[MPlayer-users] mga_vid VT switching hangs

[Ryan Underwood]

Hi,

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 12:15:06PM -0500, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 08:21:57AM -0600, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Just a quick and silly question:  does anyone know if there is a
> > limitation in mga_vid's design, that causes a dead system when switching
> > to a VT from X while mplayer is using it?  Of course, this is one of
> > those things where the obvious solution is "Don't do that then", but I'm
> > curious if I'm the only one that has that problem. :)
> > 
> > I have a G400MAX running dualhead with Matrox HAL, kernel 2.4.22,
>                                          ^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> This is probably the problem.

I understand the "red flag", but are people without the HAL able to
switch to VT and back while using mga_vid?

-- 
Ryan Underwood, <nemesis at icequake.net>