[Sussex] I need a *helpful* error messageH

[David Morris]

Dominic Humphries wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>XMMS has gone very strange on me - it refuses to load for my usual user account.
>No error message, the CLI just sits there and waits for me to Ctrl-C it.
>However, XMMS works for every *other* user account, so there's nothing wrong
>with the application itself. It's just me that can't run it. Other multimedia
>apps work just fine.
>
>Presumably, something in some config file somwehre is causing a problem. But
>I've wiped the .xmms directory, with the same error, and I'm not aware of
>anywhere else XMMS looks before loading.
>
>I don't mind an app. going wrong when it gives me an error message to be going
>on with. But it's not giving me anything at all, it's just refusing to start.
>
>Anybody know how I can get it to tell me where its problem lies?
>
>Cheers
>
>Dominic
>
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Hi, I had this the other day myself.  It either fixed itself or was 
running on a desktop(was hidden from me) and then finally displayed 
itself.  You could try running the command through strace