains the Fedora 10 installer and software repository, with about 4GB of compressed software.

Fedora Live CD! The Fedora 10 KDE Live CD included with this book lets you: • Try a Fedora 10 desktop system before installing it. Insert the CD, reboot, and press Enter. From the full-featured Fedora KDE desktop, you can try games, office applications, system tools, and other features. • Install a Fedora 10 desktop system to hard disk. The contents of the live CD can be installed to your hard disk to give you a permanent Fedora installation.

Choose the software you want from these application groups Huge set of software development tools!

Create and layout documents

Authoring & Publishing

Edit code and text files

Editors

Interactive learning games Math and science apps

Education Engineering/ Scientific

Games

Card, shooter, and thinking games

Email, browser and messaging

Graphical Internet

Image, animation and camera apps

Graphics Office Apps

Dozens of server and admin packages too!

Document, spreadsheet and drawing apps Music, video and TV apps

Sound and Video

Text-based Internet

Text-based Web, email, and file xfer

Ten cool things to do with Fedora 10 Linux Just because Fedora is a serious operating system doesn't mean it can't be fun too. Here is a list of ten fun and useful things to do with Fedora. 1. Set Up a Personal Online Desktop: Use the GNOME Online Desktop to connect your desktop to your friends, multimedia content, and online applications from Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and others. Click right on the desktop to immediately get you all your favorite content. (See Chapter 3.) 2. Launch the new KDE 4 Plasma Desktop: The next generation KDE desktop lets you add widgets, called plasmoids, to multiple places on your desktop. Find files, Web pages or other items quickly with new search tools. (See Chapter 3.) 3. Play Commercial Audio/Video: Licensing restrictions keep many popular codecs from inclusion with Fedora. Using third-party repositories with Fedora, you grab the codecs you need to play Windows Media (Audio, Video and MMS), MP3 audio, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video decoding, and others. (See Chapter 8.) 4. Manage music collections: Launch Rhythmbox to gather, organize, and play music from your hard disk, CDs, or network file systems. You can even select from thousands of free songs from Magnatune and Jamendo online music services. (See Chapter 8.) 5. Publish your ideas::Choose from dozens of publishing tools to create documents (OpenOffice.org Writer), presentations (OpenOffice.org Impress) hard-copy page layouts (Scribus), and vector graphics (Inkscape). Then publish your work on paper or the Web. (See Chapter 6.) 6. Share an Internet connection: Fedora can be set up as a router and a firewall. With a home or small office LAN set-up, you can use Fedora to share an Internet connection among multiple Linux, Windows, or Mac systems. Then set up a firewall in Fedora to protect your LAN from intruders. (See Chapters 14, 15, and 16.) 7. Play free games: As always, Fedora includes dozens of simple card games and board games. The Fedora repository, includes a ton of games, including fun first-person shooter games such as Doom, strategy games such as fantasy game Wesnoth, and online battle games such as BZFlag. (See Chapter 7.) 8. Run Windows applications: By adding the wine software packages, you can run many Windows applications right from a Fedora desktop. (See Chapter 5.) 9. Create an Internet server: Learn to configure a Web server (Chapter 21), FTP server (Chapter 20) and a mail server (Chapter 19). Then gather that knowledge to create your own public Internet server (Chapter 25). Your server can run from your home Internet connection. 10. Share over the Internet: Share your personal videos, software, or other content with friends over the Internet, using Bittorrent swarming network transfer software. While you’re at it, instant message your thoughts using Pidgin, video-conference your looks (Ekiga), and e-mail your party invitations (Evolution). (See Chapter 7.)

