Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
mpg123, a command-line mp3 player, can be run given a list of files to play. That's the closest I can think of to a playlist (what I assume you mean by a "que") capability in a CLI player. I didn't check, but the similar program mpg321 probably has the same capability. Thanks, I will check i

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Ulrich Fürst
Jeremy Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may seem really newbieish, but I have been running Gentoo for > quite some time now. > > Is it possible to forego X altogether, and run things like firefox, > thunderbird, etc through the framebuffer from a bashprompt, rather > than starting X and

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 09:28 PM 1/11/2005 +, Jeremy Abbott wrote: What about a possible shell equivalent of XMMS, or at least an mp3 player with a que, mpg123, a command-line mp3 player, can be run given a list of files to play. That's the closest I can think of to a playlist (what I assume you mean by a "que")

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Eric Bambach
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 03:28 pm, you wrote: > What about a possible shell equivalent of XMMS, or at least an mp3 > player with a que, I already know I can run elm as opposed to > Thunderbird? Also, is there a better (i.e. graphical) web-broweser that > runs from the command line? The only bro

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
What about a possible shell equivalent of XMMS, or at least an mp3 player with a que, I already know I can run elm as opposed to Thunderbird? Also, is there a better (i.e. graphical) web-broweser that runs from the command line? The only browsers I know of are links and lynx. Eric Bambach wro

Re: Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Eric Bambach
Hi, I would say no. The X server isnt all too bloated if you use a lightweight window manager . Firefox, Openoffice, Xmms all use toolkits that need a backend X server to talk to. What gives you the impressions that X is that bloated? I would say just bite the bullet and search out a simple win

Running X programs from bash w/ framebuffer

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
This may seem really newbieish, but I have been running Gentoo for quite some time now. Is it possible to forego X altogether, and run things like firefox, thunderbird, etc through the framebuffer from a bashprompt, rather than starting X and going from there. The reason I ask, is I hate the

Re: a sound problem solution?

2005-01-11 Thread Jim Nelson
James Miller wrote: But, I wax philosophical. I finally decided to give in and listen to some music through my computer. Mainly a satellite radio I've gotten to run through it. I'm satisfied with the barest semblance of audio reproduction these days: it sounds a little better than an old mono phono

Re: a sound problem solution?

2005-01-11 Thread Jeremy Abbott
James Miller wrote: ...So, all would be fine if I could just keep my computer from suddenly ceasing to output sound for unknown reasons. I'm not really interested in troubleshooting the sound server so much as I am in a way of possibly resetting it short of rebooting the machine. Is there a way to

Re: a sound problem solution?

2005-01-11 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 11:33 PM 1/10/2005 -0600, James Miller wrote: [...] So, all would be fine if I could just keep my computer from suddenly ceasing to output sound for unknown reasons. I'm not really interested in troubleshooting the sound server so much as I am in a way of possibly resetting it short of rebootin