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[gentoo-user] OT - New kernel and now xv won't work with mplayer
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Michael Sullivan
Apr 22, 2012, 8:40:01 PM4/22/12
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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?
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?
Florian Philipp
Apr 23, 2012, 3:40:01 AM4/23/12
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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.
>
[...]
> 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 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?
> built with the xv USE flag on. Is there anything else I
> need to do to get my xv to work with mplayer?
>
Do other video players have the same problem, e.g. VLC?
Regards,
Florian Philipp
Michael Sullivan
Apr 23, 2012, 10:10:01 AM4/23/12
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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...
Michael Mol
Apr 23, 2012, 10:40:02 AM4/23/12
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--
:wq
Michael Sullivan
Apr 23, 2012, 11:40:02 AM4/23/12
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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
Michael Mol
Apr 23, 2012, 12:10:02 PM4/23/12
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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.
--
:wq
Michael Sullivan
Apr 23, 2012, 2:30:02 PM4/23/12
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now that I've done everything to try to solve it that you know of...
-Michael Sullivan-
Nikos Chantziaras
Apr 23, 2012, 2:40:02 PM4/23/12
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On 23/04/12 03:26, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> 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.
Why 3.2.1-r2? Try 3.2.12 and 3.2.14. Many bugs were fixed since 3.2.1.
> 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.
If that doesn't help, try 3.3.3.
Michael Sullivan
Apr 23, 2012, 2:40:02 PM4/23/12
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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...
Florian Philipp
Apr 23, 2012, 3:20:01 PM4/23/12
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>>>>
>>>> Which series video card are you using? (nVidia, ATI, Intel...) Which driver?
>>>>
[...]
>>>> Which series video card are you using? (nVidia, ATI, Intel...) Which driver?
>>>>
>>>
>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
[...]
>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL
>>> Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>> 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...
>
Or try the next higher: 2.18.0
>>
>> 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...
>
Maybe the regression was already fixed.
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