mplayer opens only through console now[Solved]

brahm · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 72

I had an earlier version of mplayer which was working fine. But then I emerged this mplayer-1.0-rc and now the mplayer does not open through the start menu (or whatever you call it). It opens only through the console. Any suggestions?

yngwin · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject:

Have you built mplayer with X and gtk useflags?
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brahm · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 72

yes I have :cry:

jsheedy · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:49 am Post subject:

gmplayer starts from a command prompt without an issue? What does your menu editor say for mplayer? what about your konqueror file types, what does it have for avi? Just a couple of things to look at I guess.
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brahm · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 72

its mplayer not gmplayer. I am in kde. and I didn't understand anything else that you said...... how to check any of these?

jsheedy · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:07 am Post subject:

brahm · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 72

well, in the konqueror, the default is set to mplayer only. so it does not open the files when I directly click on it. So, I either have to right click and select open with...... option or I can go to the settings and set the default to xine (the other player that I have).
Also, there is no information about the Kmenu anywhere

yngwin · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject:

brahm · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 72

there is no entry in the portage about the gmplayer. it is only mplayer

jsheedy · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject:

If you build mplayer with gui you will have gmplayer.. Try that at a command prompt.
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brahm · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 72

you mean some sort of use flags = gui or what?

jsheedy · Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject:

I believe that if you built it with gtk, that gmplayer was compiled, just try to run that from a command line.
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brahm · n00b Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 72

Hey ! I am extremely sorry. I just did emerge -ND world and it started working. maybe some broken packages or something. Don't know but thanks for helping!