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.
I recently switched from a gentoo-sources-2.6.30-r8 kernel to a
gentoo-sources-3.2.1-r2 kernel. A lot of my processes were freezing up
with a DL+ ps status and I read somewhere that uninterruptible sleep was
suspected to be the fault of the kernel. I had 3.2.1-r2 source sitting
on my hard drive and I tried building it on my wife's computer and was
very happy with the results I saw there. Her computer couldn't even run
emerge without going into state D+. After booting with the 3.2.1-r2
kernel I had no problems running an emerge -uD world on 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
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
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?
> 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?
> 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...
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?
> 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
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
Ok, so you're using an Intel graphics chipset, managed via the
kernel's i915 module. According to Wikipedia, the 82915G, GV and GL
models are circa 2004/2005, and so are very old. It's very possible
you've encountered a regression. I had something similar happen a few
years ago with my 845-based system.
Unfortunately, I don't know where you should take this from here.
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
> Ok, so you're using an Intel graphics chipset, managed via the
> kernel's i915 module. According to Wikipedia, the 82915G, GV and GL
> models are circa 2004/2005, and so are very old. It's very possible
> you've encountered a regression. I had something similar happen a few
> years ago with my 845-based system.
> Unfortunately, I don't know where you should take this from here.
Thank you for your help. Even if you haven't solved my problem, I know
now that I've done everything to try to solve it that you know of...
-Michael Sullivan-
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
> Ok, so you're using an Intel graphics chipset, managed via the
> kernel's i915 module. According to Wikipedia, the 82915G, GV and GL
> models are circa 2004/2005, and so are very old. It's very possible
> you've encountered a regression. I had something similar happen a few
> years ago with my 845-based system.
> Unfortunately, I don't know where you should take this from here.
> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel
I was just poking around my /usr/portage/x11-drivers directory and I saw
that my x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel version 2.17.0-r3 was installed
yesterday and it thinks I should downgrade. I'm going to try
downgrading. I'll let you know if it works...
> On 04/23/12 11:05, Michael Mol wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Michael Sullivan <msulli1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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.
[...]
>>>> Which series video card are you using? (nVidia, ATI, Intel...) Which driver?
>> Ok, so you're using an Intel graphics chipset, managed via the
>> kernel's i915 module. According to Wikipedia, the 82915G, GV and GL
>> models are circa 2004/2005, and so are very old. It's very possible
>> you've encountered a regression. I had something similar happen a few
>> years ago with my 845-based system.
>> Unfortunately, I don't know where you should take this from here.
>> x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel
> I was just poking around my /usr/portage/x11-drivers directory and I saw
> that my x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel version 2.17.0-r3 was installed
> yesterday and it thinks I should downgrade. I'm going to try
> downgrading. I'll let you know if it works...
Or try the next higher: 2.18.0
Maybe the regression was already fixed.