Fedora ® 10 and Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux ® Bible

Fedora ® 10 and Red Hat ® Enterprise Linux ® Bible Christopher Negus Eric Foster-Johnson

Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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As always, I dedicate this book to my wife, Sheree. This book would never have happened without her love and support. –Christopher Negus

To Katya and Nalana. –Eric Foster-Johnson

About the Authors Christopher Negus has been working with UNIX systems, the Internet, and (most recently) Linux systems for more than two decades. During that time, Chris worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, UNIX System Laboratories, and Novell, helping to develop the UNIX operating system. Features from many of the UNIX projects Chris worked on at AT&T have found their way into Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and other Linux systems. Chris is the author of all editions of what started out as Red Hat Linux Bible, which because of the name changes of Red Hat’s Linux projects has evolved into the book you are holding. Most recently, Chris co-authored four books in the Linux Toolbox series: Fedora Linux Toolbox, Ubuntu Linux Toolbox, SUSE Linux Toolbox, and BSD UNIX Toolbox (Wiley Publishing). Before that, Chris authored Linux Bible 2008 Edition and co-wrote Linux Troubleshooting Bible and Linux Toys II for Wiley Publishing. For Prentice Hall, Chris authored Live Linux CDs and co-authored the Official Damn Small Linux Book, as part of the Negus Live Linux Series. Today, Chris works as a Linux instructor for Red Hat, Inc. and has achieved certification as a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE). At home, Chris enjoys spending time with his wife, Sheree, and his boys, Caleb and Seth. His hobbies include soccer, singing, and exercising with Sheree.

Eric Foster-Johnson is a veteran programmer who works daily with Linux, Unix, and Windows and other operating systems. By day, he writes enterprise Java software for ObjectPartners, a Minnesota consulting firm. He has authored and co-authored a number of Linux and Unix titles including Red Hat RPM Guide, Teach Yourself Linux, Teach Yourself Unix and Perl Modules.

Credits Acquisitions Editor Jenny Watson Development Editor Sara Shlaer Production Editor Daniel Scribner Technical Editors Thomas Blader John Kennedy Production Manager Tim Tate Editorial Manager Mary Beth Wakefield Vice President and Executive Publisher Barry Pruett Vice President and Executive Publisher Joseph B. Wikert Project Coordinator Bill Ramsey Indexer Johnna VanHoose Dinse Media Development Project Manager Laura Moss-Hollister Media Associate Producer Shawn Patrick Media Quality Control Kit Malone

Acknowledgments A special acknowledgment goes to the people at Red Hat, Inc. and members of the Fedora Project. In particular, Paul Frields (Fedora Project leader), Max Spevack (outgoing Fedora Project leader) and Greg DeKoenigsberg (Fedora Community leader) deserve praise for their leadership in producing a consistently high-quality Linux distribution. Special thanks to Pete Hnath (my new boss at Red Hat) for allowing me to complete my work on this book after hiring me to be an instructor at Red Hat. Eric Foster-Johnson came in while this edition was already underway and did the majority of the new content it includes. I feel very fortunate that someone as skillful as Eric is now a major contributor to this book that I have put so much effort into in the past decade. At Wiley, I’d like to thank Jenny Watson, Colleen Hauser, and Laura Moss-Hollister for helping work out issues related to the publicity, media, and covers for this book. Thanks to Sara Shlaer for her continued great editing and production work on this book, and for keeping me on schedule so we could bring this book to you on time. Thanks to Daniel Scribner for shepherding the book through the final stages of production. Thomas Blader and John Kennedy provided a thorough technical editing pass. Thanks also to Margot Maley Hutchison and the others at Waterside Productions for bringing me this project. Thanks, as always, to my dear family for helping me through this project. Finally, a special thanks goes to those of you who bought this and earlier editions of Red Hat Linux Bible. Go out and become a force for Linux in your work, home, and community. If you feel like expanding your Linux horizons, try some of these other books I’ve written: • Linux Bible 2009 Edition — Contains 18 different bootable and installable Linux distributions on DVD and CD, along with descriptions characterizing those and other popular and interesting Linux distributions.

• Fedora Linux Toolbox with François Caen — Includes 1000+ command lines to help Fedora, RHEL, and CentOS power users get the most out of Linux. To try other similar distributions, check out Ubuntu Linux Toolbox, SUSE Linux Toolbox and BSD UNIX Toolbox by the same authors.

