+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #23066 +++ I have an intel i810 chipset. When running mplayer with -vo sdl or -vo xv all that appears is a blue square. -vo x11 works, but has no hardware scaling. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. mplayer -vo xv (some video file) Actual Results: A blue window appeared Expected Results: A window wth the video should have appeared video card: intel i810 Portage 2.0.48-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.2.2, glibc-2.3.1-r4) ================================================================= System uname: 2.4.20-gentoo-r5 i686 Celeron (Coppermine) GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/qmail/control /usr/share/config /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb:/usr/kde/3.1/share/config:/usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="x86 oss 3dnow apm avi gif jpeg libg++ mikmod mpeg ncurses nls pdflib png quicktime spell xml2 xmms xv gdbm berkdb slang readline arts tetex svga java guile sdl gpm tcpd pam libwww ssl python esd imlib qt motif opengl mozilla cdr cups tcltk X gtk -gnome alsa kde crypt emacs encode ipv6 mmx oggvorbis perl truetype zlib" COMPILER="gcc3" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -mcpu=i686 -pipe" ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" MAKEOPTS="-j2" AUTOCLEAN="yes" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="sandbox ccache" --------------------- I have the same problem here. Only 3 years later.. Should be fixed right now, huh? Only one thing is a little different: First I get a blue sqaure where the video should be, then X crashes. Respawns, Crashes and so on. More information can be found here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-3621926.html#3621926 I was unable to reopen the bug, so I cloned it.
Which driver and version are you using? Which mplayer version? Hard to guess...
xf86-video-i810 1.7.0 mplayer 1.0_pre8-r1 xorg-x11 7.1 kernel 2.6.17-r8 (same with .18) Happens with any videofile. All other versions are the latest (emerge -uD yesterday)
Vesa driver works. As I mentioned in the link to the gentoo-forum.
Just in case noone reads my post in the forum. EVERY player crashes with the same behavior. At least mplayer, vlc and kaffeine. All unstable and latest versions.
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5774 I think this is it. I guess I'll have to wait until this is 'in' gentoo.
So, does the new driver referenced in the upstream bug fix it? (I mean http://www.fairlite.demon.co.uk/intel.html).
(In reply to comment #6) I was unable to load the binary driver. The X server just said "No Driver" in the log. I just replaced the old file with new one (and made a backup). Sorry. But the referenced discussion is exactly about what will happen if I watch a video with xvideo.
Solved it. I had CONFIG_DRM_I810 and not CONFIG_DRM_I915 in my kernel-config. The line for the I915 driver is a bit confusing and only shows I8xx and no I915. Took a while for me to recognize that I can choose between I830 OR I915 when I enable it. Should be made more clear in my opinion. I dont know if this is a bug or not (the crashing X server) so i don't change the status here. Someone with more knowledge about this do this please.
I believe this is expected behaviour. The i810 driver is only intended for i810 chips specifically. Using the menu-driven kernel configuration makes the driver selection a tad clearer ('make menuconfig').
