On 11/04/2011 14:56, jsa wrote:

On 04/10/2011 08:23 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:

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VLC media player 1.1.8 The Luggage (revision exported) Switch to Packman version.

Thanks for this, but I think this is where it came from :-) . I have the packman repo selected and all multimedia apps came from there AFAIK. Nevertheless, I shall look in the software manager to see the source of vlc as installed (and deleted and re-installed). BC -- Great Man reaches complete understanding of the main issues; Petty Man reaches complete understanding of the minute details." Confucius -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 23:23, Basil Chupin wrote:

I just installed 11.4 with KDE (clean install, 32-bit version, off the DVD), and installed vlc which is my preferred choice as a multimedia application (for TV viewing, DVD viewing, capturing TV programs).

However vlc will simply not start - the cursor bounces around but no vlc.

I get the following error (extracted from session errors):

OpenGL vendor string:                   NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string:                 GeForce 6600/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! OpenGL version string:                  2.1.2 NVIDIA 260.19.44 OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler Driver:                                 NVIDIA Driver version:                         260.19.44 GPU class:                              NV40/G70 OpenGL version:                         2.1.2 GLSL version:                           1.20 X server version:                       1.9.3 Linux kernel version:                   2.6.37 Direct rendering:                       yes Requires strict binding:                no GLSL shaders:                           limited Texture NPOT support:                   yes QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method LauncherApplet::toolTipHidden() Failed to find service for KUrl("file:///usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop") VLC media player 1.1.8 The Luggage (revision exported) Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS") Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE") [0x80503fc] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface. Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "") QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method LauncherApplet::toolTipHidden() konsole(8351)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "" with KXMLGUIFactory! konsole(8351)/kdeui (kdelibs): Attempt to use QAction "" with KXMLGUIFactory! X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)  Resource id:  0x2227268 X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3  Major opcode: 2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)  Resource id:  0x22273e0 QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method Pager::toolTipAboutToShow() QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method Pager::toolTipHidden() QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method ShowDesktop::toolTipAboutToShow() QMetaObject::invokeMethod: No such method LauncherApplet::toolTipHidden() kmix(4226) sink_input_cb: Ignoring sink-input due to it being designated as an event and thus handled by the Event slider kded(3193)/kmix sink_input_cb: Ignoring sink-input due to it being designated as an event and thus handled by the Event slider

What does this all mean, and how to solve this? Without vlc openSUSE 11.4 is useless to me.

BTW, kaffeine 'works' except that the bug I reported a couple of years ago still hasn't been resolved (on certain digital channels there is no sound) so this, too, is of no use to me.

Is there any chance you are trying to run VLC as the user "root"? For some odd reason there is *NO WAY* to run VLC as root UNLESS you recompile it yourself and change an option to allow it. Why that option isn't just in the regular configuration is beyond me. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Tuesday 12 Apr 2011 07:43:32 Mark Goldstein wrote:

When I tried to run VLC from the root shell, I've got an error message clearly saying it should not run as a root.

In my case VLC (from Packman) under 11.4/KDE4 fails with "Floating point exception". Googling revealed very strange workaround: run it under strace.

It's this: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648718 Upgrade your nvidia driver. Will -- Will Stephenson, openSUSE Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 04/11/2011 07:52 PM, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:

On Monday 11 April 2011 06:23:09 Basil Chupin wrote:

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BTW, kaffeine 'works' except that the bug I reported a couple of years ago still hasn't been resolved (on certain digital channels there is no sound) so this, too, is of no use to me. These channels are probably muted by default. Most notably, HDMI output is muted.

Start Konsole, and type "alsamixer". Select the soundcard with [F6] and use right-arrow to select channels, even past the right edge of the screen (keep pressing right-arrow). HDMI output is called SPDIF1 in my case. Also could be called IEC958...

[M] to unmute

It helps a lot to have KDE Multimedia control open and keep testing sound.

Which is something I have done to get sound working correctly even since the nonsense called pulseaudio was foisted on us :'( ......

After reaching a satisfactory state, become root: "su -"

Type "alsactl store"

Thanks for your response, but the problem with this is that I also use, and have used for years, xine and with xine there are *no* hassles, and never have been, at all with sound on the digital HD channels. There are no problems with these channels when I use vlc (and just to avoid any forthcoming "AHAs" :-) this was on an earlier version of openSUSE). The bottom line is that kaffeine is a dud. (I only mentioned kaffeine in my opening post simply to indicate that while I cannot vlc to work for some unknown reason kaffeine works, in as far as that it starts, I can get TV pictures and even get sound on all non-digital HD channels,) BC -- Great Man reaches complete understanding of the main issues; Petty Man reaches complete understanding of the minute details." Confucius -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 04/12/2011 03:43 PM, Mark Goldstein wrote:

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Andrew Joakimsen wrote:

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On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 23:23, Basil Chupin wrote:

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I just installed 11.4 with KDE (clean install, 32-bit version, off the DVD), and installed vlc which is my preferred choice as a multimedia application (for TV viewing, DVD viewing, capturing TV programs).

However vlc will simply not start - the cursor bounces around but no vlc. [pruned]

When I tried to run VLC from the root shell, I've got an error message clearly saying it should not run as a root.

Same here.

In my case VLC (from Packman) under 11.4/KDE4 fails with "Floating point exception".

Yes.....I seem to recall that there was such an error statement showing up (about the floating point thingie)....

Googling revealed very strange workaround: run it under strace.

strace vlc works.

Hmmmm...I'll try this. Thanks for this. *BUT* *WHY* should anyone even have to do this when vlc works perfectly in the gnome environment, for chrissake!? BC -- Great Man reaches complete understanding of the main issues; Petty Man reaches complete understanding of the minute details." Confucius -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On 04/12/2011 06:37 PM, Will Stephenson wrote:

On Tuesday 12 Apr 2011 07:43:32 Mark Goldstein wrote:

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When I tried to run VLC from the root shell, I've got an error message clearly saying it should not run as a root.

In my case VLC (from Packman) under 11.4/KDE4 fails with "Floating point exception". Googling revealed very strange workaround: run it under strace. It's this: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=648718 Upgrade your nvidia driver.

Will

"Ah, the old, 'It's *HIS* fault not mine!', trick, eh Chief?" (paraphrasing Maxwell Smart) :-) . By some lucky, it would seem now, coincidence, 11.4 with *KDE* automatically installs the latest nVidia driver which (in my case at least) is #190. But...unhappily, no vlc :-( . Back to the drawing-board....... BC -- Great Man reaches complete understanding of the main issues; Petty Man reaches complete understanding of the minute details." Confucius -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org