Problems with Totem Video Player

Orangutanklaus · 02-10-2008, 03:31 AM

Aloha!

I decided to give linux a chance as a desktop replacement for XP on my Notebook. After a view years with Slackware I gave debian etch a try. I'm very new to any X-Window systems and desktop environments and I had to learn to configure many new features.

Anyway, my primary problem at the moment is the standard video player for gnome (2.14.3), Totem.
Any time I want to start this applikation it opens the GUI for 1-2 seconds but the it quits itself immediately without any error messages. The same happens when I insert a DVD.

Are there any suggestions how I can solve this problem?

Regards
Orangutanklaus

Samotnik · 02-10-2008, 04:29 AM

Try to start it from the console - it should report something.

Orangutanklaus · 02-10-2008, 01:53 PM

When I start totem via the user console I get the message:

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Creating link /home/pace/.kde/socket-poseidon.

cant create mcop directory

As root:

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(totem:4440): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:

Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.



** (totem:4440): WARNING **: Failed to connect to the session bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

Creating link /root/.kde/socket-poseidon.

cant create mcop directory

Thanks in advance
Orangutanklaus