Video problems with ATI fglrx driver

svemuri · #1 01-12-2008, 08:00 AM

I am running Centros 5.1. Sage is in /opt/sage and Sun JRE in /opt/sun. Sage server 6.3 runs fine. I am having trouble with video running the client. The video (live or recorded) starts playing, there is a breif 2 sec of picture, then the interface comes on top and video sort of disappers. however, I can see the video under the interface elements, but not in the clear/blank part of the screen.

The video card is ATI Radeon X300. I downloaded and installed latest fglrx driver from ATI. XV seems to be enabled (as indicated by xvinfo). I've tried xvmc=true in the properties file but didn't make a difference. I've tried opengl=true, but for some reason it is being set back to false by the client when it runs. Besides I really don't want to run OpenGL overlay to minimize CPU utilization as this box is the server. Any insights or hints are much appreciated.

BTW, I ran the included mplayer on a video file outside of the client and the video is fine (with exact same command line but witout -wid)

Thanks
Sarat.

Here is my miniclient.log

Code:

Starting MiniClient
Fri 1/11 7:25:17.314 Detecting cryptography support...
Fri 1/11 7:25:18.526 Sending out discovery packets to find SageTVPlaceshifter Servers...
Fri 1/11 7:25:18.533 Starting SageTVPlaceshifter Client
Fri 1/11 7:25:18.538 Starting main loop
Fri 1/11 7:25:18.595 Discovery packet received:java.net.DatagramPacket@47858e
Fri 1/11 7:25:18.613 Added server info:192.168.0.2 192.168.0.2
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.529 Error discovering servers:java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Receive timed out
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.765 Attempting to connect to server at 192.168.0.2:31099
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.785 Connection accepted by server
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.786 Connected to media server
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.797 Connection accepted by server
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.797 Connected to gfx server
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.900 Testing to see if server can do a pull mode streaming connection...
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.901 Server can do a pull-mode streaming connection.
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.910 Staring video server
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.912 Loaded
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.923 Starting MiniLIRC
Fri 1/11 7:25:23.952 Exception in MiniLIRC: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
Fri 1/11 7:25:24.055 Temp file:/tmp/sagevideo37348
Fri 1/11 7:25:24.056 Trying to accept fd: 13
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.254 GetProperty: GFX_TEXTMODE
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.263 SetProperty GFX_FONTSERVER
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.264 GetProperty: GFX_BLENDMODE
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.264 GetProperty: GFX_DRAWMODE
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.266 GetProperty: GFX_SURFACES
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.273 GetProperty: GFX_BITMAP_FORMAT
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.273 GetProperty: GFX_SCALING
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.274 GetProperty: GFX_OFFLINE_IMAGE_CACHE
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.275 GetProperty: GFX_SUPPORTED_ASPECTS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.276 GetProperty: GFX_ASPECT
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.276 GetProperty: VIDEO_ADVANCED_ASPECT_LIST
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.277 GetProperty: VIDEO_ADVANCED_ASPECT
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.277 GetProperty: GFX_SUPPORTED_RESOLUTIONS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.278 GetProperty: GFX_SUPPORTED_RESOLUTIONS_DIGITAL
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.278 GetProperty: GFX_RESOLUTION
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.279 GetProperty: GFX_HDMI_MODE
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.279 GetProperty: GFX_COMPOSITE
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.280 GetProperty: GFX_COLORKEY
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.281 GetProperty: AUDIO_OUTPUTS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.281 GetProperty: AUDIO_OUTPUT
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.282 GetProperty: INPUT_DEVICES
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.282 GetProperty: DISPLAY_OVERSCAN
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.283 GetProperty: VIDEO_CODECS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.284 GetProperty: AUDIO_CODECS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.285 GetProperty: PULL_AV_CONTAINERS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.286 GetProperty: PUSH_AV_CONTAINERS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.287 GetProperty: STREAMING_PROTOCOLS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.287 GetProperty: FIXED_PUSH_MEDIA_FORMAT
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.288 GetProperty: DETAILED_BUFFER_STATS
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.288 GetProperty: PUSH_BUFFER_SEEKING
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.289 GetProperty: MEDIA_PLAYER_BUFFER_DELAY
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.289 GetProperty: IR_PROTOCOL
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.290 SetProperty GFX_ASPECT
Fri 1/11 7:25:25.291 GetProperty: CRYPTO_ALGORITHMS
Fri 1/11 7:25:27.295 Loading font from cache for Arial-1
Fri 1/11 7:25:27.327 Loaded Font=java.awt.Font[family=Lucida Sans,name=Lucida Sans Regular,style=plain,size=17]
Fri 1/11 7:25:27.337 Loaded Font=java.awt.Font[family=Lucida Sans,name=Lucida Sans Regular,style=plain,size=24]
Fri 1/11 7:25:27.473 Loading font from cache for Arial-0
Fri 1/11 7:25:27.490 Loaded Font=java.awt.Font[family=Lucida Sans,name=Lucida Sans Regular,style=plain,size=26]
Fri 1/11 7:25:31.172 Loaded Font=java.awt.Font[family=Lucida Sans,name=Lucida Sans Regular,style=plain,size=18]
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.786 Execute media command 0
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.787 STATS chanBW=0 streamBW=0 targetBW=0 pretime=0
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.787 Finished pushing current data buffer of 16384 availSize=0 totalPushed=0 fileSize=0
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.787 Execute media command 16
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.799 MPlayer was launched successfully
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.802 Waiting for MPlayer to finish loading
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.927 stdout:MPlayer dev-SVN-rUNKNOWN-4.1.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.928 stdout:CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (Family: 15, Model: 4, Stepping: 1)
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.928 stdout:CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Fri 1/11 7:25:33.928 stdout:Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.009 stdout:
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.009 stdout:Playing stv://192.168.0.2//mnt/disk1/GoodMorningAmerica-25962-0.mpg.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.010 stderr:DEBUG - active_file=1 circFileSize=0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.020 stderr:CACHE THREAD STARTING
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.472 stdout:FAILURE 237 err=2 newfd=3
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.473 stdout:
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.493 stdout:ID_AUDIO_ID=129
