Problems with Xmms

vwal_13 · 04-21-2004, 01:55 AM

Sometimes when i try to open and play music in Xmms it doesn't want to start doing its job. Is there any task manager in linux ? (in Windows if winamp get blocked i used task manager to "end task" ).
The other question is what should i do in order to avoid this problem with my Xmms ? (i heard that linux is more reliable that windows...so why happens this XMMS problem? which/where could be the mistake ? )

nvn · 04-21-2004, 02:16 AM

man ps
man kill

..for "task manager" functionality.

Kovacs · 04-21-2004, 02:20 AM

or try "killall xmms" or in extreme cases "killall -9 xmms"

portux · 04-22-2004, 01:36 AM

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Originally posted by vwal_13
(i heard that linux is more reliable that windows...so why happens this XMMS problem? which/where could be the mistake ? )

vwal_13,

Linux is the kernel only, not xmms or any other aplication, did you read anything before instaling Linux?

Brane Ded · 04-22-2004, 02:14 AM

The system is only as good as the program you're trying to run on it. At any rate, sometimes your sound device can get hogged up by a program that doesn't want to let go. Try "fuser -k /dev/dsp"

Marsanghas · 04-22-2004, 03:41 AM

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Originally posted by Brane Ded
The system is only as good as the program you're trying to run on it.

That's Win 9x.
A good system should be better than the program it is running.. If a program is crashing or acting weird... the system itself should not have to much trouble to keep running.

A system's greatness is only well perceived by the well informed. Mixed with a lot of personal taste.

Brane Ded · 04-22-2004, 04:59 AM

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Originally posted by MarsDude
That's Win 9x.
A good system should be better than the program it is running.. If a program is crashing or acting weird... the system itself should not have to much trouble to keep running.

A system's greatness is only well perceived by the well informed. Mixed with a lot of personal taste.

If your definition of a good system is just not crashing, even Win 9x can accomplish that(Me, on the other hand...). But when a buggy program is eating 98%+ of the CPU, or hogging a device, the system is affected by that program until you kill the process.

Marsanghas · 04-22-2004, 05:26 AM

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Originally posted by Brane Ded
If your definition of a good system is just not crashing, even Win 9x can accomplish that(Me, on the other hand...). But when a buggy program is eating 98%+ of the CPU, or hogging a device, the system is affected by that program until you kill the process.

I didn't say that is my definition of a good system.. Crashing was just the subject here, and I was saying that a good system shouldn't fold when a program it is running does. It is just one of the criteria for me a good system should have.

And your example is true... the system WILL be affected by a 98% usage of the CPU by a buggy program. It will be affected, but a good system should prevent itself from going down because of a bad program.