On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 18:02, Tom wrote: > I use xmms, xmms-flac, and xmms-shell with some custom scripts. I do > all my interacting with xmms via the command line. (I've never > understood why every SOUND PLAYER in the world had to get mixed up with > showing flashy colors to the music or drawing dumb bitmaps on their U/I. > Must be a penis thing.) > > Anyway, it bugs me to have my music stop when I leave X. Is there way > to run XMMS without X? Something in the spirit of abcde (the coolest > wrapper in the world)?
Well, I'm not sure if it's possible to start XMMS without an X-server, but assuming that there is a way to do so just run it in 'screen'. I generally listen to ogg's while I'm using my computer, so I just do a 'screen ogg123 -@ my.list' followed by a quick ^a, ^d. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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