Here's the output of ls in /usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default
about.png* font.fnt* load.png* pause.png* prev.png* sub.png*
back.png* font.png* main.png* playbar.png* README* symbols.fnt*
eqb.png* forward.png* menu.png* play.png* skin* symbols.png*
eq.png* fsb.png* menus.png* plb.png* stop.png* VERSION*
exit.png* iconify.png* next.png* pos.png* subload.png* volume.png*
All the files have the permissions set to 777 (everything is allowed) and are owned by the user mad_ady (not root). I believe that setting your permissions should solve the problem....
Or you can try copying the skin to ~/.mplayer/Skin
Keep us posted.
gmplayer runs beautifully and returns this message:
[mad_ady@home-33045 default]$ gmplayer -vo x11 -framedrop
Using GNU internationalization
Original domain: messages
Original dirname: /usr/share/locale
Current domain: mplayer
Current dirname: /usr/local/share/locale
MPlayer 0.90rc4-3.2 (C) 2000-2003 Arpad Gereoffy (see DOCS)
CPU: Advanced Micro Devices Duron SF Spitfire (Family: 6, Stepping: 1)
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
Reading config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf: No such file or directory
Reading config file /home/mad_ady/.mplayer/config
[cfg] read config file: /home/mad_ady/.mplayer/gui.conf
Reading config file /home/mad_ady/.mplayer/gui.conf
vo: X11 running at 1024x768 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local display)
Disabling DPMS
Reading /home/mad_ady/.mplayer/codecs.conf: can't open '/home/mad_ady/.mplayer/codecs.conf': No such file or directory
Reading /usr/local/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf: 50 audio & 135 video codecs
font: can't open file: /home/mad_ady/.mplayer/font/font.desc
Font /usr/local/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded successfully! (206 chars)
Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (mplayer should be setuid root or /dev/rtc should be readable by the user.)
Using usleep() timing
Can't open input config file /home/mad_ady/.mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Can't open input config file /usr/local/etc/mplayer/input.conf : No such file or directory
Falling back on default (hardcoded) input config
SKIN dir 1: '/home/mad_ady/.mplayer/Skin'
SKIN dir 2: '/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin'
Good luck