From owner-freebsd-multimedia Thu Jan 29 22:04:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA28461 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:04:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA28454 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:04:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA01676; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:04:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 22:04:37 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Randall Hopper cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fxtv & XFree3.3.1 = bad vidmodes In-Reply-To: <19980129094906.04518@ct.picker.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" cc: pruned, new topic. On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Randall Hopper wrote: > So fxtv won't do on-the-fly video mode switching and viewport setting so > that full screen video really is "full screen". You'll have to manually > flip modes down/up to 640x480 with the X mode hot keys (assuming AccelX > supports this), and move your cursor around to scroll the desktop and get > the video window centered on your screen. While you're mentioning that particular feature, upgrading to Xfree86 3.3.1 seems to have broken it on my machine. It was working okay with 3.2. Or was it when I upgraded fxtv..? 1. When entering fullscreen mode, the window is off-center; I have to hunt for it. 2. WHen exiting fullscreen mode, the display is scrambled, like the clock is out of sync. Switching modes and back remedies the problem. I didn't change window managers then, but I am on kde now and was on fvwm. Are these known problems with newer XFrees, or do I need an upgrade? XFree86 Version 3.3.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: August 4 1997 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386 Configured drivers: Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (using VT number 9) and ... FreeBSD gdi.uoregon.edu 2.2.5-971020-BETA FreeBSD 2.2.5-971020-BETA #3: Mon Jan 19 16:25:14 PST 1998 dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu:/u1/src-strip/sys/compile/GDI-W-STRIP i386 and finally ... fxtv 0.45 Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major