At the console, peter@dalton:~$ vlc *.WAV starts a vlc instance and produces audio.
The same command via a telnet connection is not so successful. peter@dalton:~$ vlc *.WAV VLC media player 1.1.3 The Luggage (revision exported) Warning: call to srand(1356965514) Warning: call to rand() Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS") Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE") [0x9deee24] inhibit interface error: Failed to connect to the D-Bus session daem on: /usr/bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: Autolau nch error: X11 initialization failed. [0x9deee24] main interface error: no suitable interface module [0x9ded9c4] main interface error: no suitable interface module [0x9d478fc] main libvlc error: interface "globalhotkeys,none" initialization fai led [0x9dee3c4] qt4 interface error: Could not connect to X server [0x9dee3c4] main interface error: no suitable interface module [0x9d478fc] main libvlc error: interface "default" initialization failed Also, vlc doesn't recognize the display as iceweasel does. peter@dalton:~$ vlc --display=:0 *.WAV VLC media player 1.1.3 The Luggage (revision exported) vlc: unknown option or missing mandatory argument `--display=:0' Try `vlc --help' for more information. Does anyone have a clever way to make vlc cooperate? Thanks, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +13606390202 Bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca http://carnot.yi.org/ "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057759.35371.26211@cantor.invalid