Hi Nitinder, Checkpointing of X applications is not supported on DMTCP yet. We’re working on a DMTCP plugin for that but when I tried last it wasn't robust enough to run VLC. Is it possible to run VLC in terminal mode?
Thanks, Rohan > On Feb 22, 2015, at 1:16 PM, Nitinder Mohan <nitinder1...@iiitd.ac.in> wrote: > > Today I was trying to checkpoint VLC player using dmtcp as my application is > a plugin on VLC player. However, I encountered following issues with my > attempt: > > 1. While playing a video file in VLC through dmtcp_checkpoint command opens > up VLC as character ASCII in command prompt. VLC interface fails to open. > However, VLC works fine normally. > > 2. While playing an audio file through checkpoint, I encounter the following > error: > > [0x1514e18] qt4 interface error: Could not connect to X server > [0x1514e18] skins2 interface error: cannot initialize OSFactory > [0x1514e18] [cli] lua interface: Listening on host "*console". > VLC media player 2.1.4 Rincewind > Command Line Interface initialized. Type `help' for help. > > ALSA lib pulse.c:243:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: > > Connection terminated > > [0x158e608] alsa audio output error: cannot open ALSA device "default": > Connection refused > [0x158e608] main audio output error: Audio output failed > [0x158e608] main audio output error: The audio device "default" could not be > used: > Connection refused. > [0x158e608] main audio output error: module not functional > [0x7fe8f0c27708] main decoder error: failed to create audio output > ^C[0x1514e18] [cli] lua interface error: Error loading script > /usr/lib/vlc/lua/intf/cli.luac: lua/intf/modules/host.lua:279: Interrupted. > > And VLC stops after this interruption. > > Is there any way I can use DMTCP on VLC player? Is there any DMTCP plugin > available thorugh which this can be achieved. > > Thanks and Regards > > Nitinder Mohan > MTech (CE) IIIT Delhi > http://home.iiitd.edu.in/~nitinder1369/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk_______________________________________________ > Dmtcp-forum mailing list > Dmtcp-forum@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dmtcp-forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=190641631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Dmtcp-forum mailing list Dmtcp-forum@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dmtcp-forum
