Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer directfb permissions?

2011-04-26 Thread Indi
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:30:02AM +0200, Mick wrote: On Monday 25 April 2011 23:38:04 Indi wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 05:50:01PM +0200, Indi wrote: ...using the directfb for vo gives sterling results, with the worst files playing happily in sync just like I always dreamed -- but

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer directfb permissions?

2011-04-26 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 26 April 2011 14:34:05 Indi wrote: On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:30:02AM +0200, Mick wrote: On Monday 25 April 2011 23:38:04 Indi wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 05:50:01PM +0200, Indi wrote: ...using the directfb for vo gives sterling results, with the worst files playing

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer directfb permissions?

2011-04-26 Thread Indi
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 09:10:02PM +0200, Mick wrote: Are you running KMS in the kernel and have you emerged x11-drivers/radeon- ucode (not sure if your card needs it) as per: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml No. I have a pretty straight kernel, and my video card specified in

[gentoo-user] mplayer directfb permissions?

2011-04-25 Thread Indi
Greetings, My old thinkpad is showing its age lately, especially when using mplayer to play avi or mkv files. Fooling around with various options and config arguments has revealed that using the directfb for vo gives sterling results, with the worst files playing happily in sync just like I

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer directfb permissions?

2011-04-25 Thread Indi
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 05:50:01PM +0200, Indi wrote: ...using the directfb for vo gives sterling results, with the worst files playing happily in sync just like I always dreamed -- but only as root! Obviously there's a permissions issue somewhere... Oh jeepers, I've made a silly error

Re: [gentoo-user] mplayer directfb permissions?

2011-04-25 Thread Mick
On Monday 25 April 2011 23:38:04 Indi wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 05:50:01PM +0200, Indi wrote: ...using the directfb for vo gives sterling results, with the worst files playing happily in sync just like I always dreamed -- but only as root! Obviously there's a permissions issue