Philip Armstrong wrote: > Tanya, I'm running freevo with exactly this setup (G400, directfb > mplayer / freevo output). I've also got the SNES emulator working with > directfb as well for some old-school gaming goodness... > > On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 12:00:18PM +0100, Tanja wrote: > >> Actually I tried with mplayer so far, but thanks a lot for the hint >> with directfb-extras, I was already wondering where to find >> df_xine. I will try that as soon as possible. I am using 1.0.1 by >> the way, but the kernel is very recent (2.6.22) >> > > >> From your directfbrc I learn that I should not load matrox-marven as >> a module and that I need i2c-matroxfb. I will look into that, but it >> seems that I am missing i2c-matroxfb. That should be in the kernel >> source, shouldn't it? >> > > Exactly. If you load the matroxfb_maven module, then directfb can't > take control of the hardware from userspace, since the kernel module > has got its hands on it. > > >> Thanks for your help. I will report back... Hopefully I get it >> running this weekend, otherwise I will have to try to revert back to >> the old setup, as my husband gets unhappy after over a week without >> freevo ;-) >> > > I have the same problem: Whenever anything breaks my wife turns to me > and says "You've been upgrading it again haven't you?" Fortunately, > nothing's gone wrong recently :) > > I think I've posted my directfb / freevo settings to the freevo lists > in the past, so you can just search for them, or prod me & I'll post > the current versions when I get a chance (The box in question is off > at the moment & I'm not anywhere near it.) > >
I would dearly like to see your directfb settings, if you post them I'll add a wiki page or if you prefer you can. One problem I have with directfb is that some of the characters, e.g. a full-stop, are send with the key code 0. Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
