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Ivion n00b
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 45 Location: Amsterdam
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Well, everything is working fine here with XDirectFB...really nice. ^_^
But now I want to run mplayer in XDirectFB, just like mplayer when you use XFree86 (so just type the command in a term and it 'pops' up). I've tried different kinds of -vo settings, tough none of them worked (or they screwed up my XDirectFB in a way, or they returned no image or they crashed). Has anyone have experience with this? Because I'dd really like to get it working.
Or is the speed when playing videos with(in) XDirectFB not suffecient? If that's the case, can some of you offer a different solution?
Many Thanks. |
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brazilian_joe Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 14 Mar 2003 Posts: 99
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 7:47 pm Post subject: video is OK, but what about the mouse? |
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I made it work all right, but the mouse crazes out, just like it did on Xfree before I configured it correctly.
It uses IMPS/2 on Xfree, I thought XdirectFB would use that setting, but it is not.
Where do i configure it? Or the drivers simply dont exist? |
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paramthegreat Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 12 Aug 2002 Posts: 78
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2003 9:33 pm Post subject: changing transparency in directfb w/o wheel mouse |
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hi all,
i have a three button mouse but not a wheel mouse. how can i change the transparency of any application dynamically. i do not want that i preset all the applications to a specific transparency level.
thanx,
param. _________________ Parminder
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nerdbert l33t
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 981 Location: Berlin
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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Lockup wrote: |
-the cursor leaves a black trail behind it, as if i was selecting stuff in a term(i mean for the "style" of the black crap it leaves....vertical rectangles the size of an eterm char buffer)
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had a similar problem - xdirectfb doesn't deactivate gpm, so I had to do it manually:
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/etc/init.d/gpm stop
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snutte Apprentice
Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 181 Location: Sweden, Malmö
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Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2003 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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This is kinda nice. |
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dantrevino Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 92 Location: Florida, USA
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 5:11 pm Post subject: next step? |
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Ok, it works great. I have Gnome2 running under directxfb. Now how do I make my menus translucent? _________________ embrace the wrevolution
http://wrevolution.org/ |
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Ian l33t
Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Posts: 834 Location: Somerville, MA
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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does directxfb support dual heading, similar to xinerama from xfree?
the reason i ask is that it's the only reason keeping me from trying directxfb, because i finally got xinerama working (not perfectly, but good enough) and i don't know if i can go back to just one monitor :p (oh, the horror!). if it doesn't have dual monitor support, would anyone know when it's planned to be added? |
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dantrevino Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 92 Location: Florida, USA
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Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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Ian wrote: | does directxfb support dual heading, similar to xinerama from xfree?
the reason i ask is that it's the only reason keeping me from trying directxfb, because i finally got xinerama working (not perfectly, but good enough) and i don't know if i can go back to just one monitor :p (oh, the horror!). if it doesn't have dual monitor support, would anyone know when it's planned to be added? |
I dont know much about the project, but according to this (http://www.directfb.org/download/DirectFB/NEWS) they "Enabled acceleration for the second head of a dual head Matrox card." as of version 0.9.13. So my guess is yes. But there is a mailing list ( http://www.directfb.org/mailinglists.xml ) where they might be able to answer better. And even archives of that list ( http://www.directfb.org/mailinglists/directfb-users/ ).
dan _________________ embrace the wrevolution
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lurid Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 595 Location: Florida
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 5:25 am Post subject: |
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Ok, I got this working no problem. Well ok, so there is one problem. Framebuffer refresh rates suck is pretty much the conclution I'm comming to. I was using rivafb first and I can't seem to get it above 640x480.. some reading told me its not able to go higher than that. Alright, fine.. back to vesa. Well, evidently vesa can't have a refresh higher than 60hz for 1280x1024 (read it somewhere in the bootsplash thread). Right. So the framebuffer, for any decent res, makes my eyes fall out. Really nice idea in theroy, but having transulcent windows isn't worth making my eyeballs fall out. No, seriously. My eyes have been aching for the last 30 minutes. They are going to fall out. |
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Ian l33t
Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Posts: 834 Location: Somerville, MA
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 10:05 am Post subject: |
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well, i have an art radeon 8500, and i do remember seeing that ati cards were supported, so maybe i'll get lucky and it'll work. unfortunately, gnome stopped working for me a few days ago, so i need to get that working first... |
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dantrevino Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Jul 2002 Posts: 92 Location: Florida, USA
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Posted: Thu May 08, 2003 9:18 pm Post subject: mouse acceleration? CTRL-ALT-F2? |
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Two things:
1. Everything works great, but my mouse moves too slow for me. I'm running GNOME, and maxed out the mouse accel control to no avail. How can I accelerate my mouse movement?
