Greetings!

Bringing in xmms to my FreeBSD 4.9 system.
Did a CD to /usr/ports/multimedia/xmms
ran Make
everything appeared to load fine.
ran Make Install
everything appeared to load fine again
But no xmms anywhere. Even when rightclicking on my KDE
panel and adding an applet, xmms is not there.
I probably missed a step. Any way I can get xmms
started or bring in a start icon or something?

Thanks much in advance!

Hi,

Try:
locate xmms
and do the full path command to it.
Hope it helps.

Dan

FreeBSD installs xmms in /usr/X11R6/bin/xmms
Make sure it is in your path...Also I found with FreeBSD that newly installed apps don't always work without a logout/login, but I am sure there is some command to make this unnecessary, I just haven't found it yet.

Run 'kappfinder' to add xmms to your kde menu.

On the subject of having to log in and out to have something update, well heres a quick tip for anyone who is reading... If you ever want your menus to update without the having to log out and back in... type this command into the terminal:

Thanks much folks! Your advice helped me get xmms into my kde multimedia group. I tried the kappfinder at the command line, followed the instructions provided by the little program and sure enough, there was xmms. If I may take this topic a little further...

Can I use xmms or a plugin to view Quicktime files or see the streaming video such as on Foxnews.com or any of the news sites? In short, can this be used as a substitute for the NeroMix player or any of the multimedia viewers/listeners?

Again, many thanks for your help, both thus far and in advance!

As far as I know xmms is only an audio player. You can use it for audio streams, but for video you will want to check out mplayer or somesuch...

I use xine to view all of my videos and it works fine, try getting the rpms makes it easier. oh yeah and xine has a plugin 4 quicktime files