hey i think this sounds stupid but....i have installed mplayer on my slackware9.1 from console its working fine.but the problems started when i began trying to get the gui.i typed..

./configure --enable-gui

a few lines were executed.but..i did not get any thing when i typed gmplayer at root.i even installed the rpm package as stated in one of the previous forums but the error is "rpm needed" and


root@dheeraj:~# rpm -ivh apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
/bin/sh is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
/sbin/ldconfig is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
/sbin/ldconfig is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libbz2.so.1 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libc.so.6 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1.3) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.3) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libelf.so.1 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libgcc_s.so.1 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libm.so.6 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libncurses.so.5 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libpopt.so.0 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libpthread.so.0 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libpthread.so.0(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libreadline.so.4 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
librpm-4.2.so is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
librpmdb-4.2.so is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
librpmio-4.2.so is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
librt.so.1 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libstdc++ is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libstdc++.so.5 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2.2) is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
libz.so.1 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
rpm >= 4.0.0 is needed by apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1
root@dheeraj:~# apt-get update
-bash: apt-get: command not found

is this becoz i have slack on my system instead of red hat?plz help me out.....

goto mplayer site and get the tarball........there is one for Slack.
and you won't have all the RPM garbage. these lib files should be already installed on your system.!!

hey thanx for your reply.i'll try out the tarball from the mplayer and get the feed back....

i have searched the entire site mplayerhq.hu.theres nothing like tarball .do you mean the tar.gz file?but every download link has that file.i have searched many links in this forum.but none exactly states my problem.is there anyone out there to help me out?

You need to D/L 3 things. The mplayer source, codecs, and skin. You also have to have GTK 1.2.x and libpng installed on your system. If you did a full install they are there, however if you didn't install gnome it is very possible that the GTK stuff isn't....

ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rele...ralite.tar.bz2

ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/rele....0pre2.tar.bz2

ftp://ftp3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/Skin/

Install the codecs. Extract the codecs: tar -jxf extralite.tar.bz2 and install/copy them to from the extralite folder to /usr/local/lib/codecs BEFORE compiling MPlayer, otherwise no Win32 support will be compiled!

Now extract the Mplayer-1.0pre2tar.bz2 and cd to that directory.
Then build MPlayer:

./configure --enable-gui
make
make install

Now install your skin:
They should be extracted to the usual system-wide directory ($user/share/mplayer/Skin), or to $HOME/.mplayer/Skin

Now you should be able to run it w/ gmplayer from the command line. I added mine to my gnome menu.

As far as RPM being messed up. Goto slackware and the get slack link. Find a mirror site and get the latest patch for rpm either from the 9.1(stable) patches or current. Slack 9.1 shipped w/ RPM broken. Umm slackware doesn't use apt-get by the way, that is a Debian thing....

Another option is going to www.linuxpackages.net and looking at this http://www.linuxpackages.net/details.php?name=MPlayer

you will have to grab the necessary dependancies the mentions, but it works.

i have installed every thing but i did its the same again...no gui..just as before..i think i need to load the rpms..may be my slaclk9.1t does not have some packages.....may be i should go to xine if i'm thatparticular about gui.....

hey finally i got it man..but a small error is creeping in.when i type the gmplayer at prompt,the gui
is opening but a an error namely(a message box to be more precise)...

new face failed..may be font path is wrong..
please supply the text font file is occuring..(~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf)

what to do?

You shouldn't have to install any RPMs at all on Slackware. You don't even need to install RPM itself. I don't even know why Slackware bother to include it, they'd be doing everyone that uses Slackware a favour by moving it out of the main distribution and into /extra or better yet, /pasture.

Anyway, assuming you've installed everything the way JollyRoger outlined it, what happens when you run gmplayer on your system, does it return an error and if so, what does it say? (It'll be useful if you open up a terminal and run gmplayer from there as then you can see any error messages that get output and can copy and paste them here so we can better help you).

Lastly, JollyRoger there's an apt-get for RPM which by the looks of it was what ksd was trying to install. However like RPM itself though, theres no real point to installing it on Slackware.

open: No such device
vo_mga: Couldn't open /dev/mga_vid
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.


when i able to open the gmplayer after playingaround with the error for a while,the above error is occuring and the media file is not playing.what to do?

This is probably a stupid question to ask but, do you have a Matrox video card? It appears that it's looking for the Matrox framebuffer device. Try starting gmplayer with a different video output filter, such as x11:

and seeing what happens.

its working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!its working!!.....eureka.........
hey thanx for all you guys out there...its finally working..i think LSD is right..may be my system doesnt have the so callled matrox video card...so when i did gmplayer -vo x11..the player opened..so whats the prob?what is matrox video card anyway?

hey its working alright but when i click zoom or full screen ie fs,the window is getting bigger but not the video inside.but when i used mplayer with out GUI,i am getting the video in full screen mode..so whats the problem???

hey mplayer is working alrigt but thezoom option is disabled.ie..even i type f or click on the maximise button..the mplayer window is enlarging but the movie is not enlarging.has any one got any clue about this???

i had the same problem once... you just need to change your video driver in the preferences window... i use "xv"...
but if this doesn't work just go to http://www.linuxpackages.net/ and download MPlayer for Slackware 9 (works fine in slackware 9.1)

good luck

Or just issue the command rpm2tgz and use installpkg.