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MPlayer_gui compiling problems - Solved
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Tman


Joined: 22 Jan 2011
Posts: 815
Location: Toronto
PostPosted: Sun 30 Sep 2012, 19:12    Post subject:  MPlayer_gui compiling problems - Solved
Subject description: Xshape not found		  
Hi,

I was trying to compile mplayer from svn with the following options:
Code:

   ./configure --prefix=/usr \
               --confdir=/etc/mplayer \
               --enable-gui \
               --enable-runtime-cpudetection \
               --enable-menu \
               --enable-xmms \
               --disable-mencoder \
               --disable-ossaudio \
               --disable-arts \
               --disable-esd \
               --disable-pulse \
               --disable-jack \
               --disable-openal \
               --disable-hardcoded-tables \
               --disable-profile \
               --disable-sighandler \
               --disable-crash-debug \
               --enable-xinerama \
               --disable-ffmpeg_a


but I get the following error message from the terminal
Code:
Error: The GUI requires the X11 extension XShape (which was not found).


If I use --disable-menu and --disable-gui, then mplayer will compile, but
it won't have a frontend.

Pfind finds shape.h, and I don't know why the compiler can't seem to find it. Sad
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666philb


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Posts: 3171
Location: wales
PostPosted: Tue 02 Oct 2012, 12:57    Post subject:  
hi Tman

i found this on an ubuntu post
Quote:
Add --enable-xshape for compiling. Not a clue why but it works.

thanks a lot. worked like a charm.


worth a try
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Tman


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PostPosted: Tue 02 Oct 2012, 22:25    Post subject:  
666philb,

thanks for the tip. Strange...in the configure options, it says that xshape is autodetected, I guess that function wasn't working too well. I added --enable-xshape,
and it gave me an error message saying it needs zlib. So I installed zlib from the wary repository, along with the DEV files. Mplayer compiled, but I still get no gui...something else is wrong.

Well ... at least I'm getting closer. I will add more specific ./configure options, now that I realize that autodetect doesn't always work.
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Tman


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PostPosted: Wed 03 Oct 2012, 17:08    Post subject:  
Okay, I found the problem.

I compiled the pet using a modified buildpet script.
Buildpet optimizes the .png files through optipng ..this is usually a good thing.
But with Mplayer, it seems that using optipng (and maybe advancecomp also)
damages the theme, and the gui does not work.

Luckily, I have backups of the Mplayer themes. I injected the original theme back into the malfunctioning pet, and
the gui appears ..yeeessss! Smile

So it seems that 666philb's advice for the configure otions was correct.

Thanks, 666philb!
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