[MPlayer-users] Some bugs occured at my PC

[Nick Kurshev]

Hello, Brian!

On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 10:51:05 -0500 you wrote:

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 04:23:49PM +0100, GАbor LИnАrt wrote:
> > 
> > You may want to use vo vesa on console
> > only. I see only one benefit of vesa over other drivers: dual head capabilites
> > like it's written in the dox.
> 
> I was going to ask about this.  Is it somewhere in the docs that
> describes how to run X11 on a secondary display/head and run VESA
> Mplayer on the console (where if I may ask)?
> 
What you mean by console?
If text mode - then simply run mplayer -vo vesa from text mode and be happy

> The problem I am seeing is that when I start X11 from a console and
> the only display that X11 uses is the secondary head (i.e. not the
> display I typed "startx" on) the console display becomes unusable
> (goes black in fact) while X11 is running.  I can Alt-Shift-F1 to get
> to it and use it but while X11 is running, no can do.
> 
Read xinerama docs

> Will Mplayer with VESA work on that "blacked out" console while X11 is
> running?
> 
Probably mplayer's VESA will kill X11 after terminating ;)

> > But I think whatever that fact you want to use
> > vesa you shouldn't use it under X11. Since (imho) we can't check if it's
> > safe to use vo vesa under X11 we should disable it. Or at least we should
> > use a switch to enable vesa under X11. If the user find this stable, (s)he
> > can push to switch into the config file. Or something similar ...
> 
> Is it even unsafe if the X11 display and the console/VESA display are
> not the same?
> 
NEVER :)
> b.
> 
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> Brian J. Murrell
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Best regards! Nick