video playback corruption

[Shaya Potter <spotter@cs.columbia.edu>]

I've been seeing a problem recently (I've only had the laptop since
"recently", so it never worked) when playing certian video (mpeg1 or
avi's) on my laptop (thinkpad t-21, with a s3 savage/IX-MV).  When I
play a DVD in xine, everything works fine, but when I try to play any
other file, I basically get a messed up overlay + correct sound.  what I
mean by "messed up overlay" is that instead of just the solid blue
screen, I get a "marbalized" blue/green screen.

Has anyone else seen this?  I'm suprised it works fine for DVDs

thanks,

shaya potter