On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Rodney G. Garayt wrote: > Hello, > I just did a new install of RH9 and one of the first things I noticed > was the lack of a jingle when logging on. Is there one? I like RH for > the most part. It seems a bit easier to use then Mandrake 8.1 which I > was using previously but Mandrake was easier for configuring things. > My second question has to do with mp3s. I tried to play an mp3 on xmms > (I think that was the player I chose, looked like it anyway) and I got a > message about some legal crap and it refused to play the song. What's > going on? How do I play mp3s and how do I make sure that my sound card > is configured correctly... or whatever it is that is not allowing me to > hear sound. > I've got a Creative SB Live sound card. redhat has mp3 support disabled because mp3 is a proprietary format, look at converting your mp3s to oggs as a long term solution. mp32ogg shuld help: http://faceprint.com/code/ but reencoding the files from the original will give you better results as a shortterm solution you can download mp3 plugins forxmms from freshrpms.net -- Munir Nassar RedConcepts.NET http://redconcepts.net/ _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list