Hi Guys,
I think i understand what zhivago is saying.
On an Iphone / Ipod touch if you press the home button twice the music controls are displayed regardless of music playing or not.
On the Desire the controls only show on the lock screen when music is already playing. If music isnt playing then they dont.
This is also what im seeing and presumed it was how it normally works!!
Heh, I was about to say the same thing, music must be playing to see controls. Just to be clear, they show up on the "slide to unlock screen"
Interestingly, Mort Player has an option (I think it's in the widgets add on download), that disables the lock screen altogether when music is playing. This would be a cool feature except that when you use the wired remote or press any button on the unit, the screen turns on again.
Note that there are 3 Mort Player downloads; music, audiobook @ widget.
There is another music player that has a "slide to unlock" screen replacement called Mixzing media player, but it's kind of um...unpolished. The lock screen, not the player.