On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:52:25PM +0000, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> Is it possible to run RealPlayer in the CONSOLE, NOT In Xwindows. I just
> tried by typing /usr/bin/realplay and got the standard error messge
> about needing to specify a DISPLAY environment. I figured I better not
> proceed any further before checking with the experts.
Nope, it's not possible to run RealPlayer from the console. If they'd made
a nice command line interface and a GUI wrapper around it that would have
been exceedingly cool.
> Since I spent long hours in the "dungeon" of the console a few days ago,
> I wonder if I could at least listen or watch RealPlayer while in the
> console. Can I use the export DISPLAY command to do that. Do computer
> programmers who spend most of their time in the console listen to
> RealPlayer from wihtin the console while they are working or do they
> have to use it in XWindows on another computer. I only have one Internet
> computer so that's an important consideration for me.
The one thing you could do, given enough processor and memory, is simply
leave X and RealPlayer running and switch to a text console to do your
work.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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