Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 02:57:04 -0700 From: Andrew Stuart <elitetek@tekrealm.net> To: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> Cc: conrads@home.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vlc: Virtual timer expired Message-ID: <20010826025704.A53201@freebsd.tekrealm.net> In-Reply-To: <20010825164512.A48089@freebsd.tekrealm.net>; from elitetek@tekrealm.net on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 04:45:12PM -0700 References: <XFMail.20010824083457.conrads@home.com> <200108241347.f7ODl9N23798@mikko.dynas.se> <20010825164512.A48089@freebsd.tekrealm.net>
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On Sat, 25 Aug 2001 at 16:45:12 -0700, Andrew Stuart wrote: > On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 at 15:47:09 +0200, Mikko Tyolajarvi wrote: > > In local.freebsd.questions you write: > > > > >I've been testing out an install of vlc with an old DVD demo disc a friend of > > >mine got with his computer several years ago (yes, I have no other DVDs!). > > > > >Every time I try to open the disc, I get the message "Virtual timer expired", > > >and the program exits. > > > > => SIGVTALRM > > > > >Is this a problem with vlc, or is it some sort of hard-coded time limit on the > > >demo DVD itself? > > > > Most likely a vlc problem. A friend has the same problem on his > > dual-cpu box. Vlc works for me, sort of. > > > > $.02, > > /Mikko > > -- > > Just my $.02, I started having this problem also, and i am pretty sure > it has nothing to do with vlc itself. My problem started after i decided > to blow away my laptop HDD, and install a fresh copy of 4.3 on there, > cvsup'd and started building ports. Since this I get the same error. > Prior to this, i was running 4.3-stable and vlc ran fine (on the same > laptop). > > I am hoping to prove this buy doing the same to one of my desktops, to > see if the same problem occurs, and see what might have changed between > the configurations to cause this. BTW: my other 2 box's that are running > it correctly. both are 4.3 (various versions of -stable) and are running > the latest version of vlc (from ports) > > -- > Andrew > Just to conferm, I just finished make world/kernel installs on two of my other prior working machines with vlc. Once i rebooted, vlc died.. defiently a problem with something that was changed in -stable here of late. maybe i will get some time later on to try and see if i can figure it out. anyways, from what i can tell 3 out of 3 -stable box's now dont work with vlc. -- Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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