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On 04/23/12 11:05, Michael Mol wrote: |
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> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 04/23/12 09:27, Michael Mol wrote: |
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>>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1355@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>>> On 04/23/12 02:27, Florian Philipp wrote: |
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>>>>> Am 23.04.2012 02:26, schrieb Michael Sullivan: |
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>>>>>> First off, this has probably been discussed before, but I can't find it |
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>>>>>> on google. I've spent the last several hours searching for the answer |
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>>>>>> to this and I can't find it. |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>> [...] |
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>>>>>> So far I am |
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>>>>>> very happy with 3.2.1-r2 on my PC except for one thing: xv doesn't seem |
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>>>>>> to work anymore. On my old kernel, and indeed every kernel I've run on |
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>>>>>> this computer since 2005 xv has worked. I haven't changed any hardware |
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>>>>>> in this computer recently or ever. When I run mplayer I see this in the |
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>>>>>> output: |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> [VO_XV] It seems there is no Xvideo support for your video card available. |
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>>>>>> [VO_XV] Run 'xvinfo' to verify its Xv support and read |
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>>>>>> [VO_XV] DOCS/HTML/en/video.html#xv! |
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>>>>>> [VO_XV] See 'mplayer -vo help' for other (non-xv) video out drivers. |
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>>>>>> [VO_XV] Try -vo x11. |
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>>>>>> Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device. |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> I kept reading about xvinfo included in XFree86 distribution. I use |
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>>>>>> xorg-x11. I found out that xvinfo can be emerged. I did so and it said |
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>>>>>> this: |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> X-Video Extension version 2.2 |
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>>>>>> screen #0 |
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>>>>>> no adaptors present |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> which shouldn't be right because I've been using xv with mplayer for |
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>>>>>> years. I assumed then that it was a module problem somewhere. I hadn't |
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>>>>>> run a qlist -I -C x11-drivers/ recently so I did and remerged all the |
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>>>>>> packages there. |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> My video card info from lspci -v: |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL |
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>>>>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) |
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>>>>>> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647 |
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>>>>> [...] |
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>>>>>> I can successfully modprobe the i915 module. Everything that can be is |
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>>>>>> built with the xv USE flag on. Is there anything else I |
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>>>>>> need to do to get my xv to work with mplayer? |
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>>>>>> |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Can you run mplayer with -vo gl? |
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>>>>> Do other video players have the same problem, e.g. VLC? |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Regards, |
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>>>>> Florian Philipp |
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>>>>> |
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>>>> |
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>>>> mplayer -vo gl runs fine, as long as I don't maximize it, like I usually |
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>>>> do. xine is the same. vlc seems to work well, but I prefer mplayer. |
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>>>> It's what I've always used, and would like it back if I can figure this |
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>>>> out... |
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>>> |
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>>> Which series video card are you using? (nVidia, ATI, Intel...) Which driver? |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> Is this the information you want? If not, how do I find out the |
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>> information on the video card. I know almost nothing about hardware |
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>> except what software can tell me... |
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>> |
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>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL |
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>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) |
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>> Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 5647 |
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>> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 |
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>> Memory at ffa00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] |
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>> I/O ports at ec00 [size=8] |
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>> Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] |
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>> Memory at ffa80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] |
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>> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] |
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>> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 |
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>> Kernel modules: i915 |
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> |
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> Ok, so you're using an Intel graphics chipset, managed via the |
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> kernel's i915 module. According to Wikipedia, the 82915G, GV and GL |
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> models are circa 2004/2005, and so are very old. It's very possible |
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> you've encountered a regression. I had something similar happen a few |
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> years ago with my 845-based system. |
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> |
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> Unfortunately, I don't know where you should take this from here. |
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> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel |
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I was just poking around my /usr/portage/x11-drivers directory and I saw |
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that my x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel version 2.17.0-r3 was installed |
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yesterday and it thinks I should downgrade. I'm going to try |
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downgrading. I'll let you know if it works... |
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