[MPlayer-dev-eng] -vo fbdev

[D Richard Felker III]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 10:45:35AM +0200, Jacek Rembisz wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a question regarding to vo_fbdev driver.
> 
> it does:
> 
>         if (fb_tty_fd >= 0 && ioctl(fb_tty_fd, KDSETMODE, KD_GRAPHICS) < 0) {
>                 if (verbose > 0)
>                         printf(FBDEV "Can't set graphics mode: %s\n", strerror(errno));
>                 close(fb_tty_fd);
>                 fb_tty_fd = -1;
>         }
> 
> with /dev/tty
> 
> What it this good for or need for?
> It looks like this code locks my console preventing me from 
> switching to other console while movie playback and
> also i cannot see mesages about processor usage etc.

IMO this should definitely be optional, at least. One workaround for
the time being is to run mplayer inside a screen session. In fact,
it's a good idea to run everything in screen! :)

Rich