aclocal failed
</programlisting>
What's wrong ?
+ </para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
You can do three things to fix this :
<orderedlist>
-<listitem>install automake in the same prefix as libtool
+<listitem>install automake in the same prefix as libtool</listitem>
<listitem>force use of the automake installed in the same prefix as libtool
-by using the --with-automake option
+by using the --with-automake option</listitem>
<listitem>figure out what prefix libtool has been installed to and point
-aclocal to the right location by running
+aclocal to the right location by running</listitem>
<programlisting>
export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I $(prefix)/share/aclocal"
</programlisting>
<!ENTITY START SYSTEM "start.xml">
<!ENTITY GENERAL SYSTEM "general.xml">
<!ENTITY DEPENDENCIES SYSTEM "dependencies.xml">
+
<!ENTITY GETTING SYSTEM "getting.xml">
<!ENTITY USING SYSTEM "using.xml">
-<!ENTITY DEVELOPING SYSTEM "developing.xml">
<!ENTITY TROUBLESHOOTING SYSTEM "troubleshooting.xml">
+<!ENTITY CVS SYSTEM "cvs.xml">
+<!ENTITY DEVELOPING SYSTEM "developing.xml">
+
]>
<article class="faq">
&START;
&GENERAL;
&DEPENDENCIES;
+
&GETTING;
&USING;
- &DEVELOPING;
&TROUBLESHOOTING;
+ &CVS;
+ &DEVELOPING;
+
</article>
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
+ <question id="using-getting-started">
+ <para>Ok, I've installed GStreamer. What can I do next ?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+First of all, verify that you have a working registry and that you can
+inspect them by typing
+<programlisting>
+$ gst-inspect fakesrc
+</programlisting>
+This should print out a bunch of information about this particular element.
+If this tells you that there is "no such element or plugin", you haven't
+installed GStreamer correctly. Please check
+<link linkend="chapter-getting">how to get GStreamer</link>
+If this fails with any other message, we would appreciate a
+<link linkend="using-bugs-where">bug report</link>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+It's time to try out a few things. Start with gst-launch and two plug-ins
+that you really should have : fakesrc and fakesink. They do nothing except
+pass empty buffers. Type this at the command-line :
+<programlisting>
+$ gst-launch fakesrc num-buffers=3 ! fakesink
+</programlisting>
+This will print out output that looks similar to this :
+<programlisting>
+RUNNING pipeline
+fakesrc0: last-message = "get ******* (fakesrc0:src)gt; (0 bytes, 0) 0x8057510"
+fakesink0: last-message = "chain ******* (fakesink0:sink)lt; (0 bytes, 0) 0x8057510"
+fakesrc0: last-message = "get ******* (fakesrc0:src)gt; (0 bytes, 1) 0x8057510"
+fakesink0: last-message = "chain ******* (fakesink0:sink)lt; (0 bytes, 1) 0x8057510"
+fakesrc0: last-message = "get ******* (fakesrc0:src)gt; (0 bytes, 2) 0x8057510"
+fakesink0: last-message = "chain ******* (fakesink0:sink)lt; (0 bytes, 2) 0x8057510"
+execution ended after 5 iterations (sum 301479000 ns, average 60295800 ns, min 3000 ns, max 105482000 ns)
+</programlisting>
+(Some parts of output have been removed for clarity) If it looks similar, then
+GStreamer itself is running correctly.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+After this, you might want to try and see if GStreamer can play audio on your
+system. You need to combine two plug-ins for this test : sinesrc (which
+produces a pure tone) and an audio output plug-in. You should choose one
+that matches your current sound output and you should make sure you have
+it installed.
+ </para>
+
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qandaentry>
<question id="using-gst-inspect">
- <para>How do I tell what GStreamer plugins I have on my system ?</para>
+ <para>How can I see what GStreamer plugins I have on my system ?</para>
</question>
<answer>