On 04/23/12 09:27, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1...@gmail.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
