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    Please submit a full bug report,
    with preprocessed source if appropriate.
    </PRE>
  </DT>
  <DD>A: This is a known problem of gcc 3.0.4, upgrade to 3.1 to solve the
    problem. How to install gcc is described
    <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">here</A>.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR>
    <CODE>"Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'."</CODE>
    </DT>

    compile time!)
    </PRE>
  </DT>
  <DD>A: Probably the audio uses a codec not natively supported by
    <B>MPlayer</B>. Install the Win32 codec package as described in the README
    or <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">here</A>.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.</DT>
  <DD>A: <B>MPlayer</B> is not avifile.
    The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.

    improve, read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.</DT>
  <DD>A: Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
    where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
    then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
    security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
    forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
    Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
    0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,

  <DT>Q: I have no sound when playing a video and get error messages similar to
    this one:
    <PRE>
    AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
    audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
    couldn't open/init audio device -> NOSOUND
    Audio: no sound!!!
    Start playing...
    </PRE>
  </DT>
  <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the arts or esd sound daemon? Try

<DL>

  <DT>Q: While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
    <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion
    nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) >= c_adt->nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE></DT>
  <DD>A: This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>,
    which is present in MPlayer source, and used by default.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under

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    Please submit a full bug report,
    with preprocessed source if appropriate.
    </PRE>
  </DT>
  <DD>A: This is a known problem of gcc 3.0.4, upgrade to 3.1 to solve the
    problem. How to install gcc is described in the
    <A HREF="users_against_developers.html#gcc">gcc 2.96</A> section.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Configure ends with this text, and MPlayer won't compile!<BR>
    <CODE>"Your gcc does not support even i386 for '-march' and '-mcpu'."</CODE>
    </DT>

    compile time!)
    </PRE>
  </DT>
  <DD>A: Probably the audio uses a codec not natively supported by
    <B>MPlayer</B>. Install the Win32 codec package as described in the README
    or in the <A HREF="documentation.html#installation">Installation</A> section.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: ... works with avifile/aviplay but doesn't with MPlayer.</DT>
  <DD>A: <B>MPlayer</B> is not avifile.
    The only common thing between these players is the Win32 DLL loader.

    improve, read <A HREF="bugreports.html">this</A> and upload the file to FTP.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: MPlayer exits with some error when using l3codeca.acm.</DT>
  <DD>A: Check <CODE>ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer</CODE> output. If it contains<BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4???????)</CODE><BR>
    where "?" is any number then it's OK, the error is not here. If it is:<BR>
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<CODE>libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00??????)</CODE><BR>
    then there is a problem with your kernel/libc. Maybe you are using some
    security patches (for example Solar Designer's OpenWall patch) which
    forces loading libraries to very low addresses.
    Because l3codeca.acm is a non-relocatable DLL, it must be loaded to
    0x00400000, we can't change this. You should use a non-patched kernel,

  <DT>Q: I have no sound when playing a video and get error messages similar to
    this one:
    <PRE>
    AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch Signed 16-bit (Little-Endian)
    audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
    couldn't open/init audio device -&gt; NOSOUND
    Audio: no sound!!!
    Start playing...
    </PRE>
  </DT>
  <DD>A: Are you running KDE or GNOME with the arts or esd sound daemon? Try

<DL>

  <DT>Q: While playing a DVD, I encountered this error:<BR>
    <CODE>mplayer: ifo_read.c:1143: ifoRead_C_ADT_internal: Assertion
    nfo_length / sizeof(cell_adr_t) &gt;= c_adt-&gt;nr_of_vobs' failed.</CODE></DT>
  <DD>A: This is a known libdvdread 0.9.1/0.9.2 bug. Use <B>libmpdvdkit</B>,
    which is present in MPlayer source, and used by default.</DD>
  <DD>&nbsp;</DD>

  <DT>Q: Can I compile libdvdread and libdvdcss on my sweet SPARC under