"Starting poll thread failed"


I had the same messages when the player couldn't read from some device files. I also had it when the kernel was missing some devices.
I always used "make menuconfig", but that has resulted in some strange compilation errors. After copying the default MK2-config file and editing it by hand, the compile went OK and all devices were compiled in.
Try checking your device files first ( wrong major/minor numbers? ), and then check the boot messages to see if there are devices missing.
You can also try to start the player without serial / USB support.

Frank van Gestel