Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Meir Faraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > > If a linux distro wants a decent software dvd player, it must
> > > > enable X4.0.1 with YUV overlay support --- on nvidia hardware,
> > > > only this binary driver will do that
> > >
> > > So, we don't want a decent software dvd player.
> > About dvd player ;-) Each time I reinstall LM mandrake I need to
> > do a :
> > ld --whole-archive -shared -o libXxf86dga.so libXxf86dga.a ld
> > --whole-archive -shared -o libXv.so libXv.a /sbin/ldconfig -v
> > so that libXxf86dga.so and libXv.so exist an I could only after
> > this compile OMS DVD PLAYER with support for DGA and XV .
>
> Usually there is no reason why this would not be possible with only
> .a files. SDL for example use the dga and it works, it can even
> build a .so out of SDL.
libtool seem to have problem dealing with not shared library (.a).
> > why don't give an so version of these 2 libraries ?
>
> Fred'll investigate. Normally, this is because X distribs does not
> do it.
Yes, the real question is why ?
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