[Info-vax] Audio and video technology, was: Re: getting pixel dimensions of monitor

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In article <kf08lq$6kd$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>On 2013-02-06, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>> In article <kers70$msk$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>
>>>I should clarify this part to make clear that in the case of my home
>>>machines I am referring to the PC hardware other than the graphics
>>>adapter; the graphics adapters use the NVIDIA binary Linux drivers
>>>so I can use hardware acceleration to play games and do other things.
>>>
>>>However, my main work machine is using a ATI adapter which uses the
>>>Scientific Linux supplied drivers and I had the same trouble free
>>>experience with that as well.
>>
>> And just when I was about to praise how well things were going, I unstalled
>> the latest updates and now 'totem' is hopelessly broken.  Complaining about
>> a Gdk error.  Gotta love those informative error messages too... error_code
>> 1 request code 154 minor_code 19.  Talk about cryptic.  ;)
>>
>
>That would appear to be a GLX problem (assuming your "request code 154" is
>really major opcode 154). Is totem trying to use features not supported by
>your graphics card or graphics drivers ? Maybe the latest drivers are
>broken or have been replaced by another type (ie: switched from either open
>source or vendor supplied binaries to the other type) of graphics driver ?
>
>Assuming a Ubuntu installation, it seems you are not the first one to
>encounter this. Try reading the following and follow the links to see
>if they offer any insights.
>
>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11287162/error-on-starting-emulator-for-avd-after-adt-20-install

Yeah, after dicking about for an hour or two, I now have the older driver
restored.  It's so nice that Ubuntu vet this shit before releasing it for
update.

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