-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 djgoku wrote: | On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:35:50 -0500, Brian Densmore | <densmoreb@ctbsonline.com> wrote: | |>Sorry I should have told you how to do it even though I've never done it. |> |>To background an app add an '&' after the program name on the command line. |>(this won't help you in the gui world where you need to select items from |>the interface) |> |>To background a currently running process, open a terminal and type bg # |>where number is the process id. It should work on juk, but YMMV. |> |>To prevent a program from ending when you log out launch the app via the nohup |>utility. |>ex: 'nohup juk' |> |>Brian | | | Could mpg123 be used with say screen? I will try it later tonight if I reboot.. | | If you are working remotely and you say run mpg123 in screen session | will the music be played on the remote machine?.... | | Jonathan I'm surprised noone's mentioned just starting another X session and locking yours. Chris - -- I digitally sign my emails. If you see an attachment with .asc, then that means your email client doesn't support PGP digital signatures. http://www.gnupg.org/(en)/documentation/faqs.html#q1.1 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBLWSZE5xXU3JS1mQRAsT5AJ42VEjX5cS8CgOgSLiBI0j8iSwlmgCbBJ3+ 0Pw8QzS0GkZfbMOSxElN5KA= =MUYS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----