Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:21:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: FBSD Ports Mailing List <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mplayer/mplayer-plugin question Message-ID: <20050422182127.GA89355@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <AE4D469E6B141341B0344050@utd49554.utdallas.edu> References: <20050420155742.GA83965@thought.org> <4267092C.1090103@ec.rr.com> <20050421060935.GB3621@thought.org> <42689519.7080108@ec.rr.com> <20050422175233.GA88900@thought.org> <AE4D469E6B141341B0344050@utd49554.utdallas.edu>
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 01:01:30PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > You should forward this information to the freebsd-ports list. I'm sure > they'd like to know this, because it's abnormal design. The conf file > *should* be in /usr/local/etc and there *should* be a pkg-message file that > tells the installer what to do post-install. At least a symlink to /usr/local/etc, and the post-install note. This brings up the qauestion of the Powers-that-Be creating symlinks to /etc/local (as a min) and /etc/X11R6. (Should *ANY* non-system GUI have its conf in /etc/X11R6/etc? ... [*mumble*]) gary > > --On Friday, April 22, 2005 10:52:33 AM -0700 Gary Kline > <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > >On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 02:09:29AM -0400, jason henson wrote: > >>Gary Kline wrote: > >> > >>> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 10:00:12PM -0400, jason henson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>Is it up to date? > >> > >>You mean the port? > >>/usr/ports/multimedia/win32-codecs > >> > >>You mean the install location? > >>/usr/local/lib/win32/ > > > > Thanks. I was searching on codec. If you didn't catch my post > > from Thursday, I finally found the reason the mplayer-plugin > > was failing was that I hadn't touched|found > > /usr/X116R/etc/mplayerplug-in.conf. The porter or author left > > everything commented. I suggested adding a blurb to the port > > Makefile or else uncommenting enough variables to allow some > > min functionality--this *with* a Makefile blurb. I was looking > > in /usr/local/etc for the configuration file. ... > > > > Anyhow, mplayer works only that the volume is distorted. > > > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix
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