[MPlayer-dev-eng] New patched svgalib_helper-1.9.23 that works with kernel 2.6

[Vladimir Mosgalin]

Hi Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski!

 On 2005.11.13 at 03:49:47 +0100, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote next:

> I'm sure many remember this patched version of svgalib's kernel helper
> that allows vidix to access the vga without root priviledges.
> 
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/contrib/svgalib/
> 
> I'm also sure many remember that there were problems ever since kernel 2.6
> came out.
> 
> Well, I'm happy to announce that the latest (1.9.23) svgalib kernel helper
> works (almost [1]) fine and I have patched it the same way Alex did
> 1.9.17. Tarball attached. Someone please post it under the above URL.

> [1] Well, I seem to get picture corruption if I play movies larger
> than 640x480 but I think it may be due to limited video memory.

With unpatched helper (what's the point in patching it, anyway? You just
extract svgalib source, go to kernel/svgalib_helper, "make; make
install; cp svgalib_helper.h <someone where mplayer will find it>" and
it works) I have no problems with large movies, like 800x450 or
1920x1080.

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Vladimir