Re: linux bewbie lame question

[Raiz_mpx <Rthoreau@iwon.com>]

> From: Tendril <dontuspamtendril@shotgunsandwich.net>

>Date: Today 06:42:55

>When I said I was a noob.. I mean it. I've had the laptop for a week. I 
>have
>never run anything as root. I can only log in through a terminal as 
>root. I don't know what xmms is, sorry.:(

<Major snip>

Tendril,  welcome it looks like you were thrown to the wolves on this 
one, how did you get Debian on your Laptop?  Did you buy it 
preinstalled, or did you install it yourself?  Did any one give you a 
lesson on using Linux in general? 

Most people here are avid readers and you will find that most people 
will respond by suggesting that you read the fine manual, or reading 
the Howto's about a specific subject.  I would suggest one of the fine 
books by O'Reilly such as Linux in a Nutshell, which should be at a 
local book store.  

This should give a good understanding of why Linux is the way it is, and 
some good pointers compared to the Windows world.  If you want 
immediate gratification, you can go to http://www.debian.org/doc and 
choose one of the documents listed, I would start off with the install 
manual, to get an idea of what was installed on your machine.  Also the 
Debian reference manual is a another must read, The Linux Cookbook is a 
great source for general information.

We really need to know what exactly is installed on your machine, it 
might be that something is not configured, or installed right.  The 
more specific you are the better, that way we can get your problem 
solved.

For your information xmms; is Versatile X audio player that looks like 
Winamp X Multimedia System is a player for various audio formats,
 with a customizable interface based on X/GTK+.
 .
 It's able to read and play:
  * Audio MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (with mpg123 plug-in),
  * Ogg Vorbis files (with the Ogg Vorbis plug-in),
  * CD Audio (with CDAudio plug-in), with CDDB support,
  * WAV, RAW, AU (with internal wav plug-in and MikMod plug-in),
  * MOD, XM, S3M, and other module formats (with MikMod plug-in),
  * .cin files, id Software.
 It has eSound, OSS, and disk writer support for outputting sound.
 .
 It looks almost the same as famous Winamp, and includes those neat
 features like general purpose, visualization and effect plug-ins,
 several of which come bundled, then spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope,
 skins support, and of course, a playlist window.

<above was taken from the package description maintained by Josip Rodin>
used apt-cache show xmms.

Rthoreau