Bill Layer wrote: >Hey ho, > >Built and installed the lastest Mplayer & Xine releases on the laptop. Randomly, when trying to play a file, the display (window, or fullscreen) is a uniform light green color with some streaking/smearing, but no moving video at all. Sound is running, and CPU load looks correct for playing - that is, high. > >I can't reprodce the problem on demand, it just happens sometimes. I've worked around it by retarting X, and at times, a reboot (!) Once it was cleared by just switching to fullscreen. I get this issue using any output device - sdl, x11, xv, etc. It's almost as if the player is looking at the wrong block of video memory - but that's a guess. > >X Spec: > >XFree86 Version 4.3.0 >Release Date: 27 February 2003 >X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 >Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 i686 [ELF] >Build Date: 01 March 2003 > Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ > to make sure that you have the latest version. >Module Loader present > >Video Spec: > >Trident Cyberblade i7, AGP, with 8MB of shared RAM. > > > IIRC there is a known issue with the Trident Cyberblade. From the Xine FAQ: Trident card: If you see vertical bands jumbled, upgrade to the latest xfree/experimental trident drivers (for the CyberBlade XP a driver exists here: http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh/ <http://www.xfree86.org/%7Ealanh/>) LB _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list