[plug] Mplayer runs wild

[Russ Pitman]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 02:22:58PM +0800, John Knight wrote:
> A bit of info if you will;

In order 
> 1. What compiler are you using?

gcc 2.95.4-17
  
> 2. What drivers are you using for yor sound and video devices?

Sound - cmpci CMedia PCI cmi8338/8378

Video	nv4	Riva [TNT] Rev 04 
nb. Ihave d/loaded the linux driver from nvidia.com, not yet installed

The video card is pretty basic, ASUS AGP-V3800 with 16mb and I really don't
expect much from it. I can't get fullscreen at the console. I am considering
upgrading, looking at a 3G 128M Geforce MX440. Do you know it?
> 
> 3. Are you using OSS or ALSA, and if so, what release version?

Assume OSS *Not* ALSA Sound worked so never bothered to chase alsa.
> 
> 4. Is your compiler the one that came with your distro, or have you 
> upgraded of late?
Should have said this before, sorry
Debian testing uptodate as of wednesday.

> 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.

No. Sound is working fine at the console and in Xfce and in mplayer in 
Xterms
The /dev/dsp has 666 permissions. I run pysol to play solitaire and it 
doesnt see sound in its options,but that has not bothered me. Probably 
whatever is causing that is also gmplayer's problem

> 6. Are you using GCC 9.96?
N, is this a typo?
> 
> Might be able to offer some help after that. :)

Hope so. Thanks for replying
> 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.
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Cheers

Russ.