Re: bttv, tdfx, XFree86 4.0.2, DGA(overlay), xawtv 3.38

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"Ho-sang Song" <telmewhy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1. SWIN problem
>     First, I ioctled GCAP and there was VID_TYPE_OVERLAY. next, GFBUF-SFBUF-GWIN-SWIN. ( I've got DGA base address from X server using XF86DGAGetVideoLL function and passed it to video_window's base member. )
> But when I ioctled SWIN, it returned -1. so I can't start capture.

Is your program suid root ? IIRC you need privileges to query/use the
DGA extension and stuff...

> 2. xawtv
>     I've got xawtv from Gerd's page, and 'rpm -ta'ed and installed all progs using -Uvh switch. Running xawtv, it told me that ...
> -----message-------
>   image format list for port 43
> inux/i686 (2.2.18)
> Xv: using port 42 for video
>     0x32315659 (YV12) planar
>     0x30323449 (I420) planar
> Xv: no usable image format found (port 43)
> The app-defaults file is not correctly installed.
> Your fault (core dumped)
> ---------------------

Hmm.. and you have "dri" and "v4l" in the modules list in XF86Config -4 ?
See the manual for the app-defaults file (or my post to the list
last week).

> 3. dga executable binary from XFree 4.0.2
>     It is 'small program  testing DGA extension'. In addition to manual ( man dga ), it should display some information and fill the screen with a different color by key stroke.
> But not my case. No information, and after keystroke(except q:quit) all system operation halted (screen filled with some color).

Err.. does it lock-up your system or can you exit by pressing "q" ?
On this machine the screen just blanks but pressing "q" exits alright.
I don't think you have to worry about that unless it 
completeley freezes the machine.


HTH a bit,
--
Ragga





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