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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:52:58
Message-Id: 20120420004940.GA27205@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X by Michael Mol
1 On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:06:59PM -0400, Michael Mol wrote
2
3 > revdep-rebuild # mplayer locking up the entire system is unusual, to
4 > say the least.
5 >
6 > The nvidia-drivers build should have screamed bloody murder if you had
7 > any incompatible kernel options set (or required ones missing).
8
9 I think the problem is that I specified "xv" for video output in
10 ~/.mplayer/config and the Nvidia drivers do not like xv at all. I
11 deleted ~/.mplayer/config and mplayer works. I'm looking carefully at
12 all the USE options for mplayer, and checking them for any more possible
13 problems.
14
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16 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Nouveau driver turns off video when I start X Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>