[MPlayer-users] xinit

[Michal Filka]

Hi,

thank you for answers. However, I think that the biggest problem is,
that I try to run it under VmWare. If I try it under native linux
everything works as expected.

Any known issue with an output device in virtualized linux?

Michal Filka

2012/3/2 Tom Evans <tevans.uk at googlemail.com>:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Michal Filka <michal.filka at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to run mplayer using xinit. When I run it this way: xinit
>> mplayer -fs <mpeg> it seems that mplayer is running but I've no video
>> output (black screen) and keyboard control is not working. When I kill
>> it I see: (EE) open /dev/fd0: No such file or directory. I've tried
>> couple of -vo setups but with no luck.
>>
>> I work with Linux Debian Squeezy (however I'm able to get it run this
>> way on openSUSE).
>>
>> If I run mplayer from gnome's xterm it works fine. So I suppose it is
>> sort of video output misconfiguration.
>>
>> Thank you for a help
>> Michal Filka
>
> I run mplayer from xinit on my TV, works just fine. Here is my
> .xinitrc for example:
>
> /usr/local/bin/xset s noblank
> /usr/local/bin/xset s off
> /usr/local/bin/xset -dpms
> /usr/local/bin/xsetroot -cursor /etc/X11/hide-cursor/EmptyCursor
> /etc/X11/hide-cursor/EmptyCursor
> /usr/local/bin/xli -onroot -fullscreen -fillscreen -quiet
> /home/tom/.xres/wallpaper_212.ppm
> /usr/local/bin/mplayer -idle -slave -input
> file=/home/tom/.mplayer/cmd.fifo >~/.mplayer/out.log 2>&1
>
> This is a FreeBSD system, so your paths may differ on linux.
>
> Cheers
>
> Tom
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