[plug] Mplayer runs wild

[John Knight]

A bit of info if you will;

1. What compiler are you using?

2. What drivers are you using for yor sound and video devices?

3. Are you using OSS or ALSA, and if so, what release version?

4. Is your compiler the one that came with your distro, or have    you 
upgraded of late?

5. Have you tried re-installing the sound drivers? It sounds like they're 
not properly installed, maybe you have to run the "make devices" script 
again.

6. Are you using GCC 9.96?

Might be able to offer some help after that. :)
John

Make lunch, not war.



>
>I reinstalled Mplayer today so I could see the LCA promo video on the the
>CD, which  is a terrific product. Many thanks to all those concerned.
>
>Followed John's instructions from Limagau.au, worked with only one tweak. 
>It
>needed to be told I run a console framebuffer and it was off.
>
>The first time it was started from the command line in mc and the screen
>loaded over mc logged as a user. It also starts fine from an xterm,but
>in either case it overwrites every tty console and every gui app in the
>system.
>
>If it is started from the command line in a bare console it overwrites
>all terminals and blanks out the gui totally until it exits.
>
>Gmplayer can't see the dsp device so no sound as an X app.
>
>I obviously have a lot to learn and yes the user has permission for the all
>the necessary devices,and has read the docs even tho' he doesn't understand
>much of them.
>
>If this is an FAQ I do not remember seeing it the last time I looked and I
>honestly dont recall it happening prior to me trashing the system including
>the backup drive last week.
>
>Any ideas are welcome.
>
>--
>Cheers,
>Russ.
>


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