[MPlayer-matrox] mga_vid with 2.6.24?

[ael]

Attila Kinali wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:41:25 +0000
> ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
>> Attila Kinali wrote:
>>> On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:00:04 +0000
>>> ael <law_ence.dev at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just checked out mga_vid from the svn and tried to compile against 2.6.24.
>>>>
>>>> It failed with a complaint that
>>>> 'struct kobject' has no member named 'name'
>>> Yes, old cruft failing on us.
>>>
>>> svn up
>> Built new version. I am having a small problem with udev creating
>> /dev/mga_vid/0 and a symlink to /dev/mga0 while my (debian etch) mplayer
>>  is looking for /dev/mga and failing by hitting the directory.

Typos above :-) I meant /dev/mga_vid0 and /dev/mga_vid0.

> mplayer checks in ./configure whether /dev/mga_vid exists,
> if it does (x)mga is compiled. At runtime it tries to access
> /dev/mga_div. This looks like you have not properly configured
> your udev subsystem. Have you read README.udev?

Yes. I was using that rule and I  am now using the debian mga_vid rule
which seems to be the same.

>> I have pulled down the svn version of mplayer and am now compiling that
>> just in case it is old mplayer code. Otherwise I will have to start
>> debugging udev configuration and rules, I suppose. Is this a known issue?
> 
> Nope, i use udev at home and it works fine.

Ok, Thanks for the reply. I will reach for udevmonitor and so on if need
be.

ael