Don't give in - you should definitely be able to get mplayer through portage without X, and the benefits of doing so are well worth it!
Put "-xv" in your USE flags (/etc/make.conf) I reckon that might help. If not I'm sure I can help some more. Stuart muski wrote: > Thanks for your replies. I tried the emerge options suggested: > > kuroslim ~ # emerge -aDvt --newuse mplayer > >>>> --newuse implies --update... adding --update to options. >>>> > > These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order: > > Calculating dependencies... done! > [blocks B ] >=x11-proto/xproto-7.0.6 (is blocking > x11-libs/libX11-1.0.1-r1) > [ebuild N ] media-video/mplayer-1.0_rc1 USE="gif iconv jpeg png > samba truetype unicode vorbis xv (-3dfx) (-3dnow) (-3dnowext) -X -aac > -aalib -alsa -altivec -amr -arts -bidi -bindist -bl -cdparanoia > -cpudetection -custom-cflags -debug -dga -directfb -doc -dts -dv -dvb > -dvd -dvdread -enca -encode -esd -fbcon -ggi -gtk -ipv6 -jack -joystick > -libcaca -lirc -live -livecd -lzo -mad -matrox (-mmx) (-mmxext) > -musepack -nas -openal -opengl -oss (-real) -rtc -sdl -speex (-sse) > (-sse2) (-svga) -tga -theora -v4l -v4l2 (-win32codecs) -x264 -xanim > -xinerama -xvid (-xvmc)" LINGUAS="-bg -cs -da -de -el -en -es -fr -hu > -ja -ko -mk -nl -no -pl -pt_BR -ro -ru -sk -tr -uk -zh_CN -zh_TW" 8,217 > kB > [ebuild N ] app-arch/unzip-5.52-r1 1,113 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXxf86vm-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 222 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXv-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 219 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/videoproto-2.2.2 USE="-debug" 41 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/xf86vidmodeproto-2.2.2 USE="-debug" 38 kB > [nomerge ] app-misc/ca-certificates-20050804 > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXext-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 254 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libX11-1.0.1-r1 USE="-debug -ipv6" 1,386 kB > > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/xtrans-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 89 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/xcmiscproto-1.1.2 USE="-debug" 35 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXdmcp-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 226 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/bigreqsproto-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 35 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-libs/libXau-1.0.1 USE="-debug" 226 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/xproto-7.0.7 USE="-debug" 130 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/inputproto-1.3.2 USE="-debug" 45 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/xf86bigfontproto-1.1.2 USE="-debug" 36 kB > > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/xextproto-7.0.2 USE="-debug" 66 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-proto/kbproto-1.0.3 USE="-debug" 56 kB > [ebuild N ] x11-misc/util-macros-1.0.2 USE="-debug" 37 kB > [nomerge ] perl-core/Test-Harness-2.62 > [nomerge ] dev-lang/perl-5.8.8-r2 USE="berkdb -build -debug > -doc -gdbm -ithreads -perlsuid" > [nomerge ] sys-devel/libperl-5.8.8-r1 USE="berkdb -debug > -gdbm -ithreads" > [nomerge ] sys-apps/groff-1.19.2-r1 USE="cjk -X" > [nomerge ] sys-devel/libtool-1.5.22 > [nomerge ] sys-apps/help2man-1.36.4 USE="nls" > [ebuild R ] dev-perl/Locale-gettext-1.05 > USE="(-minimal%) (-perl%*)" 7 kB > > Total size of downloads: 12,488 kB > > !!! Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be > installed > !!! at the same time on the same system. > > Any clues here? I might try Matthew's download/build option now rather > than emerge. (Enjoy your new Squeezebox!) > > Thanks! > > > _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
