On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:46:35 -0500, Dale wrote: Replying here because I didn't get the original. > Fred Kastl wrote: > > I cannot start mplayer because of : > > > > mplayer: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory mplayer is very sensitive to changes in any libraries it uses. I suspect you have recently updated the package providing libGL.so (it could be mesa or your graphics card drivers), in which case, you need to re-emerge mplayer. emerge --oneshot mplayer revdep-rebuild should pick up this, and any other incompatibilities caused by such an upgrade. -- Neil Bothwick Adolescence, n.: The stage between puberty and adultery.