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Old 06-08-2005, 10:29 AM   #1
heraklez
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Troubles to see movies


I have a trouble with my video card.
I installed Slackware 10.1, kernel 2.4.29, and I have a trouble with my video card, I think. Because I can't see very well my movies with any video program. When I use Xine the movie looks to slow but there is sound and this message appears:

The amount of dropped frame is too high. Your system might be slow, not properly optimized or just too loaded.

Then I used xine-check and everything looks to be fine, except these messages:

[ hint ] Your X server doesn't support YV12 overlays.
That means xine will have to to color space transformation andscaling
in software, which is quite CPU intensive. Maybe upgrading your
X server will help here.
If you have an ATI card, you'll find accelerated X servers on
linuxvideo.org/gatos
press <enter> to continue...
[ hint ] Your X server doesn't support YV12 overlays.
That means xine will have to to color space transformation andscaling
in software, which is quite CPU intensive. Maybe upgrading your
X server will help here.
If you have an ATI card, you'll find accelerated X servers on
linuxvideo.org/gatos
press <enter> to continue...
[ hint ] Your X server doesn't have any XVideo support...
XVideo is an X server extension introduced by XFree86 4.x. This
extension provides access to hardware accelerated color space
conversion and scaling, which gives a great performance boost.
If you have a fast (>1GHz) machine, you may be able to watch all
kinds of video, anyway. You will waste lots of CPU cycles, though...
press <enter> to continue...

Mi cdrom drive is in DMA mode on. Then I would like to know what can I do?
Should I upgrade my kernel to 2.6...or my X server?
I tried to go to linuxvideo.org and my browser tells me that web page doesn't exist.
If I have to upgrade my X server, how can I do that?
Ah, I have a Intel Celeron Processor 1.8 GHz, a PCChips M925ALU Motherboard:

Processor

� Socket 478 Support Intel� Pentium� 4 / Celeron� FC-PGA2 package, 400/533Mhz system bus

Chipset

� VIA P4M266A (NB) & VT8235 (SB)
-KM266 V-Link Host system controller and VT8235 V-Link Client to PCI/LPC bridge
-Peak Bandwidth 266MB/S 8-bit V-link Host Controller
-Integrated Savage 8 3D Video Accelerator, 32MB shared memory
-VIA VT8235 USB2.0 Host Controller
� PC I/O - IT8705F
� LAN - VIA VT6103 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet PHYonboard
� AC '97 Audio Codec -Compliant with AC97 2.1 specification

System BIOS

� AMI 2Mb Flash EEPROM
� Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
� Support ACPI revision 1.0 specification

Memory

-Two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets for 2.5V DDR SDRAM (DDR266/200)
� Maximum: 2GB (Unbuffered Memory)

Expansion Slots

� 2 PCI slots, 1 4XAGP Slot, 1 CNR Slot

Form Factor & Layers

� Micro ATX (244mm*244mm), 4 Layers

I/O Interface

� Back Panel I/O Ports
-Support Plug and play function
-PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors
-Four USB Ports and a LAN connector
-One EPP/ECP mode parallel port
-One 16550 high-speed serial I/O port
-One VGA connector
-Audio ports (Mic-in, Line-in, Line-out, CD-in)
� Dual PCI IDE interfaces - support four IDE devices (PIO mode 4, DMA Mode 2, Ultra DMA 66/100/133)
� Supports 360K~2.88M Byte, 3 Mode FDDs or LS120
� ATX Power Supply Connector
� Ports, headers and others
-IrDA header
-Extra USB Ports (USB2),JUSBC - For Card Reader, Shared with bottom port of USB1(Next to VGA Port)
-Front Panel MIC/Line-Out Header-HDD LED, ACPI MSG LED, Reset Switch, Power Switch headers
-CPU and Case Fan headers
-Lan Card Wake Up/Wake Up Headers

RTC & Battery

� VT8235 includeded 256 byte of CMOS
� With CMOS hardware clear jumper


I give all this information, hoping be usefull to you.
I want to have all my linux box running!!!!.
Thanks for all.
 
Old 06-08-2005, 10:48 AM   #2
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From your specifications, you have an integrated, onboard Savage 8 video card. When you set the system up, did you run xorgconfig to configure the video, or did you accept the defaults at install? If you accepted the defaults, you're still running with a generic video setup. Try backing up your xorg.conf file and running xorgconfig again. Be prepared to provide a great deal of information when you do, including information about the refresh rates that your monitor can handle. Don't worry if you come to a question you don't know the answer to. You can always Ctrl-C to end the process and it won't write any changes to the file until you get to the very end.

To back up your current configuration (You'll need root access for all of this):
Code:
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
Then run xorgconfig and follow the prompts. When you're asked if you want to see the video chipset database, say yes. Then you'll be able to find an appropriate entry in that system for your video.
Once you've saved all of your changes, at the very end, it will ask you for permission to write a new xorg.conf file. Once you've done that, restart X and see if it doesn't help.

If you do this, and all heck breaks loose, you can restore your original configuration with:
Code:
cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Hope this helps!
 
Old 06-09-2005, 10:31 AM   #3
heraklez
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Thanks!!!!

Great !!!. I did you say me. My video card wasn't still configured, I was reading my xorg.conf.old and when I compared with my xorg,conf.new(resulting from executing xorconfig) and I see the difference.
In the xorg.conf.old:

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

In the xorg,conf.new:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SAM"
ModelName "100"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0
VertRefresh 40-90
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "savage"
VendorName "S3 Inc."
BoardName "VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Now I can see all my movies!!!. Thank you very much!!!!
 
  


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