On Sat, 2005-10-08 at 00:52 -0400, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > gary wrote: > > >Hello - I recently installed Sarge and have been using synaptic to > >install packages. > >when I install realplayer, the icon appears in Applications> multimedia > >but I'm unable to > >get realplayer started. Nor will it start when files are directed to > >use /user/bin/realplay. > >mplayer never installs any startup icon, yet I downloaded the k-6 > >version which i believe > >includes a gui. Never got mplayer running . > > > >I have: a few years linux experience > > limited debian experience > > gnome desktop > > > >What am I not doing? gary > > > > > > > > > 1) Are you able to play sound in general or is the problem with > realplayer/mplayer?
> 2) How did you install realplayer/mplayer? > > 3) If you do > > realplay somefile.rm > > on a shell then what happens? Is there any error? or do you not hear sound? > > > mplayer has no gui AFAIK. It is a command line player. If you need a > gui, I think it is called gmplayer. > > > -- > Kamaraju S Kusumanchi > Graduate Student, MAE > Cornell University > http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/ > !. Realplayer never activates . period 2. all updates and packages were installed with synaptic 3. I go to a site that uses Realplayer - i try to download - open with /usr/bin/realplay nothing 4. I downloaded package mplayer-k6 , not mplayer-nogui - I expect to find a gui. 5. my current theory ( could change at any moment ) is that something is in the wrong directory. gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
