Hello,
Since the last major update / recompile of XFree86 version 4, the Trident
driver seems to have traded one set of weird problems for another.
Previously, when using the Xv extensions, the image would be oddly sized
within the window and sometimes slanted or skewed, whatever application was
playing would play for about 10-15 seconds, then the computer would crash.
Now whenever anything (xine, xmovie) tries to use this, the colors on the
screen get all weird - to the point where to recover from this the computer
must be powered down.
If this were a desktop, it would be easy - rip out the card and use
something a little better supported than Trident's chip. Unfortunately,
being a laptop, this isn;t an option.
The machine is a Gateway Solo 9100 with Cyber 9397DVD chip.
Any suggestions as to who to contact? how to troubleshoot this?
V.
