Hi Folks

Hope I got the right section.I'm having an issue where any media player I try to open crashes as soon as it opens.VLC is an exception,will explain.

VLC will open but will only play the audio when playing any video file.If I run a video in VLC from the terminal,I get the following:

"VLC media player 2.1.6 Rincewind (revision 2.1.6-0-gea01d28)
[0x8997910] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
[flv @ 0xb03132a0] max_analyze_duration reached
"sni-qt/12978" WARN 18:32:39.359 void StatusNotifierItemFactory::connectToSnw() Invalid interface to SNW_SERVICE
[flv @ 0xaff67fe0] max_analyze_duration reached
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
Fontconfig warning: FcPattern object size does not accept value "0"
[0xafa40350] main vout display error: Failed to resize display"

The Totem movie player won't open at all.I run "totem %U" in the terminal,I get:

"intel_do_flush_locked failed: Input/output error"

Theses issues will usually correct themselves after a couple of reboots,but will happen again.Lot's of searching but no real help so far.

Thanks

Mint 17.2 Mate
32 bit

I had the same problem with VLC. (audio but no video)

-Go to tools> preferences> video
-Check the box that says Accelerated video output. And just to the right of that box make sure that X11 video output (xcb) is selected.
-Save the changes and restart VLC.

Worked for me.-

http://www.videolan.org/support/

That's been done.But, like I say,it pretty much anything to do with video.I left this out of the orginal post because I uninstalled wine but,the skyrim launcher had the same problem.Could not actually play the game,just needed it to load up so I could tweak my xbox 360 savegame with the pc version's console.

I'm starting to think it's an issue with the Intel GM965 chipset my laptop uses.

Maybe look in system settings> driver manager> and see if the driver for your graphics card could be updated that way.

I looked on the Intel website and couldn't find an answer on what driver is for Linux.
The closest I came was this link.
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/pro...Chipset-Family

Drivers are listed in the output of the command lsmod but determining which driver the kernel is using for your card is not my area of expertise. Sorry.
If anything I'm guessing that the kernel is using the fglrx driver but I could be wrong.

If I find anything in the Mint Forum I'll post it for you.

Maybe other members running Mint will chime in and help.

Just an idea you might need to make a xorg.conf file.
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=136814

Here is what running lsmod produced:

$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
nls_iso8859_1 12617 0
rfcomm 58045 0
bnep 18895 2
bluetooth 391253 10 bnep,rfcomm
6lowpan_iphc 18262 1 bluetooth
uvcvideo 71465 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 13048 1 uvcvideo
videobuf2_memops 13170 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
arc4 12536 2
videobuf2_core 48344 1 uvcvideo
v4l2_common 15132 1 videobuf2_core
videodev 131265 3 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core
media 20899 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 46396 1
iwl4965 106879 0
iwlegacy 87977 1 iwl4965
mac80211 559100 2 iwl4965,iwlegacy
snd_hda_codec_idt 53704 1
coretemp 13201 0
snd_hda_codec_generic 62931 1 snd_hda_codec_idt
cfg80211 418839 3 iwl4965,iwlegacy,mac80211
snd_hda_intel 29285 3
dm_multipath 22373 0
joydev 17113 0
snd_hda_controller 29252 1 snd_hda_intel
serio_raw 13251 0
snd_hda_codec 120371 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
scsi_dh 14458 1 dm_multipath
snd_hwdep 13272 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 87194 4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_seq_midi 13324 0
snd_seq_midi_event 14475 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_rawmidi 25722 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56592 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_device 14137 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
snd_timer 28648 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
lpc_ich 16877 0
snd 66670 17 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_g eneric,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
soundcore 14599 2 snd,snd_hda_codec
shpchp 32143 0
parport_pc 32021 0
ppdev 17391 0
mac_hid 13059 0
binfmt_misc 13140 1
lp 13299 0
parport 40836 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
dm_mirror 21756 0
dm_region_hash 20121 1 dm_mirror
dm_log 18072 2 dm_region_hash,dm_mirror
hid_generic 12503 0
usbhid 47035 0
hid 95946 2 hid_generic,usbhid
ums_realtek 17749 0
uas 22631 0
usb_storage 52721 4 uas,ums_realtek
ahci 25622 4
psmouse 91277 0
i915 808682 2
libahci 26970 1 ahci
pata_acpi 12901 0
r8169 61579 0
mii 13654 1 r8169
i2c_algo_bit 13197 1 i915
video 19475 1 i915
drm_kms_helper 55007 1 i915
drm 255469 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
wmi 18689 0

Opened Driver Manager and get a blank window.

Before you installed your Linux Mint did you check the integrity of the .iso?

Sorry for the noobness here,how should I check the iso.

Open your terminal and type:
Without the brackets-

If the signature of the .iso in the terminal doesn't match the signature on the Linux Mint page where you downloaded Mint 'Mate' than the .iso is corrupt.

See the long number on this page?
http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=191

If the terminal doesn't return the exact number than it can't be trusted.

No match on the 32 bit iso

Match on the 64 bit iso

Looks like I'm re-downloading 32 bit.

I had the 64 bit installed at one time,but uninstalled it because wine can't run 32 bit programs on 64 bit linux,I think,does that sound right?

Yes, that's correct about Wine not being able to run 32 bit programs on a 64 bit machine.

I was suspicious that the LM 32 bit was corrupt because the Driver MGR gave you a blank window.
That should not of happened.

-::-Make sure you download the right .iso because Mint comes with Mate w/o codecs. You don't want that.-::-
Install only for your computers architecture.
If your not sure what your computers architecture is run this and post it for me.
If the lm_flag is present your machine is 64 bit-

here's the info

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5250 @ 1.50GHz
stepping : 13
microcode : 0xa3
cpu MHz : 1000.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fdiv_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm
bogomips : 2992.83
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5250 @ 1.50GHz
stepping : 13
microcode : 0xa3
cpu MHz : 1500.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fdiv_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm
bogomips : 2992.83
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

I think your machine is 32-bit but to be sure that I'm not mistaken run:
lscpu and post it when you have the time.

Is it a Sony Vaio?

It's an 8 year old Gateway MT6916
Have to jump back over to Win 7 partition and check some things there,but am pretty sure it's 64 bit capable.Also have heard that all Core 2 duo's can do 64 bit.like I said,I had 64 bit Mint installed.
Is there an "lm" at the end of this line,or am I looking in the wrong place.

flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm

I was looking for what looks like:
for conformation. But yes there is an 'lm' at the end of the flags that are listed.
When lm is present the machine is 64 bit.

That's great that your old Gateway is still running!