Got a problem I just installed xmms and when I try to start it as a normal user it pulls up the version that was installed with redhat but when I su to root and start it, it starts the version I just installed. How can I get the version I just installed to start when I'm logged in as just a normal user and not root.
The reason I installed xmms again is because the version that was on my machine from setup doesn't play anything back. The one I just installed works great but I don't want to have to be logged in as root to use it . HELP I'M A NEWBIE.

Hello and Welcome to LQ !

It seems that you have installed the new xmms version "in addition" to the one that doesn't work.

I would suggest that you remove the new one "rpm -e xmms-new-version", and then upgrade the old version.

i.e. instead of installing xmms using "rpm -i xmms-new-version" (which I assume is what you did, please correct me if I am wrong), try installing it using "rpm -U xmms-new-version"

This should upgrade your xmms, and have a single copy of it on your system for all users to use.

Hope this helps.

If you installed from source it may well be that
the new version lives in /usr/local/bin , which
may not be in your normal users path

Try
which xmms
as root, and as normal user do a
echo $PATH
and see whether the directory that which
returned is listed in the echoed path.


Cheers,
Tink

Ok still need some help I tried where xmms as root and as a normal user and they both say they are in /usr/local/bin/xmms. Also when I did echo that path was in both root and my normal user account. Here is another real newbie question I've never really uninstalled a rpm. I tried what you said I did "rpm -e xmms-1.2.10-1" from my home directory where I orginally put the downloaded package and it said it was not installed. Am I doing something wrong?