Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 01:32:43AM +, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear Steve: > > That's true but if I am stuck in the console and can't get back into > XWindows, then by definition I can't get back to Windows and play > RealPlayer :) RealPlayer is available for X Windows. Start X, start RealPla

Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Steve: That's true but if I am stuck in the console and can't get back into XWindows, then by definition I can't get back to Windows and play RealPlayer :) Thanks for the knowledgable response about the console. I see your point. Some programs just use a GUI wrapper and that's why they can

Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, you wrote: > The one thing you could do, given enough processor and memory, is simply > leave X and RealPlayer running and switch to a text console to do your > work. > Or, just do all your "console" work in a Konsole window, maximized. :-) John

Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:52:25PM +, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > Is it possible to run RealPlayer in the CONSOLE, NOT In Xwindows. I just > tried by typing /usr/bin/realplay and got the standard error messge > about needing to specify a DISPLAY environment. I figured I better no

[expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: This is a simple question but in view of the discussion relative to the DISPLAY environment yesterday, I think I ought to present it to the expert list. I was told that if you should use the "export DISPLAY=:0.0" command only manually and NOT put it in .bash_profile (I have already