gmplayer cannot show video in xfce4

[Paul B. Mahol]

On 6/19/09, Carmel NY <carmel_ny at hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I start mplayer (gmplayer) from within xfce4 and attempt to play a
> video, I receive an error message. The audio portion works fine however.
>
> The screen-shot of the error message is viewable here:
>
> 	http://imagebin.ca/view/OdMEXlY.html
>
> What is strange is that the video was working until I modified the
> PolicyKit.conf file. This is the modification I added. I substituted
> 'me' for the actual users name.
>
> <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
>   <match user="me">
>     <return result="yes"/>
>   </match>
> </match>
>
> <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed">
>   <match user="me">
>     <return result="yes"/>
>   </match>
> </match>
>
> <match user="me">
>     <return result="yes"/>
> </match>
>
> If I remove the modifications, I cannot mount a CD. Is there something
> else I should be or not be doing here?
>

Somehow hal manages to break -vo xv ? Try with mplayer and see full
error message.
What video driver are you using?

-- 
Paul