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Date:      Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:07:02 +0100
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Morgan_Wesstr=F6m?= <freebsd-ports@pp.dyndns.biz>
To:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vlc & mplayer lost window borders and controls
Message-ID:  <497DFBC6.2040208@pp.dyndns.biz>
In-Reply-To: <497DEC99.3070805@gmail.com>
References:  <497DEC99.3070805@gmail.com>

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icemaca wrote:
> hi,
> i have a fresh 7.1 i386  with gnome2-lite and fvwm-crystal fully built
> from ports this w/e and fully up to date (including new Xorg).
> 
> when i try to run both vlc and mplayer from menus, nothing seems to
> happen. from the terminal they run when i include a filename (eg vlc
> 1233.avi ormplayer 1234.avi) but i get a borderless window playing
> video, and have no controls; in both gnome and fvwm.
> 
> the packages work fine, which is ver 0.8.x something i think for vlc,
> but updating to 0.9.x in ports produced this problem and i am not sure
> if it is something in the config options or other missing depends.
> 
> i previously built vlc with ncurses option and had both  console and
> x11  versions work fine, but i can't figure out what aalib and libcaca
> are, the differnece between them or which one i may need or not.
> 
> is this issue related to these options?

VLC 0.9.x needs Qt4 for its gui nowadays.
/Morgan



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