On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Stephen Nicholas wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 03:10:58PM +1200, Ryurick M. Hristev wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Stephen Nicholas wrote:

[...]

> > My guess: This is a Xv/Xshm driver issue.
> > 
> > 1. make sure you load the Xv driver in XF86Config-4
> >    (presumably your video card is supported)
> 
> Um... how? in the "Modules" section? I don't seem to have any Xv option.
> The Card is a VIA Pro Savage KN133 .... it seems to work okay at 16bit,
> so i guess its supported. Ogle says "Xv Xshm" in the window frame, does
> this mean that its using Xv/Xshm... ?

Only one of them.

In Modules section make sure you 'Load  "v4l"'
Then look in /var/log/XFree86.x.log (where x is 0 for :0, etc) for Xvideo, e.g.:
  (II) Loading extension XVideo
  (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation

> > 2. make sure your player uses it (e.g. xine defaults to the last one,
> >    you have to specify the new one, first time) 
 
> Um... hmmmm...

E.g. for xine start it with -V Xv (only once, it will remember next time)
Don't know about ogle, Xshm is very cpu intensive, avoid it if you can.
 
> > 3. I got this also on my laptop after a hibernation (to disk)
> >    eiteh the player does not reinitialize Xv properly or
> >    the BIOS does not save/restore the video state as it should.
> > 
> 
> I'm using ACPI, not entirely sure how to fully hibernate (I assume you
> mean like APM's suspend (which i have on the desktop)) with that.

Laptop hibernation with Linux is very hairy at the moment.
It is very maker/model dependent. Look e.g. at http://www.linux-laptop.net/
and see what you can find.

Suspend is one thing, hibernation is another.

AFAIK ACPI is not supported by Linux, only the old APM.

> ATM tho the hardware screen blanking blanks the screen when dvd's are playing,
> so I have to move the mouse every 10 minutes or whatever. Do you know how to disable 
>this?

This is the "screen saver", there are 3 layers you have to check:
1. bios settings
2. X settings, look for:
        Option "BlankTime"
        Option "StandbyTime"
        Option "SuspendTime"
        Option "OffTime"
   See "man XF86Config"
3. window manager settings for DPMI & screen saver

Cheers,
-- 
Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computer Systems Manager
University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand

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