cron puzzles me

[Jhair Tocancipa Triana]

Alfred Jim G Amada writes:

> On 4/26/06, Jhair Tocancipa Triana <jhair.tocancipa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try
>> 
>> (mpg123 -z --list playlist &> playlist.log &)
>> 
>> as command in the crontab entry (try to give a full path for
>> playlist.log).
> The log file says its playing the mpeg stream...
> ... but still mpg123 dies...

OK, last attempt from my side. Use:

(strace mpg123 -z --list playlist &> playlist.log &)

as command. playlist.log will contain information about a crash, iff
this is what is happenning.

>From the information you've been given this is not clear, it could be
also possible you just have the sound turned off...

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--Jhair