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This morning I had a new installation of SW current with Xfce
purring along. I had Alien Bob's all-in-one VLC package installed
and was happy as an Aussie at a Bar-B-Q.
This afternoon, I arose at 2:30pm, feeling light and joyful and a sense of achievement.
Went to machine, decided I'd "play" with sbopkg.
Got some stuff, mostly xfce trinkets.
Then, around dinner, sat down to watch an episode of House on DVD.
VLC was not working: spaz attack, dinner gets thrown out;
still venting fumes, I go to see if at least I can watch a youtube video;
you guessed it: youtube giving me an error message, flash no longer working.
I know these are sketchy details, but I have isolated a malfunctioning relationship between two commonly used bits of software.
Can someone reading this, having already experienced this heart-ache,
help me by directing my efforts? even in the general direction of the
right ball-park?
Would be helpful if you mentioned what packages you installed inbetween VLC working and VLC not working.
Also, VLC's error messages may be helpful... start VLC in a terminal using the command "vlc -vvv" and try to grab the relevant errors.
Would be helpful if you mentioned what packages you installed inbetween VLC working and VLC not working.
Also, VLC's error messages may be helpful... start VLC in a terminal using the command "vlc -vvv" and try to grab the relevant errors.
2. Then the player opens, at which point I try to open a disc, and get this error message:
Code:
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/sr0".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.
3. Between running state and breakage, I dloaded & installed via sbopkg the following:
- gst-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-x86_64-1_SBo
- another gstreamer package or two, which I subsequently uninstalled using sbopkg
- gvolwheel-1.0-x86_64-1_SBo
- parole-0.3.0.3-x86_64-1_SBo
- rodent-icon-theme-5.0-narch-1_SBo
- tubo-5.0.6-x86_64-1_SBo
- Xfce-Theme-Manager-1.18 (failed to install; subsequently wrote to Keith about defunct package, edited slackbuild, dloaded 1.20 and successfully installed
Note: the gst packages were a blind-and-drunk-monkey-in-the-dark attempt to fix flashplayer and/or VLC
Thanks again for all your fine work, without which, I would be reading trashy novels all day, probably drunk too.
More packages downloaded, only some installed, from sbo-git:
┌──────────────────────────Viewing Queue─────────────────────────────┐
│ The following packages are currently in the queue. Please note │
│ that when the queue is processed, the packages selected below will │
│ be processed in the order listed from top to bottom. │
│ │
│ Please select or unselect those packages you wish to keep in the │
│ queue and then press <OK> to continue or press <Back> to go back. │
│ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │[*] pulseaudio New │ │
│ │[*] volti New │ │
│ │[*] AlsaMixer.app New │ │
│ │[*] cairo-dock New │ │
│ │[*] cairo-dock-plugins New │ │
│ │[*] dmenu New │ │
│ │[*] faenza-xfce New │ │
│ │[*] murrine New │ │
│ │[*] quadkonsole4 New │ │
│ │[*] xpenguins New │ │
│ │[*] xplanet New │ │
│ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────100%────┘ │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ < OK > <View READMEs> < Back > <Clear inst'd> │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Failed to install:
- quadkonsole4 (md5sum error)
- cairo-dock and c-d plugins (dependency error)
- alsa-app (message suggesting changes to sbo configuration file)
I see you installed pulseaudio. That could lead to audio playback issues in Flashplayer (you never mentioned what issues you are having with the flashplayer).
About VLC, judging from the log files and the error message you saw, I would conclude that your account is not able to access the DVD device (either through /dev/dvd or /dev/sr0). An issue with permissions is usually associated with not being in the proper groups (the 'cdrom' group to be exact):
If you feel certain that you used to be in the 'cdrom group' but not anymore, this can be caused when you have been logging in at Runlevel 3 (console login) in the past, but recently switched to Runlevel 4 (graphical login). The console login has a side effect: your account will be automatically added to several local-hardware related groups for the duration of your login: floppy audio cdrom video lp and scanner. This does not happen when you login in Runlevel 4, in that case you have to make sure your account is added to these groups in advance and permanently - using the "gpasswd" command for instance.
I see you installed pulseaudio. That could lead to audio playback issues in Flashplayer (you never mentioned what issues you are having with the flashplayer).
Edit: sound fixed; problem was not Flashplayer: it was the groups/memberships issue again!
Okay, so I remove pulse.
What about alsa? is that part of slackware -current?
Quote:
If you feel certain that you used to be in the 'cdrom group' but not anymore, this can be caused when you have been logging in at Runlevel 3 (console login) in the past, but recently switched to Runlevel 4 (graphical login).
Eric
Not only feel it: am morally, empirically certain of it!
That is exactly what happened: with this fresh install, after about a week of VLC running beautifully, I switched to console login, and this switch co-incides with VLC ceasing to function.
So, thank you Eric: I can only repeat how much I appreciate your patient, unflagging guidance, advice and willingness to share your experience: without it, and without the help from Ponce, Allend, Didier, Tobi, Chris from Brisbane and others, I don't think I would have hung in with SW.
Best,
Last edited by textillis; 07-21-2013 at 10:16 AM.
Reason: To inform person assisting me of success of his suggestion and follow up question regarding pulse and alsa
Okay, so I remove pulse.
What about alsa? is that part of slackware -current?
ALSA is the sound architecture used by Slackware. It should be possible to integrate PulseAudio if you really need it, but you will have to do a lot of reading and possibly some recompiling too. Slackware will not likely adopt PulseAudio.
Glad I was able to help you find the root cause of your issue.
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