From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/00200203 Description of problem: when I choose xmms from the "foot" the panel... programs > Multimedia > XMMS. Xmms appears but when I try to start playing an mp3 I get an error that says it "Couldn't open audio". When I do "xmms" from the command line everything works fine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.click on the "foot" in panel 2.click on Programs > Multimedia > Xmms 3. Actual Results: opens Xmms but the %F causes problems Expected Results: I expected xmms to play an mp3 Additional info: here's the fix I niticed that from the panel you are starting xmms with "xmms %F". It doesn't work. Plain "xmms" works though. I'm running an updated skipjack so it might be a problem withe rpm not updating the panel entry.
This works fine for me, no matter which way I start it. What sound device are you using? Are you using ESD, OSS, or arts?
Here is more info... Sorry it took so long to reply. This is what I get in Bash... [shad@localhost shad]$ xmms esd: Esound sound deamon already running or stale UNIX socket /tmp/.esd/socket This socket already exists inticating esd is already running. Exiting... This is what I get in an X pop up... Couldn't open audio Please check that: 1. You have the correct output plugin selected 2. No other programs is blocking the soundcard 3. Your soundcard is configured properly The xmms program is visable but when I click on the play arrow to play an mp3 is where I get the errors. also, my testing is being done on a Thinkpad 560. And during install my soundcard was not detected. I used a sndconfig to get it working (which also didn't automaticly detect my soundcard soundblaster). here's a setting that did work soundblaster I/O Port 0x220 IRQ 7 DMA 1
What does 'pidof esd' say?
What does 'pidof esd' say? [shad@localhost shad]/sbin/pidof esd [shad@localhost shad]/sbin/pidof rxvt 1895 900 (/sbin/pidof esd) Doesn't show anything, but (/sbin/pidof rxvt) does work
Try, as root, 'rm -f /tmp/.esd/socket'
Try, as root, 'rm -f /tmp/.esd/socket' I don't have a folder /tmp/.esd
Can you still reproduce this problem with a newer release like Fedora Core 2? If so, try this: mv ~/.xmms ~/.xmms-backup
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