Dreamlinux - cant view avi files

[Ridge]

repost from irc , mplayer or vlc wont play my files

(04:38:38 PM) Ridge: i used sudo apt-get install vlc
(04:39:16 PM) And4713_Lappy: hmm, well check the error
(04:39:28 PM) And4713_Lappy: thats pretty much your lead at this point
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge:   libvlc0: Depends: libavcodec51 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge:   vlc: Depends: libavcodec51 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge:   vlc-nox: Depends: libavcodec51 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge:            Depends: libavformat52 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge:            Depends: libavutil49 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge:            Depends: libpostproc51 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:39:38 PM) Ridge: E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
(04:39:58 PM) And4713_Lappy: ok there you go
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge: Ridge@DreamLinux:~$ sudo apt-get install libavcodec51
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge: Reading package lists... Done
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge: Building dependency tree       
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge: Reading state information... Done
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge: You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge:   libavcodec51: Depends: libavutil49 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge:   vlc-nox: Depends: libavformat52 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge:            Depends: libavutil49 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge:            Depends: libpostproc51 (>= 0.svn20080206) but it is not going to be installed
(04:40:36 PM) Ridge: E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
(04:40:39 PM) Ridge: wut
(04:40:49 PM) And4713_Lappy: you need to satisfy them
(04:41:51 PM) Ridge: uh what
(04:42:44 PM) And4713_Lappy: like the dependencies
(04:45:54 PM) Ridge: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libavutil49_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libavutil.so.49', which is also in package libavutilcvs49
(04:45:54 PM) Ridge: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libavcodec51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libavcodec.so.51', which is also in package libavcodeccvs51
(04:45:54 PM) Ridge: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libavformat52_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libavformat.so.52', which is also in package libavformatcvs52
(04:45:54 PM) Ridge: E: /var/cache/apt/archives/libpostproc51_0.svn20080206-8_i386.deb: trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libpostproc.so.51.1.0', which is also in package libpostproccvs51
(04:46:19 PM) And4713_Lappy: wtf


now i uninstalled vlc and now i cant reinstall it

halp

[Ridge]

ok now i get

 Ridge@DreamLinux:~$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  85
  Current serial number in output stream:  86

[Spectere]

Try removing the libavutilcvs49, libavcodeccvs51, libavformatcvs52, and libpostproccvs51 packages, then reinstall vlc again.  There's some sort of conflict between the versions that you have installed and the versions that it wants to install (and the ones that the VLC package thinks that it needs).

[Ridge]

i already did yet it still gives me

Ridge@DreamLinux:~$ vlc
VLC media player 0.8.6h Janus
X Error of failed request:  BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (XVideo)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  19 ()
  Serial number of failed request:  85
  Current serial number in output stream:  86

[Spectere]

'Tis odd...

From the looks of things, it's a bug in Xorg.  Do you know what version of it you're running?

[Ridge]

well i just turned off compiz fuzion and it worked

i guess you can lock this thread now

[Spectere]

Bugger, didn't even think to ask about that.  I keep forgetting that distro creators are stupid enough to leave unstable features like that enabled or easily installable on production operating systems (I'm look straight at you, Ubuntu).

OKAY, lox request granted.  Glad you got it working.