mplayer-nogui does not choose correct video output by default.

[Daniel LaGesse]

Binary package hint: mplayer-nogui

mplayer-nogui tries several different video outputs when playing a file in Karmic. Eventually it finds xv as would be expected.

The order I see is mga, tdfxfb, 3dfx, then xv.
Here is the output:
open: No such file or directory

[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
[VO_TDFXFB] Can't open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory.
[VO_3DFX] Unable to open /dev/3dfx.
[VO_XV] Could not grab port 280.
...
VO: [xv] 512x384 => 512x384 Planar YV12

It works fine, but presumably this is not the correct order.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 1 23:14:45 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: mplayer (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-10.34-generic
SourcePackage: mplayer
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-10-generic x86_64

[Daniel LaGesse (dlagesse1992)]

My /etc/mplayer/mplayer.conf may be the source. It has a vo entry, with the wrong order. It isn't the one that shows up though.

File is attached.

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

unfortunately, I cannot reproduce this at all. do you perhaps have another ~/.mplayer/config file in your home?

[Daniel LaGesse (dlagesse1992)]

my .mplayer/config has no settings in it, just the default comment.

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

no, the order is correct AFAIUI.

We could claim that mga and 3dfx are obscure enough to not enable support for them at all, but the order seems okay to me.
If you want this bug reopened, please state what problems do arise from this apart from the confusing messages