weird Linux question

[Chris Bier]

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djgoku wrote:
| On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:35:50 -0500, Brian Densmore
| <densmoreb at ctbsonline.com> wrote:
|
|>Sorry I should have told you how to do it even though I've never done it.
|>
|>To background an app add an '&' after the program name on the command
line.
|>(this won't help you in the gui world where you need to select items from
|>the interface)
|>
|>To background a currently running process, open a terminal and type bg #
|>where number is the process id. It should work on juk, but YMMV.
|>
|>To prevent a program from ending when you log out launch the app via
the nohup
|>utility.
|>ex: 'nohup juk'
|>
|>Brian
|
|
| Could mpg123 be used with say screen? I will try it later tonight if I
reboot..
|
| If you are working remotely and you say run mpg123 in screen session
| will the music be played on the remote machine?....
|
| Jonathan

I'm surprised noone's mentioned just starting another X session and
locking yours.

Chris
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