Re: [gentoo-user] OT - New kernel and now xv won't work with mplayer

[Michael Mol]

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

Ok, so you're using an Intel graphics chipset, managed via the
kernel's i915 module. According to Wikipedia, the 82915G, GV and GL
models are circa 2004/2005, and so are very old. It's very possible
you've encountered a regression. I had something similar happen a few
years ago with my 845-based system.

Unfortunately, I don't know where you should take this from here.

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