Common subdirectories: ../WMxmms-0.1.4.orig/src/.xvpics and src/.xvpics
diff -u ../WMxmms-0.1.4.orig/src/xmms_func.c src/xmms_func.c
--- ../WMxmms-0.1.4.orig/src/xmms_func.c	2003-03-31 10:40:23.000000000 -0700
+++ src/xmms_func.c	2005-04-28 15:55:08.000000000 -0600
@@ -110,17 +110,39 @@
 {
        char *command;
        int status;
+       int count = 0;
+
+       if( xmms_remote_is_running(xmms_session) ) 
+	 {
+	   fprintf(stderr, "XMMS is already running...");
+	   return;
+	 }
 
        command=malloc(strlen(xmms_cmd)+5);
        sprintf(command, "%s &", xmms_cmd);
+
        status = system(command);
-       if (status)
-        {
-      		fprintf(stderr, "XMMS can't be launched, exiting...");
-      		exit(1);
-        }
-       while (!xmms_remote_is_running(xmms_session))
+
+       while (!xmms_remote_is_running(xmms_session) && count < 1800) {
        		usleep(10000L);
+		count++;
+		if( (count % 60) == 0 )
+		  {
+		    fprintf(stderr,
+			    "There may be a problem starting XMMS, or the "
+			    "XMMS remote is not running. Sleeping for 5 "
+			    "seconds and checking for the remote again.\n");
+		    sleep(5);
+		  }
+       }
+
+       if( (count == 1800) && status){
+      		fprintf(stderr, 
+			"status(%d) XMMS can't be launched, exiting...\n",
+			status);
+      		exit(1);
+       }
+
        free(command);
 }