Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 07:44:06 +0100 From: Martin Faxér <gmh003532@brfmasthugget.se> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015203102.21e367@mired.org> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mplayer with svgalib? Message-ID: <20020227074406.2aabd607.gmh003532@brfmasthugget.se> In-Reply-To: <15484.11677.690871.629877@guru.mired.org> References: <15484.11677.690871.629877@guru.mired.org>
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:51:41 -0600 "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1015203102.21e367@mired.org> wrote: > Has anyone managed to get mplayer working with svgalib? How about > anything working with svgalib? It always seems to fail with "don't > have a graphics capable console and can't get one". I checked the FAQ, > and it doesn't work if I run the test utilities that the port doesn't > install, nor does it work if I run them as root with the console owned > by root. SVGALib has worked fine for me on both -STABLE and -CURRENT, utilizing an S3 Savage4 graphics chipset on both -STABLE and -CURRENT, and an NVIDIA GeForce2 MX graphics chipset on -CURRENT. I guess some suggestions would be to make sure that your securelevel isn't set to anything higher than -1 and that you've got SVGALib set up correctly in /usr/local/etc/vga/libvga.config. > > I get the feeling there's a kernel option required for this that I've > not got set. As far as I know you don't need to set any special kernel options to get it running... > > FWIW, mplayer works fine under X. But I need it for a system that I'd > rather not install X on... > > Thanx, > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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