• Linux Troubleshooting Bible with Thomas Weeks — Goes beyond this book to help you safely deploy and troubleshoot Linux systems. • Linux Toys II — If you’re looking for something fun to do with Linux, this book contains nine fun projects you can build with a PC and open source software. -- Chris Negus

Contents Part I: Getting Started in Fedora and RHEL Chapter 1: An Overview of Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux ............................3 Introducing Fedora 10 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux .................................................................... 4 What Is Linux?................................................................................................................................ 5 Linux’s Roots in UNIX................................................................................................................... 6 What Is an Operating System? .................................................................................................. 7 Common Linux Features................................................................................................................. 8 Primary Advantages of Linux ....................................................................................................... 10 What Are Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora?......................................................................... 11 Red Hat forms the Fedora Project ........................................................................................... 11 Red Hat shifts to Red Hat Enterprise Linux ............................................................................ 14 Choosing between Fedora and Enterprise ............................................................................... 14 Why Choose Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux? ...................................................................... 15 New Features in Fedora 10............................................................................................................ 17 Better Printing ......................................................................................................................... 17 FirstAidKit .............................................................................................................................. 18 OpenOffice.org 3..................................................................................................................... 18 Faster Boot Times ................................................................................................................... 18 K Desktop Environment (KDE) 4 ........................................................................................... 18 PackageKit Software Management ......................................................................................... 18 Firefox 3 Web browser............................................................................................................ 19 Preupgrade............................................................................................................................... 19 Ext4 file systems ..................................................................................................................... 19 Encrypted file systems............................................................................................................. 19 Identity management with freeIPA.......................................................................................... 19 NetworkManager..................................................................................................................... 20 Getting custom Fedora spins ................................................................................................... 20 Creating your own spins.......................................................................................................... 21 Firewall Configuration ............................................................................................................ 21 The Culture of Free Software........................................................................................................ 21 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 22

Chapter 2: Installing Fedora..........................................................................................23 Understanding Fedora Installation Media ..................................................................................... 24 Using the Fedora 10 Live CD ....................................................................................................... 24 Quick Installation .......................................................................................................................... 26 Detailed Installation Instructions .................................................................................................. 28 Installing Fedora 10................................................................................................................. 28 Choosing an installation method ............................................................................................. 29

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Install or upgrade? ............................................................................................................. 29 From DVD, network, or hard disk? ................................................................................... 31 Choosing computer hardware .................................................................................................. 32 Installing Fedora on a Laptop .................................................................................................. 33 Preparing for installation using the live CD ............................................................................ 34 Display hardware information ........................................................................................... 34 Test your hardware ............................................................................................................ 36 Beginning the installation ........................................................................................................ 37 Choosing Different Install Modes............................................................................................ 39 Running Fedora Firstboot........................................................................................................ 44 Enabling Authentication .......................................................................................................... 45 Going forward after installation............................................................................................... 46 Special Installation Procedures ..................................................................................................... 47 Alternatives for starting installation ........................................................................................ 47 Booting installation from hard disk ................................................................................... 47 Booting installation from a USB device ............................................................................ 49 Booting installation using PXE.......................................................................................... 49 Installing from other media ..................................................................................................... 50 Beginning installation ........................................................................................................ 50 Setting up an HTTP, FTP, or NFS install server................................................................ 51 Starting a VNC install.............................................................................................................. 53 Performing a kickstart installation........................................................................................... 54 Creating the kickstart file................................................................................................... 54 Installing the kickstart file ................................................................................................. 59 Booting a kickstart installation .......................................................................................... 59 Special Installation Topics ............................................................................................................ 60 Setting up to dual-boot Linux and Windows ........................................................................... 60 Resizing your Windows partitions..................................................................................... 60 Using Windows partitions from Linux .............................................................................. 64 Partitioning your disks............................................................................................................. 66 Partitioning with Disk Setup during installation ................................................................ 67 Partitioning with fdisk........................................................................................................ 70 Tips for creating partitions................................................................................................. 72 Using the GRUB boot loader................................................................................................... 74 Temporarily changing boot options ................................................................................... 75 Permanently changing boot options................................................................................... 77 Adding a new GRUB boot image ...................................................................................... 78 Troubleshooting Installation.......................................................................................................... 79 Spinning Your Own Fedora Install or Live Media........................................................................ 81 Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 82

