Re: Video problems with VLC
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Felipe Sateler fsate...@gmail.com wrote:
apt-cache policy libavcodec52
Note the version that is in the debian repositories, and then:
aptitude install
libav{codec52,device52,filter0,format52,util49,postproc51}=the version
you just found out ffmpeg=version
This was not really enough, I had to downgrwade libswscale0 too, but
that finally fixed the problem.
Thanks a lot Felipe!
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Re: Video problems with VLC
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Matteo Riva mura...@gmail.com wrote: I have a problem playing AVI divx files with VLC. Yesterday upon start VLC showed an error message complaining about divx codecs and refused to proceed. Today the player starts but the video is squished horizontally (it occupies roughly 1/4th of the VLC window which is for the other part black). snip How can I fix VLC's problem? Thanks. Hey, Do you use the debian multimedia repo? Because I had the same problem with VLC myself yesterday, the only thing I could do to fix it was to disable the dm repo, purge vlc, and reinstall from just debian main. Regards, Angus. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinwkbnoprvfo9yel7s7saroe_5jnxgngwhnh...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Video problems with VLC
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Angus Hedger demide...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, Do you use the debian multimedia repo? Because I had the same problem with VLC myself yesterday, the only thing I could do to fix it was to disable the dm repo, purge vlc, and reinstall from just debian main. I was indeed using debian multimedia repository, but purging VLC and reinstalling after removing the multimedia repository from sources.list made no difference :S Any particular step I missed? - removed debian multimedia from /etc/apt/sources.list - # aptitude purge vlc - # aptitude update - # aptitude install vlc Thanks again -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktillw_i2wxqrflat61pjgaoj4lhlzmuwz3ewr...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Video problems with VLC
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Matteo Riva mura...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Angus Hedger demide...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, Do you use the debian multimedia repo? Because I had the same problem with VLC myself yesterday, the only thing I could do to fix it was to disable the dm repo, purge vlc, and reinstall from just debian main. I was indeed using debian multimedia repository, but purging VLC and reinstalling after removing the multimedia repository from sources.list made no difference :S Any particular step I missed? - removed debian multimedia from /etc/apt/sources.list - # aptitude purge vlc - # aptitude update - # aptitude install vlc Thanks again Hey, I would try aptitude clean to make sure its not reinstalling from the newer but broken libs from dm. Apart from that, I dont have a clue, I think the problem was libavcodec52 or libavformat52 as one of them was upgraded about the same time vlc broke for me. Regards, Angus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktika91z0olnkg6e8tnsbdsyg21rski1ary1xt...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Video problems with VLC
On 06/17/2010 07:52 AM, Angus Hedger wrote:
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Matteo Rivamura...@gmail.com wrote:
I have a problem playing AVI divx files with VLC. Yesterday upon start
VLC showed an error message complaining about divx codecs and refused to
proceed. Today the player starts but the video is squished horizontally
(it occupies roughly 1/4th of the VLC window which is for the other part
black).
snip
How can I fix VLC's problem?
Thanks.
Hey,
Do you use the debian multimedia repo?
Because I had the same problem with VLC myself yesterday, the only
thing I could do to fix it was to disable the dm repo, purge vlc, and
reinstall from just debian main.
Is vlc really in d-m? It's in my sources.list ('apt-cache policy'
demonstrates it), but vlc only seems to be in Debian.
m...@haggis:~$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 1.0.6-1
Candidate: 1.0.6-1
Version table:
*** 1.0.6-1 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org sid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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Re: Video problems with VLC
snip
Is vlc really in d-m? It's in my sources.list ('apt-cache policy'
demonstrates it), but vlc only seems to be in Debian.
m...@haggis:~$ apt-cache policy vlc
vlc:
Installed: 1.0.6-1
Candidate: 1.0.6-1
Version table:
*** 1.0.6-1 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org sid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Hey,
VLC isnt in d-m, but some of the libs VLC uses for codecs are in d-m,
and the problem was caused by an upgrade to one of them.
