Bug#770665: libxvidcore4: Xvideo not working

[Michel Dänzer <michel@daenzer.net>]

On 26.11.2014 08:02, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
> Ok I have made some headway. Thanks to  friend and the Ubuntu PowerPC
> wiki I have been able to get Xvid working. Here is what I had to do. At
> yaboot:
> Linux "video=radeonfb:off radeon.agpmode=-1 radeon.modeset=1
> radeon.dpm=1 video=offb:off"

I suppose radeon.agpmode=-1 made the difference. You can also try 
radeon.agpmode=1, if that's stable it should perform better. 
radeon.modeset=1 is the default, radeon.dpm=1 has no effect with your 
GPU and video=offb:off shouldn't be necessary.


> With that I can login and view videos with Xvid instead of x11. However
> I am seeing this and was wondering if it normal?
>
> rican-linux@debian-ppc:~$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo
> name of display: :0.0
> libGL: screen 0 does not appear to be DRI3 capable
> libGL: pci id for fd 4: 1002:4e50, driver r300
> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri/tls/r300_dri.so
> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri/r300_dri.so
> libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/rican-linux/.drirc: No such
> file or directory.
> libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/rican-linux/.drirc: No such
> file or directory.
> libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
> libGL error: failed to load driver: r300
> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri/tls/swrast_dri.so
> libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/powerpc-linux-gnu/dri/swrast_dri.so
> libGL: Can't open configuration file /home/rican-linux/.drirc: No such
> file or directory.
> libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found
> libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast
> Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig

See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71789 .


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