Dear all,
I am a very very and again very newbie in Linux. Now, I have installed
Debian/Sarge on my labtop and trying to get Mplayer work.
I chose to install by "compile from source" so I downloaded the tar file from the
Mplayer website and install it. Everything seems to work fine. I tried to launch
Mplayer (not graphical one) by using the command "mplayer" and it works. I
could play an mpeg file. But, unfortunately, when I tried to launch the graphical
version by using the command "gmplayer", it showed an error like this:
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Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024):
> Permission denied
> Try adding "echo 1024 >
> /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system
> startup scripts.
SKIN dir: '/usr/share/mplayer/Skin'
> [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin )
> not found.
> Skin not found ( default ).
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Yes, I did "./configure --enable-gui" something like this already
The followings are the steps that I did when I installed the Skin:
(1) I created a directory in my home, e.g.:
~/the_user/my_skin/
(2) I downloaded the Blue Skin tar file from the Mplayer website and put into
"my_skin" directory
(3) I extracted the Blue Skin tar file, I got a directory named "Blue"
(4) I created the following directory to collect my skin:
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin"
(5) I "cd" into the directory "Blue" and copied all files to the directory
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin"
(6) After I used the command "gmplayer", it showed the above error
messages.
========== Problem solving 1 ===========
(1) To solve this problem, I first deleted all files in
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin"
(2) Then, I added a directory named "default" into the above directory:
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default"
(3) I "cd" to the directory "Blue" again, copied all files to the directory:
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default"
(4) ran "gmplayer" again, right, it didn't work
========== Problem solving 2 ===========
(1) As the second step solving this problem, I remove all files in:
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default"
(2) Created a directory named "skin" into the above one:
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin"
(3) I "cd" into the directory "Blue", copied all files into the directory:
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin"
(4) launched "gmplayer", yeeehaaaa, didn't work
========== Problem solving 3 ===========
(1) OK, then, as the third approach, I remove the directory "skin" in:
"/usr/local/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin"
(2) Leave the directory "Skin" and "default" in the above directory tree empty
(3) I created a directory named "Skin" in:
"~/the_user/.mplayer"
(4) I "cd" to the directory "Blue", copied all files into:
"~/the_user/.mplayer/Skin"
(5) I ran "gmplayer" again, it showed the same error message
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Really don't know where to proceed now
Could someone suggest me how to deal with this, please
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For a summary again,
1. I use Debian/Sarge with kernel 2.6
2. I installed Mplayer by compiling from source and using "./configure
--enable-gui
3. I can use the command "mplayer" to play an mpeg movie, that's fine.
4. when I used the command "gmplayer", it showed this error:
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Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024):
> Permission denied
> Try adding "echo 1024 >
> /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system
> startup scripts.
SKIN dir: '/usr/share/mplayer/Skin'
> [skin] file ( /usr/share/mplayer/Skin/default/skin )
> not found.
> Skin not found ( default ).
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even I downloaded and installed a Skin from the Mplayer website.
Thank you all in advance
Alez
P.S. sorry for a pretty long post, just would like to collect as much details as
possible.
"Skin not found" problem from installing Mplayer in Debian/Sarge !!!
