xfce - problem with gnome apps

[Andy]

On 4/20/05, Drewcore <drewsph at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi list! i'm using hoary and am having a small problem with a few
> gnome apps, mosty totem and rhythmbox, which both say "cannot open
> resource for writing" when i try to play a video/song with each in
> xfce4. i think that this is some kind of sound problem, but i really
> don't have that much experience with linux multimedia (this being my
> first actual working linux desktop - however i've had a few text-based
> servers on my net). any help would be appreciated.
> 
> thanks,
> drew
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What other apps have you run?  I know there is a setting under the
XFCE Control Center that lets you turn on important Gnome or KDE
related daemons when XFCE starts.  Try that.

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