[ltp] T21 -- RH 7.1 no MPEGs with xmms

[Friedemann Baitinger]

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On Sat, 5 May 2001, D. Sen wrote:

> 
> Friedemann Baitinger wrote:
> 
> > Do you still know which version supported the mpegs? I'd like to give it
> > a try to patch that version into the XFree86-4.0.3. I have also reported
> > this problem to Tim but never heard from him (Tim, are you still working
> > on this?) ever since. Development of the savage driver seems to be
> > 'stable' at version 1.1.15.
> >
> 
> No, I dont. I would think it was around 1.1.11. I have versions going back to
> 1.1.13. Even if I could find an older version that doesnt have Xvideo support,
> I would be extremely reluctant to use it because of the scrolling hang bug in
> the older versions. I would much rather have a machine that stays up for weeks
> at a time than have mpeg support and have it hang every two days.

That is convincing. I never experienced this bug so perhaps I joined the
club at a later stage of the driver in question.

> Development of the savage driver seems to be stagnant since Feb 23rd. I assume
> its not high on Tim's priority.......which is a shame. Even a slightly modified
> version with the option of turning Xvideo off, would be of use.

Implementing a feature like Xvideo on/off seems to be something we could
develop ourselves without being experts in video chip programming.

> 
> Keith Fretchette also seems to have gone quiet regarding the problem of having
> simultaneous CRT and CRT displays with the SXGA+ chips. Dont you hate it when
> your complaints seem to be reaching deaf ears?
> 

I agree. And to complete the list of problems: Once in X you can't
switch to consoles anymore. More presicely, once you switch to any of
the consoles all you get is a black screen. The same is true when X is
terminated. I have just verified that this still happens on a freshly
installed RedHat 7.1.


> >
> > >
> > > Tim, asked me to run a few xvideo tests on my T21 in February. None of the
> > > tests worked. So, he is aware of the problem.
> > >
> > > DS
> > >
> > > Friedemann Baitinger wrote:
> > >
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> > > > have just installed RedHat 7.1 from scratch on my T21. Except a few
> > > > minor glitches installation went smooth. One of the few things that
> > > > don't work is watching mpegs with xmms. When I start playing an mpeg,
> > > > sound comes through ok and a window opens for the video but only garbage
> > > > is displayed in this window. I have the following (relevant) packages
> > > > installed:
> > > >
> > > > xmms-1.2.4-13
> > > > smpeg-xmms-0.3.3-1
> > > > xmms-gnome-1.2.4-13
> > > > xmms-devel-1.2.4-13
> > > >
> > > > SDL-devel-1.1.7-3
> > > > SDL_mixer-devel-1.1.0-2
> > > > SDL-1.1.7-3
> > > > SDL_image-1.1.0-1
> > > > SDL_mixer-1.1.0-2
> > > > SDL_image-devel-1.1.0-1
> > > >
> > > > I know xmms can visualize mpegs on this hardware I had it once up and
> > > > running with RedHat 7.0 and a manually installed XFree86-4.0.1 and some
> > > > of the intermediate develpment versions of the savage driver.
> > > >
> > > > Does anybody have this running and can give some advice?
> > > >
> > > > - --
> > > > Friedemann Baitinger      fb@baiti.net     http://baiti.net/fb/
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