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#1 2004-08-06 00:50:27
- hypermegachi
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xine bug after libpng update
in the terminal, this is the error message i get now after the recent libpng update.
This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.2.
(c) 2000-2004 The xine Team.
libpng error: incorrect data check
Aborted
anyone else experiencing this?
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#2 2004-08-06 01:38:36
- Win
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Re: xine bug after libpng update
Hi hypermegachi.
I haven't experienced this problem, but there are clearly other problems (for example, with KDE in general) with the recent upgrade of libpng.
Downgrade and your problems should go away:
I was able to find the package:
libpng-1.2.5-2.pkg.tar.gz
which is the penultimate release of libpng at the following site:
http://archlinux.antesis.org/0.7/os/i686/
After downloading this file, as root (or using sudo), run:
pacman -U libpng-1.2.5-2.pkg.tar.gz
Regards,
Win
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#3 2004-08-06 03:06:40
- hypermegachi
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Re: xine bug after libpng update
yep! downgrading libpng fixed all my problems.
RC my ass 
, that felt like an alpha
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#4 2004-08-06 03:56:57
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Re: xine bug after libpng update
RC, alpha, beta, whatever they are all prereleases and likely buggy in some way. Rarely do you find stable-ish alpha/beta/RC software like xcdroast (which has been in alpha since the big bang)
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#5 2004-08-06 04:03:36
- hypermegachi
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Re: xine bug after libpng update
yeh, but RC is supposed to be a potential stable version. so i woulda expected them to catch something like this before naming it RC
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#6 2004-08-06 04:29:38
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Re: xine bug after libpng update
you would think so. it is rare but sometimes the most obvious errors may not be prevalent when you are too familiar with the code and the system you are testing it on.
it should have been caught by the arch maintainers too .... theoretically. That is one of the reasons to use upgrade when official releases come out ... esp with libs.
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