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I am running Slackware 10.1 with 2.4.9 kernal. I installed the mplayer package using pkgtool and everything seemed to go ok. Then I put a skin in /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default and then when I type "gmplayer" in terminal I get
Code:
bash-3.00$ gmplayer
MPlayer 1.0pre6-3.3.4 (C) 2000-2004 MPlayer Team
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Athlon Thunderbird (Family: 6, Stepping: 2)
Detected cache-line size is 64 bytes
CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX MMX2 3DNow 3DNowEx SSE
vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 24 and 32 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
and then it hangs.......... with 100% CPU load.
I searched and found this thread. It sounds like the same problem but the solution did not work.
one suggestion....it worked for me...
put the skin in the skin directory, and rename it default...meaning, if you have the Blue skin, put it in the Skin directory, and rename Blue to default.
I had an issue with the same effects regarding gmplayer, what I found was that using the "default" skin; "Blue", there was no "skin" file in the /Blue/ directory (or default, whichever you use..) which is a flat text file that contains the code for the skin such as buttons and their location.
I think this is due to the documentation and the error messages, I believe I ended up putting all of the files in "Blue" into "/Blue/skin/", which was a mistake. I will flog myself later. (unless this fixes your issue and I am redeemed)
If you download "Abyss", and extract it to "/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/Abyss" and create a link named "default" that points to Abyss (# ln -s /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/Abyss /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default), it should load.. Abyss is a smaller (in demension) version of "Blue"..
If that works, I would try the same with "Blue" (or just skip the Abyss test.. as it is just a test..)
Skins in the mplayer/Skin/ directory should look like this:
Thank you for your response Maven, I had actually given up on this issue but you seemed to have rekindled my interest in getting this fixed, I am currently at work and will attempt the solution that you posted when I get to my Slack Box and then post my results.
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