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.493 stdout:ID_VIDEO_ID=0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.493 stdout:VIDEO:  MPEG2  1280x720  (aspect 3)  59.940 fps  15000.0 kbps (1875.0 kbyte/s)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.494 stdout:MPEG-PS file format detected.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.494 stdout:VIDEO:  MPEG2  1280x720  (aspect 3)  59.940 fps  15000.0 kbps (1875.0 kbyte/s)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.494 stdout:ID_FILENAME=stv://192.168.0.2//mnt/disk1/GoodMorningAmerica-25962-0.mpg
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.495 stdout:ID_DEMUXER=mpegps
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.495 stdout:ID_VIDEO_FORMAT=0x10000002
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.495 stdout:ID_VIDEO_BITRATE=15000000
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.495 stdout:ID_VIDEO_FPS=59.940
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.495 stdout:ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=0.0000
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.495 stdout:ID_AUDIO_FORMAT=8192
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.495 stdout:ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.496 stdout:ID_AUDIO_RATE=0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.496 stdout:ID_AUDIO_NCH=0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.496 stdout:ID_LENGTH=0.00
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.505 stdout:Opening video filter: [pp=fd]
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.517 stdout:==========================================================================
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.520 stdout:Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.520 stderr:The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.520 stdout:VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stderr:Try appending the scale filter to your filter list,
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stdout:[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stderr:e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stdout:Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stderr:Requested video codec family [mpeg12] (vfm=libmpeg2) not available.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stdout:Opening video filter: [scale]
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stderr:Enable it at compilation.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stdout:VDecoder init failed :(
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.521 stdout:Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.580 stdout:Selected video codec: [ffmpeg2] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-2)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.580 stdout:==========================================================================
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.580 stdout:ID_VIDEO_CODEC=ffmpeg2
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.582 stdout:==========================================================================
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.582 stdout:Opening audio decoder: [liba52] AC3 decoding with liba52
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.590 stderr:Using SSE optimized IMDCT transform
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.591 stdout:AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 384.0 kbit/25.00% (ratio: 48000->192000)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.591 stdout:ID_AUDIO_BITRATE=384000
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.591 stderr:Using MMX optimized resampler
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.591 stdout:ID_AUDIO_RATE=48000
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.591 stdout:ID_AUDIO_NCH=2
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.591 stdout:Selected audio codec: [a52] afm: liba52 (AC3-liba52)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.591 stdout:==========================================================================
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.617 stdout:AO: [alsa] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.618 stdout:ID_AUDIO_CODEC=a52
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.619 Done waiting for MPlayer to finish loading
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.619 Waiting for MPlayer to pass time:0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.651 stdout:VDec: vo config request - 1280 x 720 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.651 stdout:[PP] Using external postprocessing filter, max q = 6.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.652 stdout:VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.652 stdout:Movie-Aspect is 1.78:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.652 stdout:ID_VIDEO_ASPECT=1.7778
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.656 stdout:VO: [xv] 1280x720 => 1280x720 Planar YV12
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.666 stderr:[ASPECT] Warning: No suitable new res found!
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.673 stderr:[mpeg2video @ 0x86a9a60]ac-tex damaged at 45 0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.673 stderr:[mpeg2video @ 0x86a9a60]Warning MVs not available
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.673 stdout:[mpeg2video @ 0x86a9a60]concealing 3560 DC, 3560 AC, 3560 MV errors
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.711 Done waiting for MPlayer to pass time:0
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.712 Execute media command 24
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.713 Execute media command 27
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.713 Sending mplayer command:volume 100 1
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.714 Execute media command 18
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.714 Execute media command 25
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.715 Sending mplayer command:video_out_rectangles 0 0 1280 720 0 26 714 402
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.715 Execute media command 21
Fri 1/11 7:25:34.808 stdout:sx=0 sy=0 sw=1280 sh=720 dx=0 dy=26 dw=714 dh=402
Fri 1/11 7:25:36.176 Execute media command 17
Fri 1/11 7:25:37.184 Execute media command 17
Fri 1/11 7:25:38.184 Execute media command 17
Fri 1/11 7:25:39.177 Execute media command 17
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.173 Execute media command 17
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.183 Closing down mplayer
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.183 Sending mplayer command:inactive_file
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.183 Sending mplayer command:quit
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.183 MPlayer process has not exited yet...
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.206 stderr:X11 error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.223 stderr:CACHE THREAD ENDING
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.223 stderr:X11 error: BadDrawable (invalid Pixmap or Window parameter)
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.243 stderr:X Error of failed request:  BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.243 stderr:  Major opcode of failed request:  2 (X_ChangeWindowAttributes)
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.243 stderr:  Resource id in failed request:  0x3200034
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.243 stderr:  Serial number of failed request:  333
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.243 stderr:  Current serial number in output stream:  337
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.244 stdout consumer has closed
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.244 stderr consumer has closed
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.283 MPlayer process exit code:1
Fri 1/11 7:25:40.335 Connection error 0, exiting
~

