Everything is BLACK... RedHat 7.0, w/- XFree 4.1, ATI Rage Mob & GLibC 2.2

[Hamish Marson]

nick lidakis wrote:

> Hamish Marson wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Sorry to xpost, but I just can't get the video to be stable using
> > 0.2.82...
> >
> > I have Redhat (Or originally redhat) 7.0, with XFree 4.1, glibc 2.2.3,
> > on an IBM Thinkpad A20p. The video is an ATI Rage Mobility 128. SDL
> > games such as Alpha Centauri work fine using SDL, but Videolan (vlc)
> > just displays a black picture...
> >
> > I thought I'd discovered a fix by openeing the preferences & setting the
> > gamma to 5.0 then hitting apply before trying to play the DVD, but when
> > I got home (All excited) I discovered it had reverted back to no video
> > again... The window appears to be working OK, except the gamma just
> > seems to be getting ignored (Almost always) and just setting all the
> > pixels to 0...
> >
> > Does anyone else have this problem? I've tried changing the default
> > gamma in config.h to 5.0, no changes... It's almost like something is
> > over-writing it...
> >
> > --
> >
> > I don't suffer from Insanity...
> >         I enjoy every minute of it...
>
> Use xvideo with this chipset, dvd playback is superb and is supported in
> Xfree 4.0.x and 4.1.x.

I tried xvideo as well. Exactly the same... The thing that gets me is that is
DID work the very first time I tried it (Chapter 3 on Lost in Space, Region
2), but then quit... Last night I thought I'd found a way to get it going by
setting the gamma to 5.0, and that worked for several goes (Also Lost in
Space), but then when I got home, and tried it again the black window appears
again...

I've had a look (And a hack) at the source... I'm not too sure what's going
on... The code seems to ignore the default gamma value in config.h... And
when i check the value ot f_gamma in the setup routines (SetGammaTable), the
f_gamma is set to NAN (Not A Number)... Resetting it at that stage has no
effect either... It's a bit perplexing...

Oh. I also run my XServer at 24 bits... And the default vlc depth is 15 (Or
16) bits... Possibly a problem? Here's my xdpyinfo output if anyone's
interested...

[root at ballbreaker vlc-0.2.82]# xdpyinfo
name of display:    :0.0
version number:    11.0
vendor string:    The XFree86 Project, Inc
vendor release number:    40100000
XFree86 version: 4.1.0
maximum request size:  4194300 bytes
motion buffer size:  256
bitmap unit, bit order, padding:    32, LSBFirst, 32
image byte order:    LSBFirst
number of supported pixmap formats:    7
supported pixmap formats:
    depth 1, bits_per_pixel 1, scanline_pad 32
    depth 4, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 8, bits_per_pixel 8, scanline_pad 32
    depth 15, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 16, bits_per_pixel 16, scanline_pad 32
    depth 24, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
    depth 32, bits_per_pixel 32, scanline_pad 32
keycode range:    minimum 8, maximum 255
focus:  window 0x1c0000e, revert to PointerRoot
number of extensions:    29
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    DPMS
    Extended-Visual-Information
    FontCache
    GLX
    LBX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RECORD
    RENDER
    SECURITY
    SGI-GLX
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    X3D-PEX
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XFree86-Bigfont
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XIE
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XTEST
    XVideo
default screen number:    0
number of screens:    1

screen #0:
  dimensions:    1400x1050 pixels (474x356 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch
  depths (7):    24, 1, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
  root window id:    0x32
  depth of root window:    24 planes
  number of colormaps:    minimum 1, maximum 1
  default colormap:    0x20
  default number of colormap cells:    256
  preallocated pixels:    black 0, white 16777215
  options:    backing-store NO, save-unders NO
  largest cursor:    64x64
  current input event mask:    0x5a207f
    KeyPressMask             KeyReleaseMask           ButtonPressMask
    ButtonReleaseMask        EnterWindowMask          LeaveWindowMask
    PointerMotionMask        ButtonMotionMask         StructureNotifyMask
    SubstructureNotifyMask   SubstructureRedirectMask PropertyChangeMask
  number of visuals:    4
  default visual id:  0x23
  visual:
    visual id:    0x23
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x24
    class:    TrueColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x25
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits
  visual:
    visual id:    0x26
    class:    DirectColor
    depth:    24 planes
    available colormap entries:    256 per subfield
    red, green, blue masks:    0xff0000, 0xff00, 0xff
    significant bits in color specification:    8 bits


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I don't suffer from Insanity...
        I enjoy every minute of it...