Chapter 3: Getting Started with the Desktop .............................................................. 83 Logging in to Fedora or RHEL ..................................................................................................... 84 Why Do I Need a User Login? ................................................................................................ 86 Getting Familiar with the Desktop ................................................................................................ 86

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Touring your desktop......................................................................................................... 87 Tips for configuring your desktop ..................................................................................... 94 Using the GNOME Desktop ......................................................................................................... 95 Using the Metacity window manager ...................................................................................... 97 Using the GNOME panels....................................................................................................... 99 Use the Applications and System menus ......................................................................... 100 Adding an applet.............................................................................................................. 101 Adding another panel....................................................................................................... 102 Adding an application launcher ....................................................................................... 102 Adding a drawer .............................................................................................................. 103 Changing panel properties ............................................................................................... 103 Using the Nautilus file manager ............................................................................................ 104 Changing GNOME preferences............................................................................................. 107 Managing removable media .................................................................................................. 108 Trying other GNOME applications ....................................................................................... 109 Taking notes with Tomboy .............................................................................................. 109 Checking Your Network from GNOME.......................................................................... 110 Switching to another user ...................................................................................................... 110 Exiting GNOME.................................................................................................................... 111 Setting Up an Online Desktop..................................................................................................... 112 Switching Desktop Environments ............................................................................................... 115 Using the KDE Desktop.............................................................................................................. 116 New Features in KDE 4.1...................................................................................................... 116 Starting with KDE ................................................................................................................. 117 KDE desktop basics............................................................................................................... 118 Getting around the desktop .............................................................................................. 119 Managing files with Dolphin and Konqueror File Managers ................................................ 120 Working with files ........................................................................................................... 122 Searching for files with Dolphin and kfind...................................................................... 123 Creating new files and folders ......................................................................................... 124 Using the Konqueror browser features .................................................................................. 125 Configuring Konqueror and Dolphin options........................................................................ 126 Managing windows ............................................................................................................... 128 Using the taskbar ............................................................................................................. 129 Moving windows ............................................................................................................. 129 Resizing windows............................................................................................................ 129 Pinning windows on top or bottom.................................................................................. 130 Using virtual desktops ..................................................................................................... 130 Configuring the desktop ........................................................................................................ 130 Adding widgets...................................................................................................................... 131 Adding widgets to the panel ............................................................................................ 132 Adding widgets to the desktop......................................................................................... 132 Running 3D Accelerated Desktop Effects................................................................................... 132 Using the Xfce Desktop Environment......................................................................................... 135 Troubleshooting Your Desktop ................................................................................................... 136

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GUI doesn’t work at start-up ................................................................................................. 137 What Happens During Desktop Startup?............................................................................... 137 Tuning your video card and monitor ..................................................................................... 138 Running the Display Settings window............................................................................. 138 Understanding the xorg.conf file ..................................................................................... 139 Configuring video cards for gaming...................................................................................... 140 Getting more information ...................................................................................................... 140 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 141

Chapter 4: Using Linux Commands ........................................................................... 143 The Shell Interface ...................................................................................................................... 143 Checking your login session.................................................................................................. 144 Checking directories and permissions ................................................................................... 145 Checking system activity....................................................................................................... 147 Exiting the shell ..................................................................................................................... 148 Understanding the Shell .............................................................................................................. 148 Using the Shell in Linux.............................................................................................................. 149 Locating commands............................................................................................................... 150 Getting Help with Using the Shell......................................................................................... 151 Rerunning commands ............................................................................................................ 153 Command-line editing ..................................................................................................... 153 Command-line completion............................................................................................... 155 Command-line recall........................................................................................................ 156 Connecting and expanding commands .................................................................................. 158 Piping commands............................................................................................................. 158 Sequential commands ...................................................................................................... 159 Background commands.................................................................................................... 159 Expanding commands...................................................................................................... 159 Expanding arithmetic expressions ................................................................................... 160 Expanding variables......................................................................................................... 160 Using shell environment variables......................................................................................... 160 Common shell environment variables.............................................................................. 161 Setting your own environment variables.......................................................................... 162 Managing background and foreground processes.................................................................. 164 Starting background processes......................................................................................... 164 Moving commands to the foreground and background.................................................... 165 Configuring your shell........................................................................................................... 166 Setting your prompt ......................................................................................................... 167 Adding environment variables ......................................................................................... 168 Adding aliases.................................................................................................................. 169 Working with the Linux File System .......................................................................................... 169 Linux File Systems Versus Windows-Based File Systems ................................................... 171 Creating files and directories ................................................................................................. 172 Identifying Directories........................................................................................................... 173 Using metacharacters and operators ................................................................................ 173

