Re: anyone playing DVDs?
"S.Salman Ahmed" <ssahmed@pathcom.com> writes:
> >>>>> "Krzys" == Krzys Majewski <majewski@cs.ubc.ca> writes:
> Krzys> What's with the "failed to initialize X shared memory
> Krzys> extension" stuff? How can I fix this? I'm running 3.3.6,
> Krzys> which is supposed to work, albeit without Xv. Upgrading to
> Krzys> 4.* is too much of a nightmare to even think about right now.
> Krzys>
>
> (chris, no need to CC: me. I am subscribed to the list.)
>
> It seems that your XFree configuration isn't properly setup for MIT-SHM
> (The MIT Shared Memory Extension). I don't know much about MIT-SHM since
> I am running XFree88-4.0.2 and the Xv extensions work very well on my
> system.
Turns out there is a bug where if xine doesn't shutdown properly, it
doesn't return the shared memory. Rebooting helped, perhaps restarting
X would have as well.
> You might have to RTM to figure out how to setup X for MIT-SHM. Not sure
> why you didn't hear any audio (are you sure your speakers are plugged in
> and powered on :P).
Turns out it works if I do a 'xine -A oss' (a lucky guess).
> Also try xine-0.3.7 which is the current stable release. 4.0.1 is
> considered a development snapshot even though it sports lots of
> improvements under the hood.
I might try that as well. I'm subscribed to the xine list now, so I'll
likely take further questions there..
-chris
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