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panama

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Posted: July 07 2004,20:44

i would like to remove mplayer (can't get it to work).

It was d/l'ed from the repository and installed by clicking MyDSL on the file manager.

I would like to learn how to remove it and make the (5) instances of it on RIGHT CLICK<->myDSL on the desktop go away as well.

thanks!

ke4nt1

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Posted: July 07 2004,21:52

A little more info would be helpful....

Is your DSL a LiveCD, or a HDinstall?

Did you verify the md5sum before running the mplayer.dsl?
( firefox likes to corrupt .dsl file downloads, wget works best. )

I just downloaded it from the repository, again, and
clicked the mydsl button to install it..
Runs fine here, watching an mpg file...

I am running from a LiveCD, so I would simply reboot to
effect repair of the menu issue..

Have you installed any other dsl's recently?

73
ke4nt

panama

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Posted: July 07 2004,22:03

HD install of DSL.

Did not verify the MD5 sum. But have tried to install it 5 times. I d/l'ed with gLinks (Firefox is a bit slow on this old laptop)

I have installed several DSL's too. LinNeighborhood, Doom, Messenger and FireFox all work fine. The Copperwine and Blue Curve themes have installed great as well.

I'm not sure what happened to mplayer but I have it 5 times on the desktop right click and it doesn't work. I thought an uninstall would be in order about now.

If you have pointers to make it work I would greatly appreciate it. However, since this whole Linux/DSL install is a a new and at times frustrating experience for me I would like to have the ability to uninstall anything that goes south or doesn't suit me.

thanks again for the quick reply and the help!!

ke4nt1

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Posted: July 07 2004,22:19

I suggest looking at the md5sum, for starters...
Also, try using "wget path-to-file" next time.

There is no "uninstaller" for .dsl extensions. ( an idea! )
They were designed for LiveCD use
...so a reboot does the trick. for the LiveCD user.

It seems each time you tried to install it,
you did receive a new mydsl-menu entry.
That tells me that the installer did function in part....
Your download is probably ok...

What do you see when you run "mplayer" from a shell?
Try typing " mplayer vo=x11 " in a shell?
What do you see?

Do you see the files in /home/damnsmall/.mplayer?
/usr/lib/mplayer? /usr/bin/mplayer? /usr/share/mplayer?
Is there an icon on your desktop?
Are you user damnsmall?

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ke4nt

panama

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Posted: July 07 2004,22:42

Ok ...here we go...this is turning out to be more complicated than I thought it'd be...that's OK tho...i'm finding that to be a recurring theme with my short Linux experience!

Too bad about the uninstaller. I see ur point tho...not supposed to be a full blown desktop install. I'll tell ya what...on this old-ass ThinkPad it rocks harder that Win98 ever did!

When I run mplayer from shell I get Illegal instruction

When I run mplayer vo=x11 I get Illegal instruction

In /home/damnsmall/.mplayer I see:
codecs.conf
input.conf
ke4nt
menu.conf
mplayer.conf
subfont.ttf

In /usr/lib/mplayer I see:
vidix
cyberblade_vid.so
mach64_vid.so
mga_crtc2_vid.so
mga_vid.so
nvidia_vid.so
pm3_vid.so
radeon_vid.so
rage128_vid.so

In /usr/share/mplayer I see:
skin
there are 4 skins here with numerous files for each here

There is an icon on the desktop.

thanks

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