Ok, I'll try mplayer . Doing some more research it seems that asx is not really a file as much as a file-pointer, to redirect to a different location where the actual file resides. Confusing.

What programs in Salix are capable of playing "asx" type audio files? I assume this is 'streaming audio' which I don't understand very well. I played this song on a website, the totem-browser plugin is what pops up and plays in Firefox. I saved the URL and wanted to play it again , so I open this ...

That does work, gapan. Thanks for the tip, I thought there would be something that did it-just didn't know the name. Gthumb automatically configured the camera, all I had to do was plug it in.
Salix rocks!

Marcell, you have solved the problem!!!! I have never known that set of features existed in KDE. This has bugged me for 3 years ( same behaviour in KDE 3.5, in SlamD64 12, the OS I have been running since it came out). This trick worked even in SlamD 64 also. I owe you a beer, thanks very much.

Is there a package like digikam or gtkam in Salix ? I can't seem to find anything that will
let me download my photos from my Canon Powershot. I know gtkam works, as I discovered it on
a live-cd distro I already have. I didn't want to d/l and compile gtkam if there's already a package that works ...

Thenktor, I think you misunderstood. I don't want to start FF a second time if it's running. The problem has been, if I choose to open FF from the menu in KDE, it attempts to open 2 instances at once! Or at least that is what appears to be happening. Usually, the browser will open quickly, but as ...

It's a mystery to me, but starting the FF from the menu does it every time with this new KDE, and at least half the time in my old OS, Slamd64. Using Salix with the standard DE , I've never seen it happen. I read once somewhere in Slackware that it has something to do with QT, but who knows.

Thanks for the tip, I haven't had time to mess around with the new KDE I downloaded yet, but it looks like a fairly shocking change from KDE 3.5, which I was familiar with.
I thought I had Salix already 'current', I keep up with the upgrades....I'll search for more info on that, since I see on ...

thanks immensely! It worked. Now to do some exploring...

Is there a how-to somewhere for the proper way to add KDE to Salix. I decided to 'go for it' and see what the new KDE has to offer, tonight, but I'm unclear on how to actually get it to start.
Not that experienced with the xinitrc file, I think that's what it is, or was, in Slackware. I downloaded ...