Slackware 8 Hell

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God and Savior ~! Im almost there....... i have it running on my laptop with
slack 8 and was having a hell of a time on the workstation. still one error and
here is the dump:

    caption: 0
    language: English
    prefix: 100
    status: 4:3 0 wide 0 letter 1 pan 0
module: locking module `downmix3dn'
module: locking module `imdct3dn'
module: locking module `motionmmx'
module: locking module `idctmmx'
intf info: menus refreshed as stream has changed
vpar: no vout present, spawning one
module: locking module `xvideo'
vout info: asking for 720x576, 15/16 bpp (1440 Bpl)
aout: no aout present, spawning one
module: locking module `dsp'
aout info: signed 16 bits stereo thread
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0x1622)!
aout info: audio output thread 24515 spawned
aout info: fifo #0 allocated, 2 channels, rate 0
vout error: no suitable Xvideo image input port
module: unlocking module `xvideo'
vpar error: can't open vout, aborting  <---------- get a seg fault right
here..... any ideas on this one ?
module: hiding unused plugin module `x11'
module: hiding unused plugin module `xvideo'


a super big thanks for getting me this far ~!

-D

"Robert J. Hansen" wrote:

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> > has anyone successfully gotten vlc 0.2.81 to run on slackware 8 ? im at
> > a loss i have it running on one machine and the other does nothing, ive
> > edited the Makefile.opts
> > and gnome craps out during compilation. ive edited it and added the
>
> First, the default source tree works -just fine-.  :)  Don't hand-hack unless
> you absolutely need to.
>
> Second, make sure you have the proper libraries installed.  I'm having a hell
> of a time getting a proper Qt- or KDE-based VLC, but GNOME works just fine.
>
> Third, by default, configure looks for gtk-config in /usr/bin.  Make a
> symlink [*] from /opt/gnome/bin/gtk-config to /usr/bin/gtk-config.  I've also
> got a symlink from /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-config to /usr/bin/gnome-config, but
> I don't know if that's strictly necessary.
>
> Fourth, run ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gnome
>
> Fifth, run `make vlc'.
>
> Sixth, run `make vlc plugins'.
>
> Seventh, type `./vlc --intf gnome' and see if you get a menu or not.
>
> Good luck!
>
> ... And yes, it really DOES work on Slack 8.  I've spent today watching DVDs
> on my Slack 8 box, quite happily, might I add.  :)
>
> [*[ Type: "ln -s /opt/gnome/bin/gtk-config /usr/bin/gtk-config"
>
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