xmms

[ravi waghmare]

Hi James,
 thank u for giviing me the information about xmms on fedora core 3.
 If again some problems created then i will ask u by mail.
  good bye,
 James


 On 9/14/05, James Wilkinson <fedora at westexe.demon.co.uk> wrote: 
> 
> ravi waghmare wrote:
> > thanks for sending a mail to me .....
> >
> > I wants some information about ...
> > in fedora core3 on 915 intel origenal motherboard how to install xmms 
> patch?
> >
> > plz tell me as early as possible..
> 
> Hi, Ravi.
> 
> Looks like no-one's answered your e-mail. There are a number of reasons
> for this.
> 
> Firstly, you responded to a list digest without changing the subject
> line -- despite the fact that you even quoted the advice given in it:
> > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> > than "Re: Contents of fedora-list digest..."
> 
> Many people will ignore such e-mails (and this is why it came so far
> down my e-mail box).
> 
> Secondly, you included the entire digest. This isn't particularly
> helpful to us: we already know how to get copies of those e-mails. If
> you were responding to one of the e-mails in the digest, please delete
> the rest of the digest, so we know what you're talking about.
> 
> It looks like you weren't actually responding to any of those e-mails,
> so there wasn't any point in quoting them.
> 
> Thirdly, it's list etiquette to put (just) the material you're quoting
> up top, and respond underneath, like I'm doing. This is "bottom
> posting". "Top posting" (putting new material above what you're quoting)
> is frowned upon: not least because it leads to people quoting an entire
> correspondence, without making it clear what they're responding to.
> 
> Fourthly, your request is less than clear. Which xmms patch? What are
> you trying to do? Do you have xmms installed? Will it play wav files and
> ogg files? You can download some examples from
> http://www.xiph.org/vorbis/listen.html . Can you hear these files?
> 
> Are you trying to get MP3 playing working? If so, see
> http://www.fedorafaq.org/fc3/#xmms-mp3
> 
> (I won't scold you for mentioning your motherboard: it's irrelevant, but
> you evidently aren't sure what is relevant, and we'd rather ignore some
> irrelevant data than have to ask for relevant data).
> 
> You may want to read
> http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html : it won't answer
> your question, but it will help you to ask questions in a way that gets
> answered.
> 
> Incidentally, this is e-mail. No-one's going to complain if you use the
> few bytes to spell "please" properly. Eric Raymond is perhaps a *bit*
> harsh at http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#writewell
> but his advice is good.
> 
> I hope this helps you find an answer to your question. Welcome to the
> list.
> 
> James.
> --
> E-mail address: james | And the cuckoo isn't cooing,
> @westexe.demon.co.uk <http://westexe.demon.co.uk> | But he's cucking and 
> he's ooing,
> | And a Pooh is simply pooh-ing
> | Like a bird. -- 'Noise', by Pooh
>
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