video player problems

[Kirk Bridger]

You can get more descriptive info on why a program crashes by running it 
from the command line.  So from your desktop environment, launch a 
terminal (gnome-terminal is in Applications -> Accessories -> 
Terminal).  From there type the name of the application you want to 
launch, for example "mplayer".

The GUI should appear for mplayer, simply reproduce the crash and see 
what happens on the command line.

Send the info along to see if anyone on the list can help.

Kirk



Ralph Pichie wrote:
> I have a desktop system (refurb Dell Optiplex) with Jaunty installed.
> There is NO internet connection at that location until some time later
> next week. I tried installing VLC and mplayer from packages copied
> over from my netbook using apt, but was unable to get that working. I
> managed to get VLC and Mplayer installed, and running,  but both crash
> when I actually attempt to play anything. Reinstalling some of the
> packages did not help either.
>
> I'm thinking that this is related to one of the packages that I
> installed, or the video card, as I can't seem to enable any visual
> effects either. Any ideas? Any ideas why running apt to install debs
> from a directory doesn't work?
>
>