Xmms crashes

[Antonis]

Hi,

Last time I was using Xmms I had also this cool visualization plugin that came with the software.

I had to restart my computer and the next time I tried to run Xmms it will just load the small window of this visualization plugin and then it would close immediately.

Does anyone know how to resolve this problem?

I would even try to uninstall and install again Xmms but how can i uninstall thsi program?

[Soniku]

I have the same problem. I think it has something to do with 3D apps in GL. Every program that uses GL like Tux Racer, MeseGears demo, and the visualations close immediatly on me. I have a Geforce card as well. I bet there is just some special way we have to conifgure Nvidia cards. I have not bothered to try it anymore, becuase every time I do, I ruin my system and can not run X anymore.

[bdg1983]

Are you starting Xmms from a shortcut/menu item or from the commandline?

If you can try again using the cli/console, then there may be error messages displayed which would help to troubleshoot.

Also check for a Xmms log file to see if you can find the startup errors.

[Antonis]

is there any other way to deal with this?

like uninstalling and installing again XMMS?

[Harry]

Originally posted by Antonis:
<STRONG>is there any other way to deal with this?

like uninstalling and installing again XMMS?</STRONG>

If you ever mess up an app's configuration just remove the configuration files, not the whole program. All configuration files are located in your /home/user directory with a dot in front of the program name. Use the command "ls -a" to see the dot files. To fix xmms just remove the config files and then run xmms as usual to get back the defualt settings.

rm -rf .xmms

[Malakin]

You probably don't have the nvidia drivers installed. GF2 going to waste :)