I just finished working backwards towards "stock" RH 7.3 in an attempt
to figure out where the problem was.
With stock RH 7.3 and DRI disabled: run xine, select file, play; runs on
a sample unencrypted mpg
With stock RH 7.3 and DRI enabled: run xine, select file; X crashes,
restarts and returns me to login.
With GATOS ati.2 binaries installed and DRI disabled: run xine, select
file; machine locks up.
With GATOS ati.2 binaries installed and DRI enabled: run xine, select
file; machine locks up; run ogle, select file; machine locks up.
With GATOS ati.2 binaries installed and drm module installed: same lockups.
With GATOS ati.2 binaries installed: xawtv runs fine.
In all cases, glxgears runs fine.
In all cases, all other use so far (Gimp, etc.) work just fine.
I also tried the above with and without libdvdcss, libdvdread rpms
installed and got the same results.
This is very, very frustrating. I'm trying to support a "windows wienie"
with a desire to come into the light and I am not instilling any confidence.
Now my question is is there any video with tv or video card plus tv card
which actually works for TV, DVD, and, of course, normal use?
Is there such a card and/or combination that works via stock RH 7.3 plus
some rpms (that is without having to get into building custom kernels,
custom xfree86, etc.)?
I could have purchased half-a-dozen video/tv cards and/or software for
the time I've wasted.
R.Parr
Temporal Arts
