Make sure the case is correct when u type your filename. In windows, it matters little--in linux, it matters *a lot*! U do not mention your OS(s), if this is a vm or dual-boot system, etc. Kind a hard to help unless folks know u & what it is you're runnin. On 12/28/10, RiverWind <riverwind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Greetings, > > When ever I typed in a few letters of a file name from within the > working directory and then hit tab, I got a beep and nothing more. > Moreover, using first one and then two quotation marks accomplished > nothing. Ok, so the object of this "tab completion" procedure, is > to get a list of files, ostensibly to play through mpg123. Even if > I can get the procedure to work, how is it possible for the player > to be brought into the operation as well? This is what the Windows > environment does; it provides a list of files through which one can > serf and make random selections. Is this even possible from the > command line, I.E. generate a list from which files can be selected > and then played? > > More to the point however, what is the likelihood of my ultimately > being able to fix the original problem? After all, I can think of > no reason why merely installing something so innocuous as sox would > even cause such a problem in the first place. When once I can get > a handle on how the problem occurred, I might become better able to > affect a solution. > > Bright Blessings, > RiverWind > > Feel free to visit my website and my blog and learn more about me > and what I stand for. > My Website @ http://riverwind.shellworld.net > My Blog http://windraven13.livejournal.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Change the world--1 deed at a time Jackie McBride Scripting Classes: http://jawsscripting.lonsdalemedia.org homePage: www.abletec.serverheaven.net For technophobes: www.technophoeb.com _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list