Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu
T C wrote: I removed soundwrapper from the command for xmms using menudrake, but it didn't make any difference. I suppose I can just make a shortcut on the desktop for xmms and not worry about it, but I'd like to find out why it doesn't work and fix it. The really strange thing about this is that xmms used to work from the menu. TC --- Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The command called upon from the menu is soundwrapper xmms whereas what you're typing from the commandline is probably just xmms. I don't know what soundwrapper does, but I imagine if you remove that from the menu entry using menudrake, it'll fix the problem. This isn't a great solution. I would want to find out why soundwrapper isn't working properly, but in the meantime this solution won't hurt. Miark On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:12:36 -0800 (PST) T C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yesterday I tried to use xmms, starting it from the menu (K - Multimedia - Sound - Xmms). The only thing that happened was an xmms indicator appeared on the panel with the hour glass turning, then after about a minute it disappeared. Xmms did not run. I opened a terminal window and as a user typed xmms at the command prompt (without the quotes of course), and xmms popped up and worked. Tried from the menu again and still won't work. What's happening here and what can I do about it? Thanks. TC Way late on this, but I had the same problem with xmms not starting from the menu, but starts OK from the command line. I started menudrake from a terminal (or right click on the K and select Menu Editor). go to MultimediaSoundxmmsGeneral tab. I unchecked Open in a terminal, saved and quit. I was then able to open from the K menu. I went back and found that Open in a terminal had somehow been checked again, but the menu still works, so I have no idea what happened. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 01:50, Mike Larson wrote: Way late on this, but I had the same problem with xmms not starting from the menu, but starts OK from the command line. I started menudrake from a terminal (or right click on the K and select Menu Editor). go to MultimediaSoundxmmsGeneral tab. I unchecked Open in a terminal, saved and quit. I was then able to open from the K menu. I went back and found that Open in a terminal had somehow been checked again, but the menu still works, so I have no idea what happened. Maybe this doesn't quite fit, but being one that doesn't trust default installations, I tend to check search paths and the likes - for Mandrake v9, I went and edited the /etc/profile and included KDEDIR='/usr' export KDEDIR as well as editing my /etc/ld.so.conf For whatever reason, after the initial installation, and after making those simple modifications, my KDE ran slightly better without any major delays in shortcuts or what have you. Just a thought. -- Sun Nov 17 05:50:00 EST 2002 |____ | | / \ /| |'-. | | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | | | / \__.`=._) (_ |kuhn media australia | |/ ._/ || |http://kma.0catch.com | |'. `\ | | |stephen kuhn | ;/ / | | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | smk ) /_/| |.---.| |mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' |linux user:267497 Look ere ye leap. -- John Heywood Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu
I removed soundwrapper from the command for xmms using menudrake, but it didn't make any difference. I suppose I can just make a shortcut on the desktop for xmms and not worry about it, but I'd like to find out why it doesn't work and fix it. The really strange thing about this is that xmms used to work from the menu. TC --- Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The command called upon from the menu is soundwrapper xmms whereas what you're typing from the commandline is probably just xmms. I don't know what soundwrapper does, but I imagine if you remove that from the menu entry using menudrake, it'll fix the problem. This isn't a great solution. I would want to find out why soundwrapper isn't working properly, but in the meantime this solution won't hurt. Miark On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:12:36 -0800 (PST) T C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yesterday I tried to use xmms, starting it from the menu (K - Multimedia - Sound - Xmms). The only thing that happened was an xmms indicator appeared on the panel with the hour glass turning, then after about a minute it disappeared. Xmms did not run. I opened a terminal window and as a user typed xmms at the command prompt (without the quotes of course), and xmms popped up and worked. Tried from the menu again and still won't work. What's happening here and what can I do about it? Thanks. TC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] starting xmms from menu
Yesterday I tried to use xmms, starting it from the menu (K - Multimedia - Sound - Xmms). The only thing that happened was an xmms indicator appeared on the panel with the hour glass turning, then after about a minute it disappeared. Xmms did not run. I opened a terminal window and as a user typed xmms at the command prompt (without the quotes of course), and xmms popped up and worked. Tried from the menu again and still won't work. What's happening here and what can I do about it? Thanks. TC __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu
In reply to T's mail, d.d. Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:12:36 -0800 (PST): It seems that xmms is accessed wrongly. The menu probably points to a non-existing location. In a term type which xmms (here it is /usr/bin/xmms) and note the path to it. If you can, edit the menu and check if xmms is called in the same place. (I do not run KDE, can't tell if it is possible to edit menus easily...) Paul Yesterday I tried to use xmms, starting it from the menu (K - Multimedia - Sound - Xmms). The only thing that happened was an xmms indicator appeared on the panel with the hour glass turning, then after about a minute it disappeared. Xmms did not run. I opened a terminal window and as a user typed xmms at the command prompt (without the quotes of course), and xmms popped up and worked. Tried from the menu again and still won't work. What's happening here and what can I do about it? -- Fear is an instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions. -Ralph Waldo Emerson http://nlpagan.net-Linux Mandrake 8.2 - Sylpheed 0.8.3 Help Microsoft combat software piracy: give Linux to a friend today! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu
The command called upon from the menu is soundwrapper xmms whereas what you're typing from the commandline is probably just xmms. I don't know what soundwrapper does, but I imagine if you remove that from the menu entry using menudrake, it'll fix the problem. This isn't a great solution. I would want to find out why soundwrapper isn't working properly, but in the meantime this solution won't hurt. Miark On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:12:36 -0800 (PST) T C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yesterday I tried to use xmms, starting it from the menu (K - Multimedia - Sound - Xmms). The only thing that happened was an xmms indicator appeared on the panel with the hour glass turning, then after about a minute it disappeared. Xmms did not run. I opened a terminal window and as a user typed xmms at the command prompt (without the quotes of course), and xmms popped up and worked. Tried from the menu again and still won't work. What's happening here and what can I do about it? Thanks. TC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu
Thanks for the replies, I'll check them out when I get home this evening. TC --- Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The command called upon from the menu is soundwrapper xmms whereas what you're typing from the commandline is probably just xmms. I don't know what soundwrapper does, but I imagine if you remove that from the menu entry using menudrake, it'll fix the problem. This isn't a great solution. I would want to find out why soundwrapper isn't working properly, but in the meantime this solution won't hurt. Miark On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:12:36 -0800 (PST) T C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yesterday I tried to use xmms, starting it from the menu (K - Multimedia - Sound - Xmms). The only thing that happened was an xmms indicator appeared on the panel with the hour glass turning, then after about a minute it disappeared. Xmms did not run. I opened a terminal window and as a user typed xmms at the command prompt (without the quotes of course), and xmms popped up and worked. Tried from the menu again and still won't work. What's happening here and what can I do about it? Thanks. TC Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
