Hello, after i switch to x11, i cannot use more XV video driver of mplayer!
Anyone found a solution ?
thanx

On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 11:11:12 +0200, ~SCRØØGE~ wrote:

> Hello, after i switch to x11, i cannot use more XV video driver of mplayer!
> Anyone found a solution ?
> thanx

Mplayer still works with the xv driver for me after switching to x.org. I
wonder if there is something else causing your problem. Are there any
errors given when you try to play video with mplayer?

dedhed wrote:

> Mplayer still works with the xv driver for me after switching to x.org. I
> wonder if there is something else causing your problem. Are there any
> errors given when you try to play video with mplayer?

ok, with the new tgz of the today current, mpl. is going fine but before
when mplayer was launched from console i saw a "low resurces error" -_-' !
googling a bit i found another with my problem...

thanx anyway dedhed!

Hello,

> > Mplayer still works with the xv driver for me after switching to x.org. I
> > wonder if there is something else causing your problem. Are there any
> > errors given when you try to play video with mplayer?
>
> ok, with the new tgz of the today current, mpl. is going fine but before
> when mplayer was launched from console i saw a "low resurces error" -_-' !
> googling a bit i found another with my problem...

I had the same problem with XFree 4.4.0 from current and with the
x.org from dropline gnome (I haven't tried the x.org packages from
current), but only once in a while, and closing down a few
applications would solve the problem. I have reverted to XFree 4.3.0,
and the problem is gone.

Perhaps it's the driver in XFree 4.4.0 (and x.org) for our graphic
cards. I use a Matrox G400, what about you ?

I have considered getting a cheap Radeon 9200 card instead of the old
Matrox card, with the hope it will solve the problem - the G400 is
getting a bit old anyways

regards

Brian Graversen

Brian Graversen wrote:

>
> I had the same problem with XFree 4.4.0 from current and with the
> x.org from dropline gnome (I haven't tried the x.org packages from
> current), but only once in a while, and closing down a few
> applications would solve the problem. I have reverted to XFree 4.3.0,
> and the problem is gone.
yes is another optimal solution, but as i said today current x11 package fix
my problem

> Perhaps it's the driver in XFree 4.4.0 (and x.org) for our graphic
> cards. I use a Matrox G400, what about you ?

i use an ati 8500 with the latest ati official drivers that are compatibles
with xfree 4.3 and x.org !

>
> I have considered getting a cheap Radeon 9200 card instead of the old
> Matrox card, with the hope it will solve the problem - the G400 is
> getting a bit old anyways

IMHO, i'll switch on a nvidia due to optimal drivers support....ati is
really ugly about this 'cause cheaf architect said they invest really less
on linux

> Brian Graversen

bye :-D

On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:23:28 +0200, ~SCRØØGE~ wrote:


>> I have considered getting a cheap Radeon 9200 card instead of the old
>> Matrox card, with the hope it will solve the problem - the G400 is
>> getting a bit old anyways
>
> IMHO, i'll switch on a nvidia due to optimal drivers support....ati is
> really ugly about this 'cause cheaf architect said they invest really
> less on linux

I've actually installed both ATI and nVidia's binary drivers in Slack 9.1
(one on my system at work, and on my system at home), and I agree with
Scrooge, in Slackware, the nVidia drivers are *much* easier to install
than ATI's.

I also applaud nVidia for making the extra effort to write an installer
that isn't "rigged" to favor one distro over another. I support that!

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| On Sun, 06 Jun 2004 23:23:28 +0200, ~SCRØØGE~ wrote:
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|>>I have considered getting a cheap Radeon 9200 card instead of the old
|>>Matrox card, with the hope it will solve the problem - the G400 is
|>>getting a bit old anyways
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|>IMHO, i'll switch on a nvidia due to optimal drivers support....ati is
|>really ugly about this 'cause cheaf architect said they invest really
|>less on linux
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| I've actually installed both ATI and nVidia's binary drivers in Slack 9.1
| (one on my system at work, and on my system at home), and I agree with
| Scrooge, in Slackware, the nVidia drivers are *much* easier to install
| than ATI's.
|
| I also applaud nVidia for making the extra effort to write an installer
| that isn't "rigged" to favor one distro over another. I support that!
|
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However, NVidia's drivers can take some tweaking to get the system
stable. I've set up 2 NVidia cards under Linux. Mine's now stable, but
the jury's still out on my sister's machine...

Ross

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On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 01:43:34 +0100, Ross Kendall Axe wrote:

> However, NVidia's drivers can take some tweaking to get the system
> stable. I've set up 2 NVidia cards under Linux. Mine's now stable, but
> the jury's still out on my sister's machine...

I've heard other people say that too, but I've never had any trouble.
Mine's an ASUS GF4-Ti4200 8x 128MB, I've been running it in linux for at
least a year now. (and my linux box stays up 24x7)

I've got a friend who's has a GF-FX5700 and a 5900. He has been using
both for about 3 months without incident.

--Well, I take that back, there was an option for "RenderAccel" that I had
enabled that was corrupting (garbeling) the screen when transparency was
used in GTK. GTK fixed it in about a month, and to be fair, the nvidia
docs warned me:

THIS OPTION IS EXPERIMENTAL. ENABLE IT AT YOUR
OWN RISK. There is no correctness test suite for the
RENDER extension so NVIDIA can not verify that RENDER
acceleration works correctly.

But that's been the only thing.

Howdy,

> > [about switch to XFree 4.3.0]
> yes is another optimal solution, but as i said today current x11 package fix
> my problem

You haven't had a single problem since then? According to the
changelog
on slackware-current, it only fixes a problem with the configuration
tools.

My problem wasn't consistent, sometimes I could use xv with mplayer
and sometimes I couldn't, but with XFree 4.3.0 I haven't had a single
problem with mplayer.

> > I have considered getting a cheap Radeon 9200 card instead of the old
> > Matrox card, with the hope it will solve the problem - the G400 is
> > getting a bit old anyways
>
> IMHO, i'll switch on a nvidia due to optimal drivers support....ati is
> really ugly about this 'cause cheaf architect said they invest really less
> on linux

I was planning on using the opensource drivers included in
x.org/XFree, since they should give accelerated 3D as well as decent
2D, without having to use binary-only drivers from ATI/Nvidia.

I tried an Nvidia card about a year ago, but it kept freezing/locking
my system roughly once a week, so I sold it and went back to the old
trusty G400 - I don't think I want to try another Nvidia card.

regards

Brian Graversen