xvinfo results in "no adapters present" msg

[Alex Deucher]

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:14 AM, George R Goffe <grgoffe at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I'm having trouble with my laptop. The mplayer folks say it's because Xv is not configured properly.
>
> Here's the xvinfo output:
>
> xvinfo
> X-Video Extension version 2.2
> screen #0
>  no adaptors present (note the spelling error?)
>
> I'm using an external monitor but I think it's connected to the system board.  lspci | grep vga gives:
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56GL [Mobility FireGL V5250]
>
> Does anyone know what's going on and what I need to do to resolve this problem please?
>
>
Check dmesg.  Xv requires the command processor to be set up on r5xx+ with
requires that the radeon drm be loaded.  Some distros require the
linux-firmware package for the ucode required for the cp.

Alex



>
> Regards,
>
> George...
>
>
>
> "It's not what you know that hurts you, It's what you know that ain't so."
> Wil Rogers
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