On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 01:23:33PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Ben Hartshorne (debian_user@green.hartshorne.net) [021127 10:38]: > > I've got a strange problem that I'm having trouble tracking down. > > > > The symptom: > > I run xmms (either from the command line or my gnome taskbar) and > > nothing happens. > > I run ps -auwx and i can see 4 or so instances of xmms running. > > I notice that the xmms gnome-applet has changed it's face (as it does > > when xmms is running) from a logo to the play, pause, etc. buttons. > > I click on play, and music starts coming out of my headphones. > > I can also run xmms-shell and connect to xmms, manipulate the playlist, > > play, pause, etc. > > > > Basically, xmms is running, and all other programs that interact with > > xmms work, but I don't see the windows. > > > This happened today, and two days ago, but not yesterday. Logging out > > and logging back in did not help, nor did restarting enlightenment. I > > havn't tried rebooting. > > That sure is odd. I wonder what changed. If it is a windowmanager > thing, as I suspect (i.e. it's trying to place itself somewhere > off-screen) maybe whether or not you see it has to do with the position > of other windows at the time. Does e have a window list? Is there a > keyboard shortcut to cycle focus? To move/resize the focused window? I dove into the window manager a bit more. There is a gnome applet (Desk Guide 1.4.2) that gives me a complete window list if I click on the arrow. XMMS is listed in this list. However, clicking on it brings me to the virtual desktop (I work with a 3x3 grid) on which xmms is supposed to be, but nothing shows. > Could you try it from within a different window manager? I logged out and back in using kde instead of gnome (simpler than trying to muck with gnome's window manager settings). xmms worked. I ran it, and the main window and the equalizers came up. I logged back in using gnome, and xmms continued to work. But only with the main window and the equalizer. I would click on the button to bring up the playlist and it would invert (indicating that the window was open), but no window would appear. The gnome Desk Guide only lists XMMS, and the alt-tab list from e only showed the main window and the equilizers. ::sigh:: Log back in using kde, open up the playlist, log back in using gnome, and the playlist is here. Ok, so it seems this is a window manager issue. It's true that I rarely clean up after myself before closing down my window manager. I log out using the gnome button, and leave the applications to die for themselves. (Note, I don't click the 'Save Current Setup' button in the logout prompt) Does gnome or enlightenment remember things like where xmms was last time even when I don't ask it to? Does xmms remember things like that? XMMS does, at least. in ~/.xmms/config, there are the following lines: player_x=435 player_y=247 playlist_x=710 playlist_y=247 equalizer_x=435 equalizer_y=363 that change when I move the player around and then quit. I'll have to check those values next time it fails. I'll let you know if I have a clear answer to this next time! Thanks Vineet! -ben -- Ben Hartshorne benAThartshorneDOTnet http://ben.hartshorne.net PGP keyserver:pgp.dtype.org Please encrypt all communications
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