Regards,
Angus
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Re: Video problems with VLC
I found this bug report[1] but I'm not sure on how to proceed in order to apply that solution. I can remove vlc with no problems, but if I try removing libavutil50 I have a chain of dependencies complaining: Remove the following packages: 1) ffmpeg 2) gnome 3) gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 4) libavcodec52 5) libavdevice52 6) libavfilter1 7) libavformat52 8) libpostproc51 9) libswscale0 10) libxine1-ffmpeg 11) libxine1-plugins now, removing all gnome seems a bit overkill as a solution. Any other way? [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559715 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktildp2tqq1jzvz2wfjmb1wji96arsr31uvnlz...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Video problems with VLC
On 17/06/10 13:52, Angus Hedger wrote: On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Matteo Rivamura...@gmail.com wrote: I have a problem playing AVI divx files with VLC. Yesterday upon start VLC showed an error message complaining about divx codecs and refused to proceed. Today the player starts but the video is squished horizontally (it occupies roughly 1/4th of the VLC window which is for the other part black). snip How can I fix VLC's problem? Thanks. Hey, Do you use the debian multimedia repo? Because I had the same problem with VLC myself yesterday, the only thing I could do to fix it was to disable the dm repo, purge vlc, and reinstall from just debian main. Regards, Angus. Angus Thanks for the idea. I followed your suggestions and purged the DM version of VLC, commented out the DM repo in sources.list and reinstalled from the main Debian repo. Now VLC is back to its reliable working ways again. Cheers AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c1a50c9.8050...@gmail.com
Re: Video problems with VLC
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Re: Video problems with VLC
On 06/17/2010 11:30 AM, Matteo Riva wrote: I found this bug report[1] but I'm not sure on how to proceed in order to apply that solution. I can remove vlc with no problems, but if I try removing libavutil50 I have a chain of dependencies complaining: Remove the following packages: 1) ffmpeg 2) gnome 3) gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg 4) libavcodec52 5) libavdevice52 6) libavfilter1 7) libavformat52 8) libpostproc51 9) libswscale0 10) libxine1-ffmpeg 11) libxine1-plugins now, removing all gnome seems a bit overkill as a solution. Any other way? Maybe it's just the gnome metapackage? -- Seek truth from facts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c1a5ad9.1000...@cox.net
Re: Video problems with VLC
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote:
On 06/17/2010 11:30 AM, Matteo Riva wrote:
I found this bug report[1] but I'm not sure on how to proceed in order
to apply that solution. I can remove vlc with no problems, but if I try
removing libavutil50 I have a chain of dependencies complaining:
Remove the following packages:
1) ffmpeg
2) gnome
3) gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
4) libavcodec52
5) libavdevice52
6) libavfilter1
7) libavformat52
8) libpostproc51
9) libswscale0
10) libxine1-ffmpeg
11) libxine1-plugins
now, removing all gnome seems a bit overkill as a solution. Any other
way?
Maybe it's just the gnome metapackage?
