[ltp] Re: T21 Savage driver issues (Was: T21 -- RH 7.1 no MPEGswith xmms)

D. Sen linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Wed, 09 May 2001 06:23:06 -0400


Aha. It was the color depth. I was running 24 bpp. Changing it to 16 bpp
makes it work. Thanks to Markus Alt and Dirk Huseman.

Friedemann Baitinger wrote:

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> On 9 May 2001, Dirk Husemann wrote:
>
> > >>>>> "DS" == D Sen <dsen@research.att.com> writes:
> >
> >     DS> Markus Alt wrote:
> >     >> [Snip]
> >
> >     >>  In addition to that, there are still the simultaneous CRT +
> >     >> LCD display and MPEG problems you mentioned. (Surprisingly,
> >     >> DVDs work for me using xine and vlc.)
> >     >>
> >
> >     DS> Nope, still can't play DVDs using xine and vlc (compiled as
> >     DS> described by Dirk Husemann). My dvd device is setup as:
> >
> >     DS> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Feb 14 17:31 dvd -> hdc
> >
> >     DS> Does Xvideo show up as one of the extensions when you type
> >     DS> 'xdpyinfo'?
> >
> > It does on my box:
> >
> > name of display:    :0.0
> > version number:    11.0
> > vendor string:    The XFree86 Project, Inc
> > vendor release number:    4003
> > maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
> > motion buffer size:  256
> > bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
> > image byte order:    LSBFirst
> > number of supported pixmap formats:    7
> > supported pixmap formats:
> >     depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
> >     depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
> >     depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
> >     depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
> >     depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
> >     depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
> >     depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
> > keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
> > focus:  window 0x3200012, revert to Parent
> > number of extensions:    29
> >     BIG-REQUESTS
> >     DOUBLE-BUFFER
> >     DPMS
> >     Extended-Visual-Information
> >     FontCache
> >     GLX
> >     LBX
> >     MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> >     MIT-SHM
> >     MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
> >     RECORD
> >     RENDER
> >     SECURITY
> >     SGI-GLX
> >     SHAPE
> >     SYNC
> >     TOG-CUP
> >     X3D-PEX
> >     XC-APPGROUP
> >     XC-MISC
> >     XFree86-Bigfont
> >     XFree86-DGA
> >     XFree86-Misc
> >     XFree86-VidModeExtension
> >     XIE
> >     XInputExtension
> >     XKEYBOARD
> >     XTEST
> >     XVideo
> > default screen number:    0
> > number of screens:    1
>
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> and what comes below these lines? The interesting things would be to see
> something like this:
>
> screen #0:
>   dimensions:    1400x1050 pixels (356x267 millimeters)
>   resolution:    100x100 dots per inch
>   depths (7):    16, 1, 4, 8, 15, 24, 32
>   root window id:    0x2e
>   depth of root window:    16 planes
>   number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
>   default colormap:    0x20
>
> >
> > And I tried vlc-0.2.73 last night, that plays as well.
> >
> >
>
> - --
> Friedemann Baitinger      fb@baiti.net      http://baiti.net/fb/
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