My CPU speed is a little ole 486 DX2/66. I have a feeling that this might be
the problem. I am not really sure about what you told me to try. Should that
be typed in exactly like that at the command line?
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] X11Amp Problem(s)....
>Adam Wright wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone use X11Amp to play MP3 Files? I have it on my Linux Mandrake
>> system. Whenever I try to run it it will load the file(s) and then
whenever
>> it trys to play them it plays little snippets (maybe 1 second or less)
and
>> then stops and then again plays another segment. Is there some setting I
can
>> adjust to cure this problem? At first I thought it was because I was
tryig
>> to play them from my CD Rom (an older 6X) but I actually copied some of
them
>> to the hard drive with the exact same results.
>
>Try this:
>
> chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/x11amp
>
>If x11amp is SUID root, it's able to get better scheduling, so it should
>play smoother. Give it a try.
>
>If it still skips and stutters, what speed is your CPU?
>
>--
>Steve Philp
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
