[PlanetCCRMA] fc8 install

[Oded Ben-Tal]

I decided to jump ahead and install fc8 on my old thinkpad.
While it is mostly working, I did encounter a few problems (and learned a 
few things along the way)
1) there are some missing dependencies with pd-extended. I could solve 
some (quicktime, mpeg libraries) by adding livna repo but there is still a 
problem with pd-list-abs.

2) I can get clm working in a terminal but slime requires file timer which 
it can't find when I start xemacs (using an old init.el file)

3) I was finally(!) able to get sndlib to play 4 channels out of my maudio 
quattro by recognizing the virtual devices defined in .asoundrc, but no 
such luck with jack. I tried starting jack with many different options and 
it invariably gives up and quits. The other thing I noticed was that when 
I do get jack running with alsa drivers (it can do stereo, sort of, with 
some xrun errors) I need to reduce the amplitude to 1% for it not to 
overload (e.g. using snd, amplitude control slider almost all the way 
down).
The interesting thing was that using oss layer I can get jack to run (but 
no 4-channels) and pd also sounds fine (again only stereo).

If you found solutions to any of the these - xemacs, slime, or the right 
incantation for jackd - please let me know
thanks
Oded