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patrix

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Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 51

no video?

hello, I just installed Arch Linux, all is good so far except I cannot see movies - with any movie player. I hear sound, so I know they're playing, but I don't see the video output. In any player, any codec (avi, dvd, mpg, etc).

I don't think it's a codec or player issue.. did anybody encounter this? I remember encountering it once in debian but I don't remember how I fixed it - I think newer packages fixed it, unless I did something else.

Any ideas, or ways to look for the problem, etc?

thanks!

Patrix.

sarah31

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From: Middle of Canada

Registered: 2002-08-20

Posts: 2,975

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Re: no video?

try running the applications through the commandline/terminal and see if there is any error output and if it gives you some clue great if not post it here.

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patrix

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Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 51

Re: no video?

[edited]

well. It was simple. I simply had to uncomment the option "glx" in my xorg.conf file and now it all works. I'm pretty sure I remember the nvidia installer saying it should be commented out. I have video! WHEEE!

dekernel

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From: Vassar, MI USA

Registered: 2004-03-22

Posts: 117

Re: no video?

May I ask what the 'glx' is for?

patrix

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Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 51

Re: no video?

May I ask what the 'glx' is for?

from what I can gather, it's some sort of opengl driver for Xwindow, or something like that.

patrix

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Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 51

Re: no video?

ok I reread the nvidia stuff and glx is required, it's dri and GLcore that must be removed

patrix

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Registered: 2004-08-27

Posts: 51

Re: no video?

seems I have to keep dri too, in the xorg.conf file, despite what the nvidia site says.