Here is my xorg.conf

Code:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "on"
Option "IgnoreABI" "on"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Driver      "fglrx"
        Option      "ForceMonitors" "crt1,tv"
        Option      "NoTV" "no"
        Option      "DesktopSetup" "mirror"
        Option      "VideoOverlay" "on"
#       Option      "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
        Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
        Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

If any other logs or other files are of help, please let me know.

Thanks

reggie14 · #2 01-22-2008, 01:49 PM

I wish I could help you. I ran into this problem with a Dell notebook with an X300 card. I've had exactly the same problems with the fglrx driver under Ubuntu. Instead I use AIGLX and the open source Radeon driver. Then Sage works, but in general hardware accelerated video does not. This creates some problems, as my old 1.6GHz Pentium M processor isn't up to the task.

If you figure something out please post it here. I never tried submitting a support ticket. I don't think they support Sage under linux.

Motofreak75 · #3 01-22-2008, 03:04 PM

I have a dell 9300 with X300 ati card. and for some reason, I couldnt get it to work under CentOS 5.1 even though everything looks great and runs smooth. Once I switch to Ubuntu 7.1 and installed Mplayer files from the install cd. and enabled Hardware acceleration and post processing and enabled the restricted ati drivers things run smooth enough to watch 720P HD files and shows with no issues other than a font issue.

reggie14 · #4 01-22-2008, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motofreak75

I have a dell 9300 with X300 ati card. and for some reason, I couldnt get it to work under CentOS 5.1 even though everything looks great and runs smooth. Once I switch to Ubuntu 7.1 and installed Mplayer files from the install cd. and enabled Hardware acceleration and post processing and enabled the restricted ati drivers things run smooth enough to watch 720P HD files and shows with no issues other than a font issue.

I assume you mean 7.10? I have a Dell 6000 with an X300 card, which is basically the same machine. I have 7.04 on it right now. I wanted to upgrade the video drivers, but its not letting me. I figure I should probably do a clean install anyway to 7.10, but I didn't want to unless I had some reason to think it would work. When you say you enabled acceleration and post processing, you're talking about in Placeshifter, right?

Motofreak75 · #5 01-22-2008, 03:57 PM

Yeah I mean 7.10 and yes Hardware accel & post processing setting in place shifter.

Sorry but that all I can say, I'm still newbie when it comes to Linux.

so far

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