Re: [Banshee-List] Fail to control playback from terminal

[Bertrand Lorentz <bertrand lorentz gmail com>]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:46 AM, rvernucio <rvernucio yahoo com br> wrote:
>
> Hi guys, I'm using 1.6.1 under Debian Squeeze. I'm trying to control
> Banshee's playback from terminal, like:
>
> $ banshee --stop
> $ banshee --play
> $ banshee --next
> $ banshee --previous
>
> But instead of stop the music or whatever, a new banshee window is started.

That problem is usually a sign that something is wrong with your D-Bus
setup : Banshee uses the d-bus session bus to check whether an
instance is already running and to send it the various commands (play,
pause, etc.)

To see if your session bus is setup properly, you can check if the
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable is set.

-- 
Bertrand Lorentz