[MPlayer-users] laptop display

[Corey Hickey]

Adam Naumowicz wrote:

>>Maybe xvideo doesn't work.
> 
> 
> With this option mplayer reported:
> 
> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out
> (-vo) device.
> 
> Does it mean I have to specify it somehow during
> 'configure' stage? Or something else is missing?
> 

That's surprising. If you type `mplayer -vo help' is x11 listed?

If it is, then please give us the _entire_ output of:
$ mplayer -v -vo x11 thenameofyourmovie.avi

-Corey