On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:14 AM, George R Goffe <grgo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Howdy, > > I'm having trouble with my laptop. The mplayer folks say it's because Xv is > not configured properly. > > Here's the xvinfo output: > > xvinfo > X-Video Extension version 2.2 > screen #0 > no adaptors present (note the spelling error?) > > I'm using an external monitor but I think it's connected to the system board. > lspci | grep vga gives: > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [Mobility > FireGL V5250] > > Does anyone know what's going on and what I need to do to resolve this > problem please? > > Check dmesg. Xv requires the command processor to be set up on r5xx+ with requires that the radeon drm be loaded. Some distros require the linux-firmware package for the ucode required for the cp. Alex > > Regards, > > George... > > > > "It's not what you know that hurts you, It's what you know that ain't so." > Wil Rogers > > _______________________________________________ > xorg@lists.freedesktop.org: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg >
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