"S.Salman Ahmed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>> "Krzys" == Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Krzys> What's with the "failed to initialize X shared memory > Krzys> extension" stuff? How can I fix this? I'm running 3.3.6, > Krzys> which is supposed to work, albeit without Xv. Upgrading to > Krzys> 4.* is too much of a nightmare to even think about right now. > Krzys> > > (chris, no need to CC: me. I am subscribed to the list.) > > It seems that your XFree configuration isn't properly setup for MIT-SHM > (The MIT Shared Memory Extension). I don't know much about MIT-SHM since > I am running XFree88-4.0.2 and the Xv extensions work very well on my > system.
Turns out there is a bug where if xine doesn't shutdown properly, it doesn't return the shared memory. Rebooting helped, perhaps restarting X would have as well. > You might have to RTM to figure out how to setup X for MIT-SHM. Not sure > why you didn't hear any audio (are you sure your speakers are plugged in > and powered on :P). Turns out it works if I do a 'xine -A oss' (a lucky guess). > Also try xine-0.3.7 which is the current stable release. 4.0.1 is > considered a development snapshot even though it sports lots of > improvements under the hood. I might try that as well. I'm subscribed to the xine list now, so I'll likely take further questions there.. -chris