2. How can I change to another console once I've started GNOME? CTRL-ALT-Fx doesnt work.
dan _________________ embrace the wrevolution
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fimblo Guru
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 306 Location: European Union, Stockholm
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2003 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hmm. I've read all about xdirectfb, it sounds great, and the screenshots are incredible. But when I follow the instructions in the beginning of this thread, and get to emerging xdirectfb, I get:
Code: | waoh xdirectfb# ACCEPT_HEYWORDS="~x86" emerge xdirectfb-1.0_rc4.ebuild
Calculating dependencies \
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy ">=dev-libs/DirectFB-0.9.17" have been masked.
!!! (dependency required by "x11-base/xdirectfb-1.0_rc4" [ebuild])
!!! Error calculating dependancies. Please correct.
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esapersona n00b
Joined: 17 May 2003 Posts: 16 Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Will this fb stuff still work with the opengl stuff? (QuakeIII, Chromium, etc..) |
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lurid Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 595 Location: Florida
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Posted: Sat May 17, 2003 9:07 am Post subject: |
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fimblo wrote: | Code: | waoh xdirectfb# ACCEPT_HEYWORDS="~x86" emerge xdirectfb-1.0_rc4.ebuild
Calculating dependencies \
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy ">=dev-libs/DirectFB-0.9.17" have been masked.
!!! (dependency required by "x11-base/xdirectfb-1.0_rc4" [ebuild])
!!! Error calculating dependancies. Please correct.
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Try it again, and this time spell KEYWORDS correctly. |
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fimblo Guru
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 306 Location: European Union, Stockholm
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fimblo Guru
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 306 Location: European Union, Stockholm
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Posted: Mon May 19, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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hullo prolly another stupid question, here goes:
I compiled xdirectfb, and when I want to start it, I type XDirectFB and I get this blue screen like hhaamu discovered. he solved the problem by waiting a while (at least thats what it seemed like he did). I've waited like 30 seconds or so, and still nothing.
I've passed vga=828 video=vesa:mtrr,ywrap to the kernel (828 looks best on my system, I've got a s3 supersavage (I've got an IBM t23 laptop)).
I've got an .xinitrc file, with my windowmanager in it (waimea).
How do I start my windowmanager?
EDIT: doh, I ran startxdfb and it worked after a while:)
Another question- I've seen some people talk of other frameuffers, other than vesafb (like rivafb etc). I've also seen (in other forums) people write video=savagefb. the question is- does anyone with a savage card know what flags to pass to the kernel so that it maximizes the hardware acceleration of my video card?
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MADcow l33t
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 742 Location: RIT (Henrietta, New York, United States)
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 11:31 pm Post subject: recompile?! |
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need i recompile all of my apps that have been compiled for X? |
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fimblo Guru
Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 306 Location: European Union, Stockholm
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CoronaLover Retired Dev
Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 163 Location: Rosh-ha'ayin, Israel
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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tips for NVIDIA users:
1. user rivafb
2. make sure you have "desktop-buffer-mode=backsystem" in your .directfbrc this will speed up XDirectFB ALLOT! |
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nerdbert l33t
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 981 Location: Berlin
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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2003 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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CoronaLover wrote: | tips for NVIDIA users:
1. user rivafb
2. make sure you have "desktop-buffer-mode=backsystem" in your .directfbrc this will speed up XDirectFB ALLOT! |
good hint, but rivafb crashes my computer (I'm using a GF3) |
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MADcow l33t
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Posts: 742 Location: RIT (Henrietta, New York, United States)
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:04 am Post subject: dissappointed |
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ok, the clear windows are cool, but it sucks with enlightenment; none of the effects work (E effects). my background is replaced by this lame solid blue thing, i cant click on my e desktop for my menu, i only have one virtual desktop, and tuxracer is slow ass ass....
im back to xfree... |
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Frozenwings n00b
Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 47
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 2:10 am Post subject: |
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So no 3d acceleration? It's one thing that keeps me from trying this... |
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nerdbert l33t
Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 981 Location: Berlin
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: dissappointed |
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MADcow wrote: | ok, the clear windows are cool, but it sucks with enlightenment; none of the effects work (E effects). my background is replaced by this lame solid blue thing, i cant click on my e desktop for my menu, i only have one virtual desktop, and tuxracer is slow ass ass....
im back to xfree... |
didn't know this is specific to enlightenment (which I use), but it definately sucks.
However, this stuff seems to be quite experimental right now and I don't want to blame the guys behind it at this stage of the development. |
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discomfitor l33t
Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 927 Location: None
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | tips for NVIDIA users:
1. user rivafb |
how do you use rivafb? I've tried enabling it as various things in the kernel, but I can't seem to get my grub lines correct. _________________ There is no substitute for experience.
Imperfection indicates a lack of effort. |
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CoronaLover Retired Dev
Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 163 Location: Rosh-ha'ayin, Israel
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Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2003 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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i just added video=rivafb:1024x768-16@85 , this is on 2.5.70 kernel. on 2.4 I think you should replace rivafb with riva |
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