On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > Fabio Massimo Di Nitto wrote: > > Can you reproduce it constantly? try to restart X and see if this happens > > again. > > Strange, after restarting (I have tried several times), I can't seem > to use MPlayer with Xv no more. The same grey window appears. > > Perhaps I should add that my setup consists of an ATI Radeon 9100 AGP > as my primary video card, and the GeForce2 MX PCI as a secondary card. > > > > Totem (based on Xine) works fine. > > > > Good! > > I forgot to add that the first time I run Totem the window where the > video should play is completely blue. The second time everything plays > ok. (But I belive this is an known and unrelated bug?). >
It sounds to me like if players have problems selecting the correct viewport. Also, your setup is not really really common. I would try, as a workaround, to disable the ATI temporary, and see if everything works only with the nvidia. Do you think you can perform this test? Thanks Fabio -- <user> fajita: step one <fajita> Whatever the problem, step one is always to look in the error log. <user> fajita: step two <fajita> When in danger or in doubt, step two is to scream and shout.