i use Windowmaker and both X-Terminal and URXVT give nasty problems when i play any audio file using Ogg123: ------------- start playing file ----------- [arnuld@crux Classic-Rock]$ ogg123 IRON\ MAIDEN-03\ Brave\ new\ world.ogg Audio Device: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) output Playing: IRON MAIDEN-03 Brave new world.ogg Ogg Vorbis stream: 2 channel, 44100 Hz Comment: CD'n'Go! Suite 2.00.945 Transcoded: mp3;128 Title: 03 Brave new world Artist: IRON MAIDEN Date: 2003 Track number: 3/10 Time: 00:00.02 [06:18.94] of 06:18.96 (194.7 kbps) Output Buffer 100 Time: 00:00.16 [06:18.80] of 06:18.96 (128.5 kbps) Output Buffer 100 Time: 00:00.30 [06:18.66] of 06:18.96 (134.4 kbps) Output Buffer 100 Time: 00:00.44 [06:18.52] of 06:18.96 (123.4 kbps) Output Buffer 100 Time: 00:00.58 [06:18.38] of 06:18.96 (136.7 kbps) Output Buffer 100 Time: 00:00.72 [06:18.24] of 06:18.96 (157.6 kbps) Output Buffer 96 Time: 00:00.86 [06:18.10] of 06:18.96 (166.9 kbps) Output Buffer 96 Time: 00:01.00 [06:17.96] of 06:18.96 (146.4 kbps) Output Buffer 96 this is output i get and it keeps on scrolling down for unlimited number of times. sound file plays fine but that output keeps on coming and coming. I don't understand this behaviour because Terminal, the command line, does not suffer from this problem. only in X i have this problem. any solutions ? -- http://arnuld.blogspot.com/