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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <00ACE8D0.D8D087B3 at sendspamhere.org>,
	VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
> 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broken or have been replaced by another type (ie: switched from either open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.
 
How much did you pay for it?  Guess you got your money's worth.

bill

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