totem crashes on launch - gnome 2.16

[Gobbledegeek]

Hello  Folks

Compiled gnome 2.16 last  fortnight.   Cannot run  any  multimedia
clips  however.
Totem  disappears   with  a flash and  a popup  that sez  "could  not
open resource for writing". Which  filesystem/folder/device file is
this referring to? I have no clue.

Any help  will be  appreciated.

-- 
Rgrds
GobbledeGeek
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