"portinstall -v -w -W mplayer" fails in options menu

[Heino Tiedemann]

Scott Bennett <bennett at cs.niu.edu> wrote:


[Options for mplayer 0.99.10_1]
> lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
>      x                  Options for mplayer 0.99.10_1                     x     
>      x lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk x     
>      x x[ ] DEBUG       Include debug symbols in mplayer's binary files x x     
>      x x[X] RTCPU       Let mplayer dynamically check for CPU features  x x     
>      x x[X] OCFLAGS     Use optimized compiler flags                    x x     
>      x x[X] MENCODER    Support encoding of multimedia files            x x     
>      x x[X] IPV6        Include inet6 network support                   x x     
>      x x[X] X11         Enable X11 support for mplayer's video output   x x     
>      x x[X] GUI         Enable GTK2 graphical user interface with X11   x x     
>      x x[ ] SDL         Enable SDL video output                         x x     
>      x x[X] VIDIX       Enable VIDIX video output on supported archs    x x     
>      x x[ ] NVIDIA      Enable experimental nvidia xvmc driver          x x     
>      x x[X] SKINS       Force dependency on mplayer-skins               x x     
>      x x[X] FREETYPE    Use freetype for OSD fonts (TrueType!)          x x     
>      x x[ ] RTC         Add support for kernel real time clock timing   x x     
>      x x[ ] ARTS        Enable KDE sound system support                 x x     
>      x x[ ] ESOUND      Enable GNOME
>
>
>
> And that's as far as it goes.  The debug line at the top is highlighted/
> selected, and any keystrokes entered result in overwriting the text on
> that line.  The "Enable GNOME" line is black to the right of the word
> "GNOME", and the rest of the xterm-color window below that line is black,
> so there are no buttons/action choices at the bottom (e.g., select/proceed
> or cancel/exit).  A ctrl-C appears to be the best way to get out of it,
> but I haven't found a way to change any of the options or to continue on
> to build mplayer.


What happens, if you switch to a real Konsole (e.g: tty3 --
CTRL+ALT+3) and call there

"cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer && make config"

??

Heino