Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
snip This happens to me when ssh'ing into various machines with a different console size. With screen in xfce-terminal I use F11 to maximise/resize the screen to force the screen to redraw correctly. Is this a common key map to the redraw function and does it work for you? BillK
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 01/12 09:27, Franz Fellner wrote: > I am sure nconfig does the same thing as menuconfig and xconfig. > Concerning your issue with menuconfig: Is this with a new kernel? Do older > kernel versions still play well with menuconfig? > > Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:49 Uhr schrieb : > > > On 01/12 07:47, Franz Fellner wrote: > > > No issues here with "make nconfig", like that more than menuconfig. > > > > > > Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:23 Uhr schrieb : > > > > > > > On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > > > > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > > > > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > > > > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the > > > > place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ooops...typo should be: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with this terminal. > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the > > same > > > > > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to > > use > > > > > > another terminal application as a workaround. > > > > > > > > > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the > > problem: > > > > > > > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...only to get sure: > > The functionality of 'make nconfig'is identically to 'make menuconfig' > > ? > > It is since a couple of linux kernel version, which I fetch directly from Linus desktop (https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x). How old should be a kernel to fetch fpr this test? What do you think?
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
I am sure nconfig does the same thing as menuconfig and xconfig. Concerning your issue with menuconfig: Is this with a new kernel? Do older kernel versions still play well with menuconfig? Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:49 Uhr schrieb : > On 01/12 07:47, Franz Fellner wrote: > > No issues here with "make nconfig", like that more than menuconfig. > > > > Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:23 Uhr schrieb : > > > > > On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > > > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > > > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > > > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the > > > place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal. > > > > > > > > > > > > ooops...typo should be: > > > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with this terminal. > > > > > > > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the > same > > > > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to > use > > > > > another terminal application as a workaround. > > > > > > > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the > problem: > > > > > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ...only to get sure: > The functionality of 'make nconfig'is identically to 'make menuconfig' > ? > > > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 01/12 06:25, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2019-01-12, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > That's wprk ... but its kinda super retro...isn't it. > > What or where is the actual/iincompatibility..."who is to blame" > > (not meant seriously...only a workaround for my limited english) > > Well, if it works with all terminals other than your > version/installation of rxvt-unicode, then it's pretty likely that > your version/installastion of rxvt-unicode is broken. > > -- > Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! FUN is never having to > at say you're SUSHI!! > gmail.com > > Well, aterm is the same broken as urxt it seems...
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 2019-01-12, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > That's wprk ... but its kinda super retro...isn't it. > What or where is the actual/iincompatibility..."who is to blame" > (not meant seriously...only a workaround for my limited english) Well, if it works with all terminals other than your version/installation of rxvt-unicode, then it's pretty likely that your version/installastion of rxvt-unicode is broken. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! FUN is never having to at say you're SUSHI!! gmail.com
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 2019-01-12, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2019-01-12, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >>> > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >>> > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after >>> > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But >>> > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface >>> > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. > >> I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 > > "make menuconfig" works fine here rxvt-unicode-9.21. It's also fine with: xterm-337 aterm-1.0.1-r3 screen-4.6.1 console (linux-4.1483-gentoo) -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! Let's all show human at CONCERN for REVERAND MOON's gmail.comlegal difficulties!!
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 01/12 08:10, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/01/2019 19:23, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the > > > > > > > > place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > > > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal. > > > > > > > > > > ooops...typo should be: > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with this terminal. > > > > > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same > > > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use > > > > another terminal application as a workaround. > > > > > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the problem: > > > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338 > > > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 > > Well, have you tried another one? What about from a console? (Ctrl+Alt+F2 to > get to one.) > > That's wprk ... but its kinda super retro...isn't it. What or where is the actual/iincompatibility..."who is to blame" (not meant seriously...only a workaround for my limited english)
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 2019-01-12, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >> > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: >> > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after >> > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But >> > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface >> > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 "make menuconfig" works fine here rxvt-unicode-9.21. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwardsYow! I didn't order any at WOO-WOO ... Maybe a YUBBA gmail.com... But no WOO-WOO!
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 12/01/2019 19:23, tu...@posteo.de wrote: On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But since some interations of the linux kernel this interface has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. What terminal are you using? Try a different one. At worked for years, with terminal. ooops...typo should be: At worked for years, with this terminal. Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use another terminal application as a workaround. And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the problem: https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338 I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 Well, have you tried another one? What about from a console? (Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to one.)
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 01/12 07:47, Franz Fellner wrote: > No issues here with "make nconfig", like that more than menuconfig. > > Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:23 Uhr schrieb : > > > On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the > > place. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > > > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal. > > > > > > > > > > ooops...typo should be: > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with this terminal. > > > > > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same > > > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use > > > > another terminal application as a workaround. > > > > > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the problem: > > > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338 > > > > > > > > > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 > > > > > > > > ...only to get sure: The functionality of 'make nconfig'is identically to 'make menuconfig' ?
