Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu

2002-11-16 Thread Mike Larson
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

Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu

2002-11-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
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

Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu

2002-11-05 Thread T C
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

[newbie] starting xmms from menu

2002-11-04 Thread T C
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

Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu

2002-11-04 Thread Paul
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

Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu

2002-11-04 Thread Miark
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

Re: [newbie] starting xmms from menu

2002-11-04 Thread T C
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