[vlc] Re: Only Sound, no Video Output

[Alexis Guerin]

>    Hah, just noticed you don't even have a video output plugin for X
> (x11 or xvideo). Did you install the X headers before compiling VLC?

Sorry for insisting but I am a very new linux user...
What are the X headers, how can I check if they are installed or not and how 
can I install them?

According to the output of the ./configure script, the X headers don't seems 
to be present on my linux.

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vlc configuration
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vlc version           : 0.4.6_2002-11-21
system                : linux
architecture          : i686 mmx
optimizations         : 1
tuning                : pentiumpro
debug mode            : 0
release               : 0
cprof/gprof support   : 0/0
need builtin getopt   : 0
built-in modules      : idct idctclassic motion imdct downmix chroma_i420_rgb 
chroma_i420_yuy2 chroma_i422_yuy2 chroma_i420_ymga mpeg_adec ac3_adec 
mpeg_vdec  memcpymmx idctmmx motionmmx chroma_i420_rgb_mmx 
chroma_i420_yuy2_mmx chroma_i422_yuy2_mmx chroma_i420_ymga_mmx memcpymmxext 
idctmmxext motionmmxext memcpy3dn imdct3dn downmix3dn imdctsse downmixsse a52
plug-in modules       : dummy null rc logger mpeg_es mpeg_ps mpeg_ts 
mpeg_audio file memcpy lpcm_adec ac3_spdif spudec filter_deinterlace 
filter_invert filter_wall filter_transform filter_distort filter_clone 
filter_crop fx_scope udp http rtp ipv4 dvd dvdread vcd ipv6 avi fb dsp
vlc aliases           :

You may now tune Makefile.opts at your convenience, for instance to choose
which modules get compiled as plugins.

To build vlc and its plugins, type `gmake'.
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