From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R5MkT-0002bC-Sb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:09:54 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9280921C304; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A7F021C09B for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:08:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwg14 with SMTP id 14so6225725wwg.10 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:08:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=pF0bxLHThpkEVF5Lg1Lvw5Ryk9whHmBUtjmwJGTAwT4=; b=Xyky6lMDbzvP+6uQscr4952s24anHq6y7+iPOtKSC0As8OzlZudLrc2NG1B1RDW07y Eoy9SiAOeZ6tF15gvhI1yjaRiz1gw0Ej/YGoV886/o0ZC9n2niuON2rPi/pyovpN2nHB OeI1sqVYQm0LBChUCgsZH9ExgyugwkP6nJYFM= Received: by 10.227.154.71 with SMTP id n7mr1878986wbw.47.1316372924643; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:08:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rohan.example.com (196-210-153-55.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.153.55]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fa7sm22489428wbb.26.2011.09.18.12.08.39 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:08:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:08:35 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT rant] udev + /usr Message-ID: <20110918210835.48fda80a@rohan.example.com> In-Reply-To: <4E762265.9000008@coolmail.se> References: <20110912150248.GB3599@acm.acm> <2210780.0e3mVgC8X5@localhost> <4E75CB74.7090804@coolmail.se> <2096791.klglLOoT2h@localhost> <20110918145642.23629a2e@rohan.example.com> <4E762265.9000008@coolmail.se> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.8 (GTK+ 2.24.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6fe6fefd688438e149399f6aefcd1f3b On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:55:01 +0200 pk wrote: > > And he's using Audacious - a fork of a gigantic bug nest (mms) . > > According to his earlier post, it forces dbus to run. > > Xmms, I believe it's called. And it's been working fine for quite a > while (I've actually have never encountered a bug with Audacious), for > me. Now, when I upgraded to 2.4.x dbus was forced on me (well, that > and Xfce4)... I'm used to Audacious because I like the simple > interface (non-gtk+). But if you have another player you would like > to recommend I'll gladly try it. No, I'm not doing your homework for you. Try them all, and settle on the one YOU like. Maybe you could start with alsa-player and bash -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com