Well this is what I get if I continue:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
abiword{u} abiword-common{u} abiword-plugin-grammar{u}
abiword-plugin-mathview{u} aptdaemon{u} arj{u}
dnsmasq-base{u} epiphany-extensions{u} evolution-exchange{u}
ffmpeg{a} gdebi{u} gdebi-core{u}
gedit-plugins{u} gnash{u} gnash-common{u} gnome{a}
gnome-codec-install{u} gnome-office{u}
gnome-themes-extras{u} gnome-themes-more{u} gnumeric{u}
gnumeric-common{u} gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg{a}
gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3{u} gthumb{u} gthumb-data{u}
gtk2-engines-smooth{u} hal-cups-utils{u}
libabiword-2.8{u} libaiksaurus-1.2-0c2a{u} libaiksaurus-1.2-data{u}
libaiksaurusgtk-1.2-0c2a{u}
libart2.0-cil{u} libavcodec52{a} libavdevice52{a} libavfilter1{a}
libavformat52{a} libavutil50{p}
libboost-date-time1.40.0{u} libboost-thread1.40.0{u} libcddb2{u}
libdvbpsi5{u} libebml0{u}
libgdome2-0{u} libgdome2-cpp-smart0c2a{u} libglade2.0-cil{u}
libgmime2.4-cil{u} libgnome-vfs2.0-cil{u}
libgnome2.24-cil{u} libgnomepanel2.24-cil{u} libgoffice-0.8-8{u}
libgoffice-0.8-8-common{u}
libgtkmathview0c2a{u} liblink-grammar4{u} libloudmouth1-0{u}
libmatroska0{u} libots0{u}
libpostproc51{a} libpsiconv6{u} libsdl-image1.2{u} libswscale0{a}
libtar{u} libvlc2{u} libvlccore2{u}
libwv-1.2-3{u} libxcb-keysyms1{u} libxine1-ffmpeg{a}
libxine1-plugins{a} liferea{u} liferea-data{u}
link-grammar-dictionaries-en{u} media-player-info{u}
mobile-broadband-provider-info{u} modemmanager{u}
mozilla-plugin-gnash{u} network-manager{u} network-manager-gnome{u}
python-aptdaemon{u}
python-aptdaemon-gtk{u} python-cupsutils{u} python-gnupginterface{u}
python-mako{u}
python-software-properties{u} python-vte{u} python-webkit{u}
rhythmbox{u} rhythmbox-plugins{u}
software-center{u} software-properties-gtk{u}
system-config-printer{u} tomboy{u} transmission-common{u}
transmission-gtk{u} unattended-upgrades{u} update-manager-core{u}
update-manager-gnome{u}
update-notifier{u} update-notifier-common{u} usb-modeswitch{u}
usb-modeswitch-data{u} vlc{p}
vlc-data{u} vlc-nox{u} vlc-plugin-pulse{u} w3c-dtd-xhtml{u}
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Re: Video problems with VLC
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On 17/06/10 12:30, Matteo Riva wrote:
I found this bug report[1] but I'm not sure on how to proceed in order
to apply that solution. I can remove vlc with no problems, but if I try
removing libavutil50 I have a chain of dependencies complaining:
Remove the following packages:
1) ffmpeg
2) gnome
3) gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
4) libavcodec52
5) libavdevice52
6) libavfilter1
7) libavformat52
8) libpostproc51
9) libswscale0
10) libxine1-ffmpeg
11) libxine1-plugins
apt-cache policy libavcodec52
Note the version that is in the debian repositories, and then:
aptitude install
libav{codec52,device52,filter0,format52,util49,postproc51}=the version
you just found out ffmpeg=version
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Re: Video problems and questions
Hello Roberto Sanchez wrote: I am still in the process of getting my new machine to maximum performance, so I pose yet another question: How do I maximize my card's performance under X and how do I get the framebuffer to work? As far as the framebuffer, it just doesn't seem to work. I have the options enabled in the kernel config, but any of the extended modes in LILO (like vga=791 for 1024x768x16 text) result in a totally blank screen until GDM comes up at the end of the boot sequence. I do have the radeon.o module inserted, but the radeonfb.o modules errors out with No such device, but the aty128fb.o module inserts just fine. Here are my kernel options relating to the framebuffer. # # Frame-buffer support # CONFIG_FB=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_FB_VESA=m CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m CONFIG_FB_ATY128=m Have you tried to compile the Framebuffer driver into the kernel? When the system boots up, the modules are not yet available, so if you want to use drivers right from the beginning, modules won't work (or only with an initrd). If the radeon or aty128 framebuffer drivers won't work properly, you can also try to use the vesa framebuffer driver. best regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 Registered Linux User #267976 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video problems during 2.2 install
