Just upgraded to KDE 3.1.2, and everything seems okay, but decided I should try out viewing WMV's in Konqueror..
Mplayer and Mplayer plugins didn't do quite what I wanted, and since I see indications that xine is the favoured direction, did an.. apt-get install libdirectfb-0.9-15 libflash0 xine-ui And then realized that the xine-mozilla-plugin is not available as a package yet, so just saved a WMV to file, and tried to run it from command line, and caboom. Strace reveals.. metronom: waiting for audio discontinuity #3 metronom: audio discontinuity #3, type is 2, disc_off 268740 metronom: audio vpts adjusted with prebuffer to 944151 metronom: waiting for in_discontinuity update #3 metronom: video vpts adjusted to 944151 ) = 1 (in [3]) read(3, "\1\2h\33\0\0\0\0\v\0\0\2\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 32) = 32 kill(31804, SIGRTMIN) = 0 kill(31804, SIGRTMINyuv2rgb: using 2*zoom optimized scale_line ) = 0 rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, NULL, [ALRM RTMIN], 8) = 0 rt_sigsuspend([ALRM] <unfinished ...> --- SIGRTMIN (Real-time signal 0) --- <... rt_sigsuspend resumed> ) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call) sigreturn() = ? (mask now [ALRM RTMIN]) ioctl(3, 0x541b, [0]) = 0 read(3, 0xbfffeed8, 32) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) select(4, [3], NULL, NULL, NULL) = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be restarted) --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ -- -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." -------------------------------------------------------- Michael Peddemors - Senior Consultant LinuxAdministration - Internet Services NetworkServices - Programming - Security Wizard IT Services http://www.wizard.ca Linux Support Specialist - http://www.linuxmagic.com LinuxMagic is a Registered TradeMark of Wizard Tower TechnoServices Ltd. -------------------------------------------------------- (604)589-0037 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada

