Hello using SuSE Linux 8.1 kernel2.4.19-4GB libc.so.6 X Version 4.2.0 gcc version 3.2 ld version 2.12.90.0.15 GNU assembler 2.12.90.0.15, i464-suse-linux gtk 1.2.10-437 and gtk2 2.0.6-51 glib1.2.10-305 and glib2 2.0.6-29,glibc 2.25-152 libpng 1.2.4-31 starting MPlayer-0.90pre10-1 after compiling --enable -gui get report: [cfg] read config file: /home/dieter/.mplayer/gui.conf vo: X11 running at 1280x1024 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0" =>local display) Reading /home/dieter/.mplayer/codecs.conf: 44 audio & 110 video codecs Font /usr/share/mplayer/font/font.desc loaded succesfully! (206) chars) Linux RTC init error in ioctl (rtc_irqp_set 1024): keine Berechtigung Try adding "echo 1024 > /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq" to your system startup scrips. Using usleep() timing... ... here it stops the programm and I might be just a stupid medical doctor reading your Documentations again and again but as not expert in programming I can`t get a solution. Please help me. Thank you -- Dr.Dieter Stübinger Beethovenstr. 18 D-35279 Neustadt/H. Dieter.Stuebinger@t-online.de