Larry Elmore wrote: On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 06:30:59PM -0600, Larry Elmore wrote: I have a 20 fixed-freq monitor that uses a special Permedia2 video card. It works fine except for some DOS games that like 640x480 resolution (like Harpoon 2 -- it doesn't _require_ higher res, but it's a whole _lot_ nicer with it). SNIP There's some weird things going on with my BIOS, I guess. I've got an old ATT Globalyst pusrchased one week before they dropped out of the PC business. It's been upgraded to the last available BIOS (as has the UDMA and CD-RW drive), but there's something strange going on in there. I eventually ended up borrowing a 15 monitor and got Debian installed using that, then putting the new video card and 20 monitor back, and I'm now struggling to get X to work (if you don't pass the right command-line arguments to XF86Setup, the display dies (and dies for all virtual consoles, too)). Thanks to all for the informative responses to my question. Larry -- Just a tip: I've had *much* success using xf86config instead XF86Setup. Text-based, it will run on any system that can display anything at all. Quite convenient using strange 2nd hand hardware ;-) Good Luck Vitux -- I'm not a crook Richard Nixon Debian GNU/Linux Micro$loth-free Zone
RE: Video problems during 2.2 install
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 06:30:59PM -0600, Larry Elmore wrote: I have a 20 fixed-freq monitor that uses a special Permedia2 video card. It works fine except for some DOS games that like 640x480 resolution (like Harpoon 2 -- it doesn't _require_ higher res, but it's a whole _lot_ nicer with it). The Debian 2.2 boot disk apparently displays some graphic of a penguin when it starts up the kernel (so I've been told). All I know is that my monitor goes _dead_ at that point, as dead as if I pulled the cable from the video card. There's disk activity afterwards, and if I put in the root disk after it stops, and press ENTER, it appears to load it into RAM. Still no display though, which makes further progress pretty much impossible. Is there any way to turn off this graphic so I can install 2.2? Not sure, but I don't think the framebuffer is enabled by default (this is what'll load that penguin logo). Anyway, you can check while doin the installation by switching to another VT, login as root and look at /etc/lilo.conf. To enable the framebuffer, it'll have a line like 'append=video=vesa:...'. If it does have such a line, just remove it and rerun lilo. Otherwise, I'd say the problem is elsewhere. Can't do that since the display dies as the kernel boots and there are no VTs available (or the dispay is dead on all VTs, whichever). Apparently the problem is that the framebuffer is enabled on the boot floppies. This strikes me as a Dumb Thing To DO since we all want boot floppies to be compatible with as wide a range of hardware as possible, right? There are a few of us out there with non-standard equipment. In all fairness, I'm sure this is a relatively rare problem, though there are FAQs on getting fixed-freq monitors to work with Linux, so it's not unknown. In my case, the opportunity to get a 20 monitor (and the special video card for it) for $200 was too good to pass up, especially since my wife is visually handicapped and arguably _needs_ it (whereas I just lusted after it -- now that we have it, we wonder how we ever got along without it before). I've had _very_ few compatibility problems with it and this was by far the worst. I am going to report this as a potential bug to the boot-floppy people today. I can open up my machine and remove the PCI video card and disconnect the monitor, borrow a 15 monitor and hook it up to the motherboard's video and install it that way, but if there's a switch to pass to turn off the graphic, I'd much rather do that. I really hope that answer's not in the release or install notes or I'm going to feel really dumb because I've gone over them a couple of time now without seeing any mention of this... The 2.1 disks work on my machine, but absolutely refuse to recognize my UDMA controller and the hard drive on it that I want to put Linux on. I pass the proper parameters (linux ide2=0xfca8,0xfcba ide3=0xfcb0,0xfcbe) and I can see that the kernel finds the drive just fine as it boots (the partition is type Linux and formatted ext2fs). The install program does _not_ see that drive at all, though. ? There's some weird things going on with my BIOS, I guess. I've got an old ATT Globalyst pusrchased one week before they dropped out of the PC business. It's been upgraded to the last available BIOS (as has the UDMA and CD-RW drive), but there's something strange going on in there. I eventually ended up borrowing a 15 monitor and got Debian installed using that, then putting the new video card and 20 monitor back, and I'm now struggling to get X to work (if you don't pass the right command-line arguments to XF86Setup, the display dies (and dies for all virtual consoles, too)). Thanks to all for the informative responses to my question. Larry
Re: Video problems during 2.2 install