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
No issues here with "make nconfig", like that more than menuconfig. Am Sa., 12. Jan. 2019 um 19:23 Uhr schrieb : > On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the > place. > > > > > > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > > > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal. > > > > > > > > ooops...typo should be: > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with this terminal. > > > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same > > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use > > > another terminal application as a workaround. > > > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the problem: > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338 > > > > > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1 > > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 01/12 06:53, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > > > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > > > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > > > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > > > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. > > > > > > > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > > > > > > > > At worked for years, with terminal. > > > > > > ooops...typo should be: > > > > > > At worked for years, with this terminal. > > > > Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same > > problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use > > another terminal application as a workaround. > > And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the problem: > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338 > > I am using x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-9.22-r1
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 12/01/2019 18:52, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But since some interations of the linux kernel this interface has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. What terminal are you using? Try a different one. At worked for years, with terminal. ooops...typo should be: At worked for years, with this terminal. Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use another terminal application as a workaround. And this was the bug report, which includes screenshots of the problem: https://bugs.gentoo.org/648338
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 12/01/2019 18:10, tu...@posteo.de wrote: On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But since some interations of the linux kernel this interface has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. What terminal are you using? Try a different one. At worked for years, with terminal. ooops...typo should be: At worked for years, with this terminal. Well, I just mentioned it because a while ago I had exactly the same problem with Konsole 18.04. It's fixed now, but back then I had to use another terminal application as a workaround.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 01/12 04:59, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. > > > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > > > > At worked for years, with terminal. > > > > ooops...typo should be: At worked for years, with this terminal.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 01/12 05:15, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. > At worked for years, with terminal. >
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 10:15 AM Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after > > a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But > > since some interations of the linux kernel this interface > > has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. > > What terminal are you using? Try a different one. Often a simple way of accomplishing this is to use screen. For whatever reason my ssh client and atop don't get along, so I just run it inside screen and all is well. -- Rich
[gentoo-user] Re: Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
On 12/01/2019 16:09, tu...@posteo.de wrote: when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But since some interations of the linux kernel this interface has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place. What terminal are you using? Try a different one.
[gentoo-user] Linux: "make menuconf" creates a hardly useable interface
Hi,
when calling "make menuconf" on a linux kernel source after
a short period of time a ncurses-like interface pop up. But
since some interations of the linux kernel this interface
has become a mess: Line contents is offsetted all over the place.
I searched gentoos bugzila but with "menuconfig" included in
the search terms beside others I get way too much hits.
Is there a way known to fix that?
This ncurses is installed:
[I] sys-libs/ncurses
Available versions:
(5)5.9-r101(5/5)
(0)6.1-r2(0/6) (~)6.1-r3(0/6)
{ada +cxx debug doc gpm minimal profile static-libs test threads tinfo
trace unicode ABI_MIPS="n32 n64 o32" ABI_PPC="32 64" ABI_S390="32 64"
ABI_X86="32 64 x32"}
Installed versions: 5.9-r101(5/5)(08:50:37 AM 09/16/2018)(unicode -gpm
-tinfo ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64"
ABI_X86="64 -32 -x32") 6.1-r3(0/6)(04:48:58 AM 09/15/2018)(cxx unicode -ada
-debug -doc -gpm -minimal -profile -static-libs -test -threads -tinfo -trace
ABI_MIPS="-n32 -n64 -o32" ABI_PPC="-32 -64" ABI_S390="-32 -64" ABI_X86="64 -32
-x32")
Homepage:https://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/
http://dickey.his.com/ncurses/
Description: console display library
Cheers!
Meino
[gentoo-user] Re: Playing video and CPU usage
On 12/01/2019 07:00, Dale wrote: It is nvidia based. Question, how do I know it is using the video card to process as much of the video as it is supposed to be doing? You already corrected the vdpau USE flag thing. As for smplayer, you should select "gpu" (it might be named "opengl", depending on the version of mpv) in "General" in the "Video" tab. In "Performance", you can set "Hardware decoding" to "vpau". If that doesn't work, then "vdpau-copy". There's also "cuda" and "cuda-copy". Not sure which works better. All this assumes you use mpv in smplayer, not mplayer. Using mpv is highly recommended.
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
On 10/01/19 12:28, Mick wrote: > What about 'rsync -H' or 'tar --hard-dereference'? Don't they cater to hard > links in the fs? rsync and cp are both quite happy with hardlinks. They just keep a table of them in memory ... a 3TB disk full of hard links will fill your memory ... Cheers, Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox, downloading files and odd behavior.
