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651bobby

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Registered: 2011-06-06

Posts: 8

VLC and banshee don't output

Hi, I have newly installed Arch system. It runs slim and XFCE for it's DE, these I think are running ok.

problem is I can not get VLC or Banshee media players to work.

when I fire up VLC from the Applications menu seemingly nothing happens. If I load it from the terminal emulator i get the following:

VLC media player 1.1.10 The Luggage (revision exported)
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_ADDRESS")
Blocked: call to unsetenv("DBUS_ACTIVATION_BUS_TYPE")
[0x1986120] main libvlc: Running vlc with the default interface. Use 'cvlc' to use vlc without interface.
Blocked: call to setlocale(6, "")
vlc: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2: undefined symbol: XextFindDisplay

No GUI is launched or anything like that. libXrander is in the 'usr/lib' directory.

dbus is also in the daemon array, in rc.conf

Thanks a lot

BANSHEE IS NOW FIXED SEE BOTTOM FOR DETAILS!
I also wanted to get Banshee working, however, altougth this does open it's dosn't actually play anything, just staying on 'Idel' all the time.
If I run it via the terminal emulator i get the following:

[Info  23:24:34.365] Running Banshee 2.0.1: [ArchLinux (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2011-05-23 14:25:58 UTC]
[Warn  23:24:34.698] Cannot connect to NetworkManager or Wicd - An available, working network connection will be assumed

** (Banshee:2775): WARNING **: Error loading plugin: libhspell.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

[Warn  23:24:35.439] Caught an exception - System.ApplicationException: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
  at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Warn  23:24:35.439] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.
[Info  23:24:35.478] Updating web proxy from GConf
[Warn  23:24:35.505] Caught an exception - System.ApplicationException: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached. (in `Banshee.MultimediaKeys')
  at Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService.Banshee.ServiceStack.IExtensionService.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.ServiceStack.ServiceManager.StartExtension (Mono.Addins.TypeExtensionNode node) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Warn  23:24:35.505] Extension `Banshee.MultimediaKeys.MultimediaKeysService' not started: No support GNOME Settings Daemon could be reached.
[Info  23:24:35.507] All services are started 0.925352
[Info  23:24:35.892] AmazonMP3 store redirect URL: http://integrated-services.banshee.fm/amz/redirect.do/
[Info  23:24:36.115] nereid Client Started
[Info  23:24:36.186] GStreamer version 0.10.34.0, gapless: True, replaygain: False
System.ApplicationException: Could not find org.freedesktop.Avahi
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.AvahiDBus.DBusManager.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.AvahiDBus.ZeroconfProvider.Initialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.GetProviders () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
[Warn  23:24:38.247] Failed to start DAAP client - System.Exception: No Zeroconf providers could be found or initialized. Necessary daemon may not be running. (in `Mono.Zeroconf')
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.GetProviders () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.get_DefaultProvider () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.Providers.ProviderFactory.get_SelectedProvider () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Mono.Zeroconf.ServiceBrowser..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Daap.ServiceLocator.Start () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Banshee.Daap.DaapService.ThreadedInitialize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

I can get audio from the flashplugin, so I don't *think* it is alsa

FIXED: I han't installed the GStreamer ugly plugins these are required. . Now I just need VLC

Last edited by 651bobby (2011-06-07 22:52:02)

651bobby

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Registered: 2011-06-06

Posts: 8

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

OK, i have just checked and the libXrandr.so.2 is a symink to libXrandr.so.2.2.0. and if change the symlink to libXrandr.so.2.bk. I get the exact same error message.

651bobby

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Registered: 2011-06-06

Posts: 8

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

I ran nm -D to list all the symbols of the .so and libXrandr.so.2.2.0 (which libXrandr.so.2 symlinks to) had 'U XextFindDisplay'. and lebXext.so also has it marked 'T' which I believe means it is accessible.

Thanks for any further input

mikkie

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Registered: 2009-11-10

Posts: 52

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

I can confirm the same problems with vlc as 651bobby.

yescalona

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Registered: 2010-04-26

Posts: 1

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

same problem

cookiecaper

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Registered: 2007-09-22

Posts: 198

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

Been getting this with VLC lately, too. I was able to fix it once with a recompile, but that doesn't seem to be working anymore.

EDIT: A recompile worked once more.

Last edited by cookiecaper (2011-07-02 06:35:53)

mikkie

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Registered: 2009-11-10

Posts: 52

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

In my case, a recompile from abs solved the problem, too.

Last edited by mikkie (2011-07-02 09:14:17)

Imperion

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Registered: 2010-08-23

Posts: 3

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

Same problem here.

cookiecaper

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Registered: 2007-09-22

Posts: 198

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

Has this been reported to Flyspray yet? I'm still getting it.

cookiecaper

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Registered: 2007-09-22

Posts: 198

Re: VLC and banshee don't output

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25145