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Using file-matching metacharacters ................................................................................ 173 Using file-redirection metacharacters .............................................................................. 175 Understanding file permissions ....................................................................................... 175 Moving, copying, and deleting files ...................................................................................... 177 Using the vi Text Editor .............................................................................................................. 178 Starting with vi ...................................................................................................................... 178 Exploring Other Text Editors ................................................................................................ 179 Moving around the file .......................................................................................................... 181 Searching for text .................................................................................................................. 182 Using numbers with commands ............................................................................................ 183 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 183

Part II: Using Fedora and RHEL Chapter 5: Accessing and Running Applications.......................................................187 Getting and Installing Software Packages................................................................................... 188 Downloading and installing applications with yum .............................................................. 190 Configuring yum (/etc/yum.conf) .................................................................................... 191 Adding yum repositories (/etc/yum.repos.d/) .................................................................. 192 Running yum to download and install RPMs .................................................................. 194 Using yum to install packages locally ............................................................................. 195 Using yum for listing packages ....................................................................................... 196 Using yum-utils package ................................................................................................. 197 Getting Fedora and RHEL software updates ......................................................................... 197 Getting alerted to available updates................................................................................. 198 Getting manual updates with yum ................................................................................... 198 Managing RPM Packages ........................................................................................................... 199 Using the PackageKit Add/Remove window ........................................................................ 199 Using the rpm command ....................................................................................................... 200 Verifying rpm package integrity...................................................................................... 201 Installing with rpm........................................................................................................... 202 Upgrading packages with rpm ......................................................................................... 205 Freshening packages with rpm ........................................................................................ 205 Removing packages with rpm.......................................................................................... 206 Querying packages with rpm ........................................................................................... 207 Verifying installed packages with rpm ............................................................................ 210 Using Software in Different Formats .......................................................................................... 211 Understanding software package names and formats............................................................ 211 Using Binary RPMs versus Building from Source................................................................ 212 Using different archive and document formats...................................................................... 213 Building and installing from source code.............................................................................. 215 Installing software in SRPM format ................................................................................ 216 Installing software in tar.gz or tar.bz2 formats ................................................................ 216 Using Fedora or RHEL to Run Applications .............................................................................. 218 Finding common desktop applications in Linux.................................................................... 219

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Investigating your desktop..................................................................................................... 221 Starting applications from a menu ......................................................................................... 222 Starting applications from a Run Application window.......................................................... 222 Starting applications from a Terminal window ..................................................................... 223 Running remote X applications ............................................................................................. 225 Traditional method to run remote X applications ............................................................ 225 Launching a remote X application ................................................................................... 226 Using SSH to run remote X applications ......................................................................... 228 Running Microsoft Windows, DOS, and Macintosh Applications ............................................. 229 Running DOS applications .................................................................................................... 231 Using mtools .................................................................................................................... 231 Using DOSBox ................................................................................................................ 233 Running Microsoft Windows applications in Linux.............................................................. 233 Running Windows Applications in WINE....................................................................... 235 Assigning drive letters ..................................................................................................... 236 Installing applications in WINE....................................................................................... 237 Launching applications .................................................................................................... 237 Tuning and configuring WINE ........................................................................................ 237 Finding more Windows applications for WINE .............................................................. 238 Running Applications in Virtual Environments .......................................................................... 239 Running applications virtually with Xen ............................................................................... 239 Before installing Xen ....................................................................................................... 240 Installing Xen................................................................................................................... 240 Installing a guest operating system .................................................................................. 241 Running applications virtually with KVM and QEMU ......................................................... 244 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 245

