On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 04:28:50PM -0400, Richard F. Hobson wrote: > I have now uninstalled and reinstalled. No change. rpm would not > uninstall, since it reports that the package was not installed in the > first place. I then used Red Carpet- it uninstalled and then > reinstalled without any error messages, yet I still cannot find the > program on any menu. I can still get a welcome screen if I run > :timidikty: from the shell. > > This doesn't make sense.
It's POSSIBLE that the timidity installation doesn't populate any menus. Lots of programs don't. If this is the case you'll need to use the menu editor to add it. Since I'm not running RH9 here, I can't be specific about where/how you access the menu editor. > > Rich. > > On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 15:59, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > > On Monday 21 July 2003 14:31, Richard F. Hobson wrote this in an attempt > > to be witty and informative: > > > Thanks to both of you. > > > > > > I first ran "rpm -ivh" from the shell and it got as far as GUI- > > > went through the prep stage and then aborted with no error or other > > > messages. I downloaded Red-Carpet and installed (went smoothly). > > > Red Carpet ran the install and reported that timidity was already > > > installed. From a tour through diretories it looks like it IS > > > installed, but shows up on no menu. I ran "timidity" from the shell > > > and got a normal looking welcome message(s) from timidity and then it > > > shut down. So how do I run timidity under X? > > > > > > Rich. > > > > It should be in the menu under K -> Sound & Video -> More Sound & Video > > Programs > > > > Under Gnome, just explore your menu. > > > > You can run timidity from a shell, but you have to specify the midi file > > at the same time (same with mp123 and ogg123). > > > > timidity midifile.mid > > > > -- > > Wielder of the mighty +1 LARTsaber of Unsubscribe Instructions At End of > > Message, the +3 Clue-by-Four of No Attachments to a Mailing List, and > > the -4 Shield of No Spell Checker > > http://joseph-a-nagy-jr.homelinux.org http://mc-luug.homelinux.org/ > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. ------------------------------ Philippians 4:13 -------------------------------
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