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I'm new to DSL and Linux, but this is what I want to do:

I have an old AMD K6 450 (128RAM, 4GB HDD) and I only want to use it as a big mp3 player. (I plan to build it into a very old radio, those with lamps and not transistors...).
Is it possible to change the startup so that I just have to push the power button, and wait for the music to start playing? (I know how to do it in windows, but don't know for linux)
(Later on, I can install a network card and add music via ftp...)

thanks

open /home/dsl/.xinitrc

Add "xmms -p &" (without the quotes) to a blank line right before "fluxbox." Make sure you make a playlistwith xmms!

P.S. Later on you can use either ftp or samba to transfer music files to your DSL box. You may also want to read up on the .xinitrc and bootlocal.sh files.

thank you! I'll try that!

OK,

I can go a little further here (I have an old PC that I want to use for this). How could I get it to automatically mount an inserted CD, rip all the songs off of it, then eject the CD? I mean think of the hassle avoided. Of course, there's all the junky songs that you don't really want, on all but a few albums (excuse me, CD's!). I don't care if it all goes to one big playlist and then it all just plays randomly. Anyway, you could run it headless. I'm not sure that I'm up for all of the configuring a LCD remote to work.

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