hi I found a video that does the same for me, with some minor difference:
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:21:02PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: .... > [ws] Error in display. > [ws] Error code: 3 ( BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) ) > [ws] Request code: 18 > [ws] Minor code: 0 > [ws] Modules: vo_check_events in my case it is: [ws] Error in display. [ws] Error code: 14 ( BadIDChoice (invalid resource ID chosen for this connection) ) [ws] Request code: 147 [ws] Minor code: 5 [ws] Modules: vo_check_events > It leaves the process as well as the control and play window around. > The control window can be moved around but not closed by the WM, and > the control window is just the outline, cannot be moved and cannot > be killed. in my case I can move the gmplayer window around; what happens is that somehow gmplayer backgrounds itself, and leaves the terminal with 'echo off' ; so I have to reset the terminal and kill the stray process. > Sending SIGTERM to gmplayer cleans up. idem ---- but here comes the weirdest part! I was happy to have found this video ; so I moved it to another directory ; then somehow I thought of trying it again ... and it works! then I moved that video to the old dir, and it crashes! so , it is directory dependant! :-) --- then I moved away the directory ~/.mplayer ; now gmplayer does not crash a. -- Andrea Mennucc "The EULA sounds like it was written by a team of lawyers who want to tell me what I can't do, and the GPL sounds like it was written by a human being who wants me to know what I can do." Anonymous, http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/420 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

