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  From: Andrew Galdes <AGaldes@elders.com.au>
  To  : Matthew Geddes <mgeddes@tellurian.com.au>
  Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:05:42 +1030

RE: XMMS not working

>  * Check to see which sound system is configured / in use by RedHat
> (under Gnome, it'll probably be esd and probably arts under KDE)

Other KDE sounds work - like on events.

>  * Ensure that XMMS is using the sound system it's supposed to be
>  * Check that your users have write access to /dev/dsp (not 
> sure if this
> is necessary when using something like esd or artsd)
>  * Can you make noise using a different program? Try playing an mp3 or
> ogg vorbis file using mpg123/mpg321/ogg123 in a terminal window and

Funy but those were not installed with the default packages.

> playing around with the -d option (check the man page for 
> more details).
> 
> Does XMMS look like it's playing (timer incrementing, animations
> animated, etc)?

No, there is not indication that there is anything playing. No errors
either.

AG.

> 
> Hope it helps,
> Matt
> 

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