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 06:30:59PM -0600, Larry Elmore wrote: I have a 20 fixed-freq monitor that uses a special Permedia2 video card. It works fine except for some DOS games that like 640x480 resolution (like Harpoon 2 -- it doesn't _require_ higher res, but it's a whole _lot_ nicer with it). The Debian 2.2 boot disk apparently displays some graphic of a penguin when it starts up the kernel (so I've been told). All I know is that my monitor goes _dead_ at that point, as dead as if I pulled the cable from the video card. There's disk activity afterwards, and if I put in the root disk after it stops, and press ENTER, it appears to load it into RAM. Still no display though, which makes further progress pretty much impossible. Is there any way to turn off this graphic so I can install 2.2? The penguin with beer logo is a result of having framebuffer support turned on and enabled which didn't really come about until the 2.2 kernels. Another person mentioned that maybe this should be filed as a bug against the particular boot-floppies you're using. Whether or not it's a bug is a matter of whether or not framebuffer support should be enabled in the pre-packaged default kernels for Debian Potato. That is a question I cannot answer, but I would assume that it should not, as there has to be some hardware out there (like yours, apparently) that cannot support framebuffer modes on the console. I don't like the idea of fb being in the kernel on the boot floppies, but I really don't know all the details or any of the thoughts behind it. You may want to check with the folks on the appropriate development list(s) or contact the boot-floppies team and ask if they're aware that it's on in that particular set of floppies you're using. Having accurate information about exactly which date's boot floppies you have would probably be helpful. -- Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key fingerprint = DCAF 2B9D CC9B 96FA 7A6D AAF4 2D61 77C5 7ECE C1D2 Public Key available upon request, or at wwwkeys.pgp.net and others. pgpbS6pp2utqV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Video problems during 2.2 install
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 06:30:59PM -0600, Larry Elmore wrote: The Debian 2.2 boot disk apparently displays some graphic of a penguin when it starts up the kernel (so I've been told). Weird, the standard i386 1.44M rescue.bin image doesn't have any sort of a logo, but the udma66 version has a penguin holding a beer... Personally, i'd consider this a bug against the udma66 boot floppies, but that's just my opinion. -- finger for GPG public key. pgpLgadvgSpTN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Video problems during 2.2 install
On Sat, Jun 03, 2000 at 06:30:59PM -0600, Larry Elmore wrote: I have a 20 fixed-freq monitor that uses a special Permedia2 video card. It works fine except for some DOS games that like 640x480 resolution (like Harpoon 2 -- it doesn't _require_ higher res, but it's a whole _lot_ nicer with it). The Debian 2.2 boot disk apparently displays some graphic of a penguin when it starts up the kernel (so I've been told). All I know is that my monitor goes _dead_ at that point, as dead as if I pulled the cable from the video card. There's disk activity afterwards, and if I put in the root disk after it stops, and press ENTER, it appears to load it into RAM. Still no display though, which makes further progress pretty much impossible. Is there any way to turn off this graphic so I can install 2.2? Not sure, but I don't think the framebuffer is enabled by default (this is what'll load that penguin logo). Anyway, you can check while doin the installation by switching to another VT, login as root and look at /etc/lilo.conf. To enable the framebuffer, it'll have a line like 'append=video=vesa:...'. If it does have such a line, just remove it and rerun lilo. Otherwise, I'd say the problem is elsewhere. I can open up my machine and remove the PCI video card and disconnect the monitor, borrow a 15 monitor and hook it up to the motherboard's video and install it that way, but if there's a switch to pass to turn off the graphic, I'd much rather do that. I really hope that answer's not in the release or install notes or I'm going to feel really dumb because I've gone over them a couple of time now without seeing any mention of this... The 2.1 disks work on my machine, but absolutely refuse to recognize my UDMA controller and the hard drive on it that I want to put Linux on. I pass the proper parameters (linux ide2=0xfca8,0xfcba ide3=0xfcb0,0xfcbe) and I can see that the kernel finds the drive just fine as it boots (the partition is type Linux and formatted ext2fs). The install program does _not_ see that drive at all, though. ? -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.
