mv /empeg/lib/visuals /empeg/lib/visuals.x
lets the player run but now when I try to 'q' to the shell prompt I get this:

Starting player
Timezone: PST8PDT
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

Using non-standard cache size 84 (adjustment 16)
player.cpp : 564:empeg-car 3.00-alpha7 2004/02/13.
player(140): memory violation at pc=0x00000000, lr=0x020c76e8 (bad address=0x00000000, code 2)
pc : [<00000000>] lr : [<020c76e8>]
sp : be7ffc70 ip : 02195080 fp : be7ffc84
r10: 00000000 r9 : be7ffca8 r8 : 4054e6cc
r7 : 00000000 r6 : be7ffca8 r5 : 4054e568 r4 : be7ffcb4
r3 : 4054e7fc r2 : 00000000 r1 : be7ffc70 r0 : 4054e7fc
Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: C088D17D Table: C088D17D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<020c7698>] from [<02017d3c>]
r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<02017a00>] from [<020e68d8>]
r10 = 020E6804 r9 = 4054E5BC r8 = 0000240A r7 = 00000080
r6 = 0000000A r5 = BE7FFD38 r4 = 4054E5BC
Function entered at [<020e68a0>] from [<020bdbfc>]
r5 = 021D85A0 r4 = 4054E568
Function entered at [<020bdbd0>] from [<020e6890>]
r4 = 4054E5BC
Function entered at [<020e6804>] from [<021208f8>]
r5 = 4054E5D4 r4 = BE7FFE40
Function entered at [<02120830>] from [<021571cc>]
r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<02155940>] from [<02120674>]
r8 = 021E534C r7 = 021E5338 r6 = 020E6804 r5 = 00000005
r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<021205c4>] from [<021571cc>]
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<fffffff4>] from [<bffffbc0>]
Function entered at [<022080b4>] from [<00000019>]
Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
Abnormal player termination