Re: SOLUTION: dvd player*s* show twice same half screen

[Arie Folger]

I wrote:
I did not try reinstalling RH7.3, but got it right anyway, although only with
mplayer.

Well, this is incorrect. This is what happens when you leave a message a 
little too long in the drafts folder.

I did install a RedHat 7.3 partition, which was important in discovering what 
software cases the problem. However, as I indicated further in the post, I 
found out all I needed to do was copy one file, and voila, all dvd playing 
software plays correctly, now.

Cheers,

Arie

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It is absurd to seek to give an account of the matter to a man 
who cannot himself give an account of anything; for insofar as
he is already like this, such a man is no better than a vegetable.
   -- Book IV of Aristotle's Metaphysics

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SOLUTION: dvd player*s* show twice same half screen

[Arie Folger]

I did not try reinstalling RH7.3, but got it right anyway, although only with 
mplayer.

The problem (for future reference, for google searches):
I installed xine, videolan::client (vlc), ogle and mplayer, all from 
freshrpms.net, all for RedHat 8.0. All dependency problems where solved. 
However, when I tried to play DVDs, instead of getting a normal image, I saw 
only half the image. The half image was displayed twice, in the same window, 
and the two copies where of differing quality. All DVD playing software 
mentioned above showed the same problem.

The reason:
Somehow they all try to display using the XV video output driver, which, on my 
machine, seems not to work (I am eager to know if yours works and if you know 
why mine doesn't).

The SOLUTION:
copy /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/trident_drv.o (or whatever driver you use. 
The problem seems restricted to the trident card) from a RH7.3 partition to 
your RH8.0 system.

Note: the problem has been diagnosed on Gentoo as well, so it is not a RH only 
issue.

Thank Chris Frey for the solution.

Arie Folger



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