Chapter 6: Publishing with Fedora and RHEL ......................................................... 247 Desktop Publishing in Linux....................................................................................................... 248 Using Text Editors and Notepads .......................................................................................... 248 Using Word Processors ......................................................................................................... 248 Using OpenOffice.org...................................................................................................... 249 Other Word Processors .................................................................................................... 252 Using Traditional Linux Publishing Tools .................................................................................. 255 Creating Documents in Groff or LaTeX................................................................................ 256 Text processing with Groff.................................................................................................... 256 Formatting and printing documents with Groff ............................................................... 257 Creating a man page with Groff....................................................................................... 258 Text processing with TeX/LaTeX ......................................................................................... 259 Creating and formatting a LaTeX document ................................................................... 260 Converting documents ........................................................................................................... 261 Creating DocBook documents............................................................................................... 263 Understanding SGML and XML ........................................................................................... 263 Understanding DocBook.................................................................................................. 263 Creating DocBook documents ......................................................................................... 264

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Converting DocBook documents..................................................................................... 266 Displaying PDF Files with Adobe Acrobat Reader..................................................................... 266 Doing Page Layout with Scribus................................................................................................. 268 Working with Graphics ............................................................................................................... 270 Manipulating images with GIMP .......................................................................................... 270 Taking screen captures .......................................................................................................... 271 Creating vector graphic images with Inkscape ...................................................................... 272 Using Scanners Driven by SANE ............................................................................................... 274 Web Publishing ........................................................................................................................... 275 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 276

Chapter 7: Gaming in Fedora and RHEL ..................................................................277 Jumping into Linux Gaming ....................................................................................................... 278 Basic Linux Gaming Information................................................................................................ 280 Where to get information on Linux gaming .......................................................................... 280 Choosing a video card for gaming......................................................................................... 281 Running Open Source Linux Games........................................................................................... 283 GNOME games ..................................................................................................................... 284 KDE games............................................................................................................................ 284 Adding more games from Fedora repository......................................................................... 286 Chess games .................................................................................................................... 289 Freeciv ............................................................................................................................. 290 Extreme Tuxracer ............................................................................................................ 295 Commercial Linux Games .......................................................................................................... 296 Getting Started with commercial games in Linux ................................................................. 297 Playing commercial Linux games ......................................................................................... 297 id Software Games ................................................................................................................ 298 Quake III Arena ............................................................................................................... 298 Return to Castle Wolfenstein........................................................................................... 299 Gaming with Cedega ............................................................................................................. 300 Loki Software game demos ................................................................................................... 302 Civilization: Call to Power .............................................................................................. 303 Myth II: Soulblighter ....................................................................................................... 304 Heretic II.......................................................................................................................... 305 Neverwinter Nights ............................................................................................................... 305 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 305

Chapter 8: Music, Video, and Images in Linux..........................................................307 Understanding Multimedia and Legal Issues in Linux................................................................ 307 Extending Freedom to Codecs .................................................................................................... 308 Listening to Music in Linux ........................................................................................................ 309 Configuring a sound card ...................................................................................................... 311 Sound card features.......................................................................................................... 311 Detecting your sound card driver..................................................................................... 313

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Adjusting sound levels..................................................................................................... 314 Setting your sound card to record .................................................................................... 317 Choosing audio players ......................................................................................................... 317 Automatically playing CDs ................................................................................................... 318 Troubleshooting Your CD-ROM........................................................................................... 319 Playing and managing music with Rhythmbox ..................................................................... 319 Playing music with XMMS Audio Player ............................................................................. 322 Using the Equalizer.......................................................................................................... 324 Using the Playlist Editor .................................................................................................. 325 Using ogg123, mpg321, and play command-line players...................................................... 326 Using MIDI audio players ..................................................................................................... 326 Converting audio files with SoX ........................................................................................... 327 Extracting and encoding music.............................................................................................. 329 Extracting music CDs with Sound Juicer......................................................................... 330 Extracting and encoding music CDs from commands ..................................................... 331 Creating your own