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xmms keeps fscking up

  • 17-11-2003 3:53pm
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,788 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Start it by clicking on an mp3 and it opens then closes immediately. Start it from the command line and it says it can't allocate -23458374156 bytes of memory (minus 2 gigs).
    I removed my /home/pickarooney/.xmms directory and reconfigured xmms, it worked again for a week or so, and now it won't open again. I can use xine to play mp3s but it's not very conwenient.
    I tried to remove xmms, but rpm gave me a huge list of dependent packages and stopped the deinstallation.

    Is there any way of removing it safely and reinstalling? (mandrake 9.1)


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  • #2
    Typedef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,564 ✭✭✭Typedef


    Hmm, that minus number is probably some sort of integer overflow.

    Try deleting all the Visualisation extensions for xmms in /usr/lib/xmms/Visualization


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,788 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Nerp, still getting it. The exact message is

    GLib-ERROR **: could not allocate -2147475456 bytes

    Forgot to mention that for some reason (my amateurish installation procedure in the beignning) when I launch xmms from the KDE Start Menu it never loads, never has.

    Going to try removing packages one by one.


  • #4
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭niallb


    Hi P,
    try urpme xmms

    NiallB


  • #5
    Typedef
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,564 ✭✭✭Typedef


    Try starting Gnome, instead of KDE.

    See what happens.

    Maybe you have some sort of broken glib install.


  • #6
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,788 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    er, too late, I whacked it and reinstalled - all fixed now, no more glib comments and even the menu entry works. another pointless panickarooney thread draws to a close leaving noone the wiser.

    for my sins I successfullly installed a router with two PCs yesterday, and converted my wayward friend to the ways of the peng-a-weng.


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  • #7
    scojones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,230 ✭✭✭scojones


    if in doubt => reinstall. That's bad linux user practice!


  • #8
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,788 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    If it works, it's good.


  • #9
    b3t4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,325 ✭✭✭b3t4


    hmmm xmms has been a bit odd with me off late, not the same problem as yours however. Telling me it can't play the next song on a playlist and then when I manually click play it plays it. Another time recently it just refused to play anything and I had to logout to get it to work proberly. No errors were given.

    oh well at least it plays most of the time.
    A.


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