Are you using the multi-application DirectFB core? If you have the Fusion module anyway, it might be easier to use the multi-application core because it doesn't require you to shut down the display when playing.
On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 07:38:29PM -0400, James Oakley wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I went and upgraded everything on my standalone Freevo box. > > I now have DirectFB 0.9.20 with Fusion enabled and SDL 1.2.6, but I'm having > an odd issue with Freevo. Mplayer works perfectly on it's own, but I have to > use -vo dfbmga:nospic. (I have MPLAYER_VO_DEV_OPTS = ':nospic' in my > local_conf) > > The problem occurs when I try to play a file. I get: > > (!) DirectFB/core/vt: Unable to disallocate VT! > --> Device or resource busy > > All tv output disappears and I am unable to run anything under dfbmga until I > 'killall -9 python2.3'. I managed to track this down to > osd.OSD.stopdisplay(). I am able to reproduce the error with the following > code: > > import pygame > pygame.init() > pygame.display.quit() > > The equivalent C code also causes this error. I've found that if I put > pygame.display.set_mode((720, 480),0,32) before pygame.display.quit() it > executes fine. The odd thing is that a mode *is* set before > pygame.display.quit() is executed in Freevo. > > I've tried acquiring the GIL and sleeping before and after, but it still > doesn't work. > > Interestingly, if I simply pass in osd.OSD.stopdisplay() and > osd.OSD.restartdisplay(), Mplayer runs fine, except that the screen is black. > > I'm going to delve deeper into this tomorrow, but I was wondering if anybody > knows more about this than I do. > > - -- > James Oakley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/trj5Ktn0F7+/lLMRAuU7AJwM7T2cADkMMMmbwquBYYp0VPKewQCbBkrA > P+MnpoPbhzeQb8MMd2FTJR0= > =12v1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC > GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from > any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! > https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
