I get the same error so i thought i'd print out the output when i open gmplayer from terminal:
"MPlayer 2:1.0~rc1-0ubuntu13 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz (Family: 15, Model: 2, Stepping: 4) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window. <----------- GNOME screensaver disabled <---------------------------------------------------- Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0: No such file or directory Can't init input joystick mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control." -- gmplayer says 'gnome_screensaver_control()' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/108785 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
