mplayer cannot display video files.

Carmel NY carmel_ny at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 19 09:51:13 PDT 2009


System: FreeBSD-7.2

Prior to modifying the PolicyKit.conf file, gmplayer (mplayer), when
used from withing Xfce4, displayed video files correctly. After
modifying the file gmplayer no longer displays the video portion of the
file.

The URL to the error message displayed by mpalyer is available here:

	http://imagebin.ca/view/GKJCYJ.html

This is the present state of my PolicyKit.conf file. I have substituted
'USER' for the actual users name.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- -->

<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration
1.0//EN" "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format -->

<config version="0.1">
    <match user="root">
	<return result="yes"/>
    </match>
    <define_admin_auth group="wheel"/>

<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
  <match user="USER">
    <return result="yes"/>
  </match>
</match>

<match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed">
  <match user="USER">
    <return result="yes"/>
  </match>
</match>

<match user="USER">
    <return result="yes"/>
</match>  

</config>

If I remove the customizations I made to the file, I can no longer auto
mount CD's, although mplayer works correctly then.

Is there a solution to this problem? I am using the 'nv' driver and PC
has a nVidia GeForce 6150le chip.

This is a snippet from 'pciconf -lv'

vgapci0 at pci0:0:5:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x03511019 chip=0x024110de rev=0xa2 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
    device     = 'NVS 210S nVidia GForce 6150, build in DELL Optiplex 740 (AMD Processor)'
    class      = display
    subclass   = VGA

I would really appreciate any assistance possible. I really need to get
this video thing fixed.

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