On Son, 2003-01-19 at 00:16, David Brown wrote: > > Has anyone had any luck getting Xv to work with a Radeon 8500, using > XFree86 on Linux 2.4 / PowerPC? > > I'm able to load the server extension fine; any application that uses Xv > looks like it creates a hardware overlay, but the video surface just > stays black. The video is being put somewhere, but certainly not on the > screen.
What version(s) of XFree86 have you tried? Xv on 8500s has only been fixed after 4.2, so you'd have to use current CVS, or maybe there are snapshot binaries for your distribution. (You'd also get working 3D acceleration as a bonus :) -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
