dual G5 -- video app soesn't work

[Bill Fink]

Hi Alan,

On Thu Apr 8 2004, Alan Walkington wrote:

> We're using several video applicatons that don't work
> on the new dual-G5s.  Yellow Dog was installed when we
> purchased them.  The kernal is 2.6-?.
> 
> They use the Xv(X-Video) extensions.
> xvinfo returns Version 2.2-?, and 'no adaptors found.
> 
> I'm not at the machines right now, so please forgive
> the inexact version numbers.
> 
> Is there a later version of Xv that will provide
> adaptors for this machine and it's video card?
> 
> Any help appreciated.  The boss is starting to frown. 
> Not a good sign.  Need to get the camera up and running.

Did you upgrade to the latest 2.6 kernel from YDL, the latest XFree86 4.4,
and modify your /etc/X11/XF86Config to use the radeon driver (assuming
you have Radeon graphics cards since I'm not sure about the status of
support for the NVIDIA cards).  IIRC there's no 3D acceleration support
yet (only 2D).

						-Bill