mplayer keyboard input doesn't work on macbook

Bug #182269 reported by Isaac Dupree
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mplayer (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mplayer

Gutsy x86 edition on a mid-2007 MacBook. No special hardware. When I try to use any keys in the gnome-terminal to control `mplayer some_music_file.ogg`, I get messages like:

Starting playback...
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-*
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-/
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-LEFT
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-RIGHT
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-UP
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-DOWN
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-LEFT
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-DOWN
No bind found for key 'JOY_RIGHT'.-JOY_DOWN-RIGHT

where the last thing on each line seems to indicate what key I was actually pressing: *, /, left-arrow, etc. (each of which has a particular meaning to a non-buggy mplayer).

Possibly related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/121846
and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/119630/comments/3
(I didn't try unloading applesmc, though, because I'm using it -- oh yes, should have mentioned that I set that module to be loaded)

Revision history for this message
Steffen Röcker (sroecker) wrote :

I can confirm this. Had the same problem with my Macbook1,1 when using Gutsy.
It now works with Hardy.
I can't remember how I "fixed" it but try mplayer with the -nojoystick option.

Changed in mplayer:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Jindrich Skupa (jindrich-skupa) wrote :

HotFix: open your mplayer config (~/.mplayer/config) and add following line to disable joystick :
nojoystick=yes

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