On 10/01/19 00:55, Dale wrote: > Just how do you do backups? If cp -a and rsync would not work > correctly, what do you use? I'm just curious now. ;-) RAID. I know it's not meant as a backup, and if anything happens to the computer it could take out both drives, but at the moment I have two 3GB drives mirrored, and I do copy stuff to archival DVD. So if anything goes wrong I'm in trouble ... :-) That said, I'm someone for whom things seem to "just work" - until I lend stuff to someone who believes a good bash with a hammer is the fix for any technical gremlin :-) Cheers, Wol
Re: [gentoo-user] sys-apps/systemd-239-r2 does not install completely
Am 23.11.18 um 10:09 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: >>> # qlist -ICv systemd sys-apps/gentoo-systemd-integration-7 >>> sys-apps/systemd-236-r5 >> >> Since no one else has come up with anything less kludgy, and I >> assume you have already tried reinstalling systemd, I can only >> think of unmerging and re-emerging it, after making a package with >> quickpkg. > > As long as everything works ... I'd like to avoid this on a productive > system that is hundreds of kilometers away. > > But yes, I agree basically. I am back at that server and noticed that systemd-journald does not start anymore for a while. Adding "FEATURES=-xattr" I was able to install systemd-239 now ... at least it doesn't complain anymore and emerges OK after the n-th time (overwriting its own files now). After fiddling with journald-sockets and stuff I went for a reboot. Now no more --failed units.
Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage
On January 12, 2019 12:00:43 PM Dale wrote: J. Roeleveld wrote: On January 12, 2019 8:02:48 AM UTC, Andrew Udvare wrote: Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has a fair resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the same amount of CPU power as Smplayer. I can't tell any difference even with the same video. It appears that it may be something besides the player. You have to go into settings and make sure VDPAU is enabled. You need to enable the vdpau USE flag. I have it set globally. Also, for OpenGL, ensure "eselect opengl list" shows nvidia selected. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. I enabled the vdpau USE flag globally and re-emerged the ones with changed flags. It wasn't many but got most video related stuff. I then set it up in Smplayer, will do VLC and others shortly. I checked this a few days ago and at the time, only nvidia was listed with eselect so it was set to nvidia. When I checked it just now, I had two, nvidia and xorg-x11, and xorg was selected for some reason. I set it back to nvidia as it should be. I just restarted Smplayer and the CPU is sitting at almost nothing when playing a video and using vdpau. I can't tell much difference between when I am playing a video and when I'm not really. However, while sound is working, the video is iffy at best. It sort of comes and goes. I've tried different video file formats but get the same when using vdpau. When I change it back to gl or something else, it works like it should. That said, when using say gl (fast), the CPU is almost nothing now. I suspect it was the eselect opengl setting that was making things not work right. I'll keep playing with the vdpau driver when I have time. I'm not sure how much improvement it will bring but if it should be used, I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the help. Since I had already checked that eselect setting, I didn't think it would be wrong. As I've said before, it's those silly little things that messes things up. :/ And that's why I thought you were using software rendering - because you were forgot to mention the eselect, but someone more switched on than me didn't Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage
J. Roeleveld wrote: > On January 12, 2019 8:02:48 AM UTC, Andrew Udvare > wrote: > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: > Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has > a fair resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the same amount > of CPU power as Smplayer. I can't tell any difference even > with the same video. It appears that it may be something > besides the player. > > > You have to go into settings and make sure VDPAU is enabled. You need to > enable the vdpau USE flag. I have it set globally. > > > Also, for OpenGL, ensure "eselect opengl list" shows nvidia selected. > > -- > Joost > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. I enabled the vdpau USE flag globally and re-emerged the ones with changed flags. It wasn't many but got most video related stuff. I then set it up in Smplayer, will do VLC and others shortly. I checked this a few days ago and at the time, only nvidia was listed with eselect so it was set to nvidia. When I checked it just now, I had two, nvidia and xorg-x11, and xorg was selected for some reason. I set it back to nvidia as it should be. I just restarted Smplayer and the CPU is sitting at almost nothing when playing a video and using vdpau. I can't tell much difference between when I am playing a video and when I'm not really. However, while sound is working, the video is iffy at best. It sort of comes and goes. I've tried different video file formats but get the same when using vdpau. When I change it back to gl or something else, it works like it should. That said, when using say gl (fast), the CPU is almost nothing now. I suspect it was the eselect opengl setting that was making things not work right. I'll keep playing with the vdpau driver when I have time. I'm not sure how much improvement it will bring but if it should be used, I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the help. Since I had already checked that eselect setting, I didn't think it would be wrong. As I've said before, it's those silly little things that messes things up. :/ Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage
On January 12, 2019 8:02:48 AM UTC, Andrew Udvare wrote: > > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: >> Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has a >fair >> resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the same amount of CPU power >as >> Smplayer. I can't tell any difference even with the same video. It >> appears that it may be something besides the player. > >You have to go into settings and make sure VDPAU is enabled. You need >to enable the vdpau USE flag. I have it set globally. Also, for OpenGL, ensure "eselect opengl list" shows nvidia selected. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: [gentoo-user] Playing video and CPU usage
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 12, 2019, at 02:12, Dale wrote: > Just for giggles, I used VLC for a bit to play a video. It has a fair > resolution and is a .mp4. It uses about the same amount of CPU power as > Smplayer. I can't tell any difference even with the same video. It > appears that it may be something besides the player. You have to go into settings and make sure VDPAU is enabled. You need to enable the vdpau USE flag. I have it set globally.
