From: KingBeowulf@none.none   
      
   On 14 Oct 2024 03:30:05 -0300, Mike Spencer wrote:   
      
   > I use MPlayer by preference, VLC when there's a problem, Xine rarely.   
   >   
   > But Xine on Slak 15.0 won't start:   
   >   
   >     enoch% xine This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.13.   
   >     (c) 2000-2019 The xine Team.   
   >     xiTK received SIGSEGV signal, RIP.   
   >     Abort   
   >   
   > The readable splash screen appears, the X window comes up as a   
   > rubberband outline, but on clicking the mouse to locate the window,   
   > the window and control panel appear for a barely discenable fraction of   
   > a second and then the above abort message.   
   >   
   > The version in Slackware 15 distro is xine-ui-0.99.13 and the splash   
   > screen agrees that it's 99.13   
   >   
   >   
      
   Well, xine has been flaky on my Slackware systems for ages (currently   
   Slackware64-15.0 multilib). I think the last time xine worked for me was   
   over 10 years ago. xine GUI opens fine, but if I try to select any file   
   (audio or video) through any file menu, result is   
      
      
   $ xine   
   This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.13.   
   (c) 2000-2019 The xine Team.   
   xiTK received SIGSEGV signal, RIP.   
   Aborted   
      
   Interestingly, running   
      
   $ xine    
      
   works as expected. But if I change driver from vaapi to xv or opengl[2],   
   the gui selection works and the video plays.  Makes not a lick o' sense.   
      
   Given the wide variety of other choices that seem to work at least as   
   good or better than crusty xine from antiquity (such as VLC, mplayer,   
   mpv), I've lost interest in trying to troubleshoot xine's odd little   
   glitches.   
      
   -kb   
      
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