BadAlloc with XV and 1.9.92

[Matthias Hopf]

On Mar 20, 07 10:01:03 +0000, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Not sure if it's just my config (very little settings - trying to just
> let things happen automatically - IMO a good test :)), but when I try to
> use mplayer to play video with -vo xv I get the following:
> 
> X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)?,?% 0 0

Try setting the option "LinearAlloc" to something like 8160i
(see man i810).

> I run beryl and -vo gl and -vo gl2 are both entertaining but useless!!!
> Not sure if it's beryl that causes this tho, should really try without it.

Definitely.
Using a compositing window manager changes about everything related to
OpenGL and XVideo.

Matthias

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