hi.. many thanks for responding.
> Tendril, welcome it looks like you were thrown to the wolves on this > one, how did you get Debian on your Laptop? Did you buy it > preinstalled, or did you install it yourself? Did any one give you a > lesson on using Linux in general? > We really need to know what exactly is installed on your machine, it > might be that something is not configured, or installed right. The > more specific you are the better, that way we can get your problem > solved It was a christmas present from a friend (who understands linux) but he is the type of person to make me find my own answers (which is for the best I think). As far as I know it had debian woody installed (by him).... I don't know how to find out what kernal release it is. kde is 2.2.2 release is 2.2.20-idepci > Most people here are avid readers and you will find that most people > will respond by suggesting that you read the fine manual, or reading > the Howto's about a specific subject. I would suggest one of the fine > books by O'Reilly such as Linux in a Nutshell, which should be at a > local book store. I will look it up. > This should give a good understanding of why Linux is the way it is, and > some good pointers compared to the Windows world. If you want > immediate gratification, you can go to http://www.debian.org/doc and > choose one of the documents listed, I would start off with the install > manual, to get an idea of what was installed on your machine. Also the > Debian reference manual is a another must read, The Linux Cookbook is a > great source for general information. > . > > For your information xmms; is Versatile X audio player that looks like > Winamp X Multimedia System is a player for various audio formats, > with a customizable interface based on X/GTK+. > . > It's able to read and play: > * Audio MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (with mpg123 plug-in), > * Ogg Vorbis files (with the Ogg Vorbis plug-in), > * CD Audio (with CDAudio plug-in), with CDDB support, > * WAV, RAW, AU (with internal wav plug-in and MikMod plug-in), > * MOD, XM, S3M, and other module formats (with MikMod plug-in), > * .cin files, id Software. > It has eSound, OSS, and disk writer support for outputting sound. > . > It looks almost the same as famous Winamp, and includes those neat > features like general purpose, visualization and effect plug-ins, > several of which come bundled, then spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, > skins support, and of course, a playlist window. > > <above was taken from the package description maintained by Josip Rodin> > used apt-cache show xmms. > > Rthoreau > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]