Bug#271235: [Fwd: Re: No video output after upgrading a Debian/unstable system]

[Valette Eric <eric.valette@free.fr>]

At least you can see that I'm not alone with this problem...

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• Subject: Re: No video output after upgrading a Debian/unstable system
• From: Dirk <Dirk.vanhertem(DOEDITWEG)@ieee.org.invalid>
• Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:15:40 +0200
• Message-id: <pan.2004.09.15.23.15.37.309326@ieee.org.invalid>
• References: <da6c7921.0409150113.7e449d97@posting.google.com> <41483044$0$17718$626a14ce@news.free.fr>

Op Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:06:27 +0200, schreef Valette Eric de volgende
woorden:

> J.S.Sahambi wrote:
>> I have been using Mplayer 1.0pre5 without any problem. Two days back I
>> upgarded my debian/unstable (2.4.26-1-686) with dselect and now when I
>> play a file with mplayer a window opens but there is no video. 
> 
> This is a known bug with the last nvidia drivers in debian unstable. One 
> solution is to downgrade the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o 
> using the one in sarge.
> 
> See :
> <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=271235>
> 
> Work is underway to go forward instead of backward by using the X.org 
> version of the driver...

Ah thanks, that is why i can only play movies on my left screen
(ati) and not on my right one (nvidia).

Dirk


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