On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 09:52:47AM +1200, Tim Wright wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Stephen Nicholas wrote: > > > I'm having issues getting movies to play on my laptop... mpeg's, avi's > > and dvd's all play sound but no picture, the picture shows just a green > > screen. This happens in ogle, vlc, mplayer and aviplay. > <snip> > <more snip> > Things to check: > - the colour depth in your X settings > > Things to change: > - your window manager > - your desktop system > - programs running </more snip>
Thanks for your help Tim, I changed my XF86Config-4 to default colour depth of 16bit and all movies work fine now. I can't really notice any difference between 16bit and 24bit, but just out of interest, is there a way to change between the two without altering XF86Config-4 and restarting X? (In case I decide I want 24bit colour for anything). Cheers, Steve -- )--------------------Stephen Nicholas--------------------( Uni Hall Ph: (03) 341 1500 Private Bag 4760 Extn: 54419 Christchurch 021 504 412 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 70245950 )---------------www.steve.nicholas.net.nz----------------(
