Billy Biggs writes: > John Coppens (jcoppens@xxxxxxx): > > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002 09:43:31 -0500 (EST) > > Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Get the updates sis driver modules and you'll get Xv > > > > Did an update to 4.2.1, which, I suppose is what you referred to, and found > > in the log file: > > > > (II) Loading extension XVideo > > (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation > > (II) LoadModule: "freetype" > > (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a > > > > but still the same output from 'tvtime': > > > > sdloutput: Can't get a hardware YUY2 overlay surface, giving up. > > tvtime: SDL failed to initialize: no video output available. > > Just because X loads the extensions does not mean that the driver > provides XVideo surfaces. That just means that the 'xvinfo' application > has someone to talk to. :/ > > It may be that you need a CVS version of XFree86 (even _newer_) but > that's just speculation. I'm actually not really sure what Alan meant. > > Alan: did you mean the kernel modules (like is some DRI support > required for Xv with sis?)? > You can find the latest SiS drivers and information at http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml. Xv worked for me with the SS51 Spacewalker, but I put in an AGP card now, so I don't know if yuy2 is supported. Marcus -- /--------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Dr. Marcus O.C. Metzler | | |--------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | mocm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | http://www.metzlerbros.de/ | \--------------------------------------------------------------------/