Re: Video problems
I have tried to setup Caldera's linux x11 Windows for the first time and = I am finding it imposible. Surely, someone can design a default = configuration setup easier than this! I find it hard to believe that = after two days I still cannot get a Window on the screen not even 16 = colour vga!=20 I believe that Caldera has their own mailing list. I'll try to help regardless. You need to be able to answer these questions in order to configure XFree86: 1)What video card are you using? 2)What chipset does it use? 3)How much videoram does it have? 4)What are the horizontal sync capabilities of your monitor? 5)What are the vertical sync capabilities of your monitor? 6)What kind of mouse are you using? The XFree86-HOW-TO will help to explain the questions, and to help you explain your difficulties with XFree86. It can be found (on Debian systems, but maybe Caldera also) in /usr/doc/HOWTO. As someone new to Linus it seems obvious hat it should default to a = standard vga mode, as per MS Windows. X is very different from MS Windows. It would be both impractical and undesirable for such a default mode to be implemented. After you have some experience with XFree86, you will understand why. I would recommend that you use this offered information to get help from Caldera, but if this is impractical, I am willing to help. I can't say the same for the others on debian-user as they must speak for themselves. ;-) -ptw-
Re: video problems
I sent a note about this problem a week or so ago and got back some mailer daemon error messages so I'm not sure it made it. I apologize if this is a duplication. I'm having trouble with xdm. Every couple times the user exits the window manager, the machine hangs with a black screen and red and blue vertical lines. The only thing to do at this point is a hard reboot. This has happened with a range of kernels (now it's using 2.0.32) so it seems to me that either the video card (an S3 Virge) or the driver is at fault. Does anyone know what the problem might be? Again, this doesn't happen every time. I'd say once in ever 5 or 6 tries. Thanks, I'm seeing this regularly, with a Kelvin 64 pci video card. A flashing blue red? and the lcd says my monitor is switching back forth between the 1024x768 and regular svga. It happens every time the window manager shuts down, though it didn't used to. I'm about ready to add a reboot as part of logout :) anyway, i've found that i can reboot with the 3 finger salute during the blank (non X) part of the flash; at least this preserves the fs and dismounts properly. rick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: video problems
Jesse Goldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm having trouble with xdm. Every couple times the user exits the window manager, the machine hangs with a black screen and red and blue vertical lines. The only thing to do at this point is a hard reboot. This has happened with a range of kernels (now it's using 2.0.32) so it seems to me that either the video card (an S3 Virge) or the driver is at fault. Which X server are you using? I had a few problems with lockups with the 3.2 S3V server, but now I'm using the 3.3 SVGA server without any problems. Whart brand of video card is it? Sometimes the accompanying chips make a difference, as well as the main video chip. -- Carey Evans * http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ gc Trust Ivanova. Trust yourself. Anybody else - shoot 'em. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: video problems
Hi, Carey == Carey Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Carey Jesse Goldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm having trouble with xdm. Every couple times the user exits the window manager, the machine hangs with a black screen and red and blue vertical lines. The only thing to do at this point is a hard reboot. This has happened with a range of kernels (now it's using 2.0.32) so it seems to me that either the video card (an S3 Virge) or the driver is at fault. Carey Which X server are you using? I had a few problems with Carey lockups with the 3.2 S3V server, but now I'm using the 3.3 SVGA Carey server without any problems. Carey Whart brand of video card is it? Sometimes the accompanying Carey chips make a difference, as well as the main video chip. I have the same problem; I am using the SVGA server (latest hamm 3.3.1-2), with the 4MB Matrox Millenium. I have had this problem ever since I switched to XF86 severs; which is when they started supporting the Millenium. I've tried Linux 2.0.29-32; 2.1.15-65 with no difference. But for me it happens randomly; in the sense that sometimes I can succesfully switch to a VT, though not at other times. I have grown to accept this ... manoj -- It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Mark Twain Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/ Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
