On Tue, September 11, 2012 12:05 am, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Dear Mr. Weaver, > > the error messages that you are posting can have a multitude of > reasons. However, they are much to vague for us to be seriously able > to help you. > > Generally, with Debian Wheezy, you do not need to install any package > from an external repository anymore to play back the most common video > formats. One exception are proprietary DVDs for which you need > libdvdcss - for which in turn we (in Debian) do not have found a > solution yet. > > I thus recommend you to read through this page > > <http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/FAQ> > > especially the last paragraph, and try again with a clean Debian > installation. Adding random packages from other repositories is known > to cause breakage in many cases. > > And then, please file proper bug reports against affected packages > instead of quoting random error messages from the console.
Umm, I'm not filing a bug because I don't think there is one. I'm not 'adding random packages', either. I'm quoting error messages (and not random ones) because I was asked to. Regards, Weaver -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
