Thanks guys, I hadn't looked into the 2006.1 directory to see the desktop/server permutations. I am sorry to hear xmms is coming to an end - it has served me really well on my old machines. Is there an accord on a current suitable alternative? I found xmms relatively light on resources compared to say, xine derivatives.
You can try audacious it is based on bmp and xmms. There is also bmpx and xmms2. Only audacious and bmpx are in portage. I think they are all similar to xmms! For me I have choosen audacious! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
