Cannot play video

[tuatha1337]

Help, assist, aid! Hehe, =)

My computer won't play video files of any kind. Mp4, mpeg, avi, mov, and ogm are the formats I've tried so far.

Kaffeine plays ridiculously slow, and give me variant hues of green and purple.
XMMS has no video screen, but I get sound.
Mplayer won't support them (even with plugins I would assume allow support)
And Xine has sound and would otherwise play fine, but the video is sliced horizontally, pixel by pixel, such that it is illegible.

For the most part, the effects are universal from format to format.

Thanks!

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot play video

What kind of system do you have ?

Do you have codecs installed ?

What tells (in the konsole):

:~$ xvinfo

Useful links:
Unofficial Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) Starter Guide
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper

Unofficial Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Starter Guide
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Edgy

Unofficial Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Starter Guide
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty

Music, Video, and Photos
http://doc.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/musicvideophotos/C/

RestrictedFormats
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

Topic: trouble with Kaffeine
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3083696

Topic: repo-problem
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3083600

[tuatha1337]

Re: Cannot play video

X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
 no adaptors present

not sure what that means, still trying to learn command script.

Edit: I run Kubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn, and have downloaded a good many codecs. I've lost track of them but to list a few:
libxine-extracodecs
libxine1
libxine1-console
libxine1-ffmpeg
libxine1-gnome
libxine1-kde
libxine1-plugins
libxinerama1
libavcodec0d
libavformat0d
libmad0
libsmpeg0
libxvidcore4
smpeg-xmms

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot play video

About XVideo:

From X video extension
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_video_extension

he X video extension, often abbreviated as XVideo or Xv, is a video output mechanism for the X Window System. Its main use today is to rescale video playback in hardware (namely in the hardware of the graphics card), in order to enlarge a given video or to watch it in full screen mode. Without XVideo, this scaling would have to be done in software, which is possible but requires a considerable amount of processing power, sometimes to the point of slowing down/degrading the video stream.

And you wrote:

Kaffeine plays ridiculously slow, and give me variant hues of green and purple.

What kind of hardware (graphics) do you have ?
Drivers (default/proprietary)?

[tuatha1337]

Re: Cannot play video

I think my onboard video chipset is S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP. I'm pretty sure my video driver is vesa (that's what it says when i go to System Settings and view Monitor & Display, but it says the same thing for my graphics card there).

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot play video

I think my onboard video chipset is S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP.

You could try Via display driver.
xserver-xorg-driver-via:

This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description)
provides support for VIA/S3 CLE266/KM400/K8M800/UniChrome cards, which are
frequently found in low-form-factor VIA motherboards, and in some laptops.

This driver also contains support for XvMC, the XVideo Motion Compensation
extension. XvMC modules are provided in /usr/lib.

There is also:
xserver-xorg-video-unichrome

This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further description)
provides support for various VIA UniChrome cards, among them: VT3122, VT7205,
VT3108, VT3118, VT3344, VT3157, VT3230 and VT3343.

This driver is originally shipped to be loaded as 'via' on xorg.conf, but this
package renames it to 'unichrome', so it doesn't conflicts with the other VIA
driver already available on Ubuntu.

#1 Backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Topic: HOWTO : Disaster Recovery and xorg.conf
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3082808.0

#2 Edit xorg.conf with text editor.
Find text vesa and replace it with via. Should be in the Section "Device"
Driver "vesa" -> Driver "via"

#3 Restart.


Hopefully, Your Kubuntu starts
If not, use you backup !

Links:
Opencrome
http://www.openchrome.org/

A free and Open Source video driver for the VIA/S3G UniChrome and UniChrome Pro graphics chipsets.

OpenChrome/Ubuntu
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChrome

[tuatha1337]

Re: Cannot play video

xserver-xorg-driver-via seems to have changed to xserver-xorg-driver-via according to a message that I get when I try

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-driver-via

which was already installed. So I switched it to xserver-xorg-driver-unichrome (it automatically uninstalls xserver-xorg-video-via with install of unichrome) and restarted my computer. Still no luck.

But when I attempt to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf with Kate or Kwrite (after creating a backup), it gives me this message.

The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to file:///etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.

How do I get around this?

[spur]

Re: Cannot play video

But when I attempt to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf with Kate or Kwrite (after creating a backup), it gives me this message.
Quote
The document could not be saved, as it was not possible to write to file:///etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Check that you have write access to this file or that enough disk space is available.

I don't wish to sound rude but did you try to do the edit as root? I note you did the install as root but you must sudo again to do the edit.
Ignore this if you did.

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot play video

xserver-xorg-driver-via seems to have changed to xserver-xorg-driver-via according to a message that I get when I try

Oops

which was already installed.

Yes, there is 30+ xserver-xorg-driver-something installed. xorg.conf activates them -> Driver "via" .



Try: Alt + F2 (KDE shortcut) and kdesu kate /etc/X11/xorg.conf


Links:
Linux keyboard shortcuts you should know about - Pio's blog
http://blog.i64.pl/PiosBlog/200610/2...ld-know-about/

File Permissions / Editing Files that Belong to Root
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/permissions

RootSudo
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

Avoid sudo to start graphical programs. You should use gksudo or kdesu to run such programs.

[tuatha1337]

Re: Cannot play video

Thank goodness for that backup file.

First attempted by switching vesa to via. Then unichrome. The reinstalling xserver-xorg-video-via (as opposed to unichrome) and trying it again as via.

No dice. Seems like the only thing that works is vesa. Is the device itself somehow faulty, or just unique in that it doesn't recognize the 'via' or 'unichrome' drivers?

I'd just like it to be stated that I really appreciate your help.

EDIT: Would it help if I noted that mplayer would play video clips downloaded from the internet?

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot play video

Seems like the only thing that works is vesa.

Vesa should always work.


You could check your chipset (CLE266, KM400... or what).

Helppers:
In the konsole: lshw (sudo lshw)- list hardware

lshw is a small tool to extract detailed information on the hardware configuration of the machine. It can report exact memory configuration, firmware version, mainboard configuration, CPU version and speed, cache configuration, bus speed, etc. on DMI-capable x86 or IA-64 systems and on some PowerPC machines (PowerMac G4 is known to work).

There is also hardinfo (this is with gui):

Displays system information
HardInfo is a small application that displays information about your
hardware and operating system. Currently it knows about PCI, ISA PnP, USB,
IDE, SCSI, Serial and parallel port devices.

More to check:
Kubuntu (Linux) keeps many kind of logs. They are in the /var/log/. They are text files.
For xwindow there are Xorg.0.log (current session) and Xorg.0.log.old (previous session). Also: K > System > System Logs Viewer (KSystemLog)


If your chipset is right for via driver:
Start computer with setting: Driver "via"
-> text screen login. There should errors in the Xorg.0.log.

Repair xorg (use backup) -> restart -> Probe Xorg.0.log.old for errors:

Errors in the Xorg.0.log.old:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old | grep "(EE)"

Warnings:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old | grep "(WW)"

I noted that mplayer would play video clips downloaded from the internet?

That is good. Maybe mplayer is a bit lighter (or mplayer settings vs xine settings). Here CPU load is higher with kaffeine(xine). CPU Load: K menu > Systems > KDE System Guard (KSysguard).

[tuatha1337]

Re: Cannot play video

I've pulled out the official documentation on my mobo.
It's an ECS P4M800PRO-M
Northbridge is P4M800PRO (bullet indicates integrated UniChrome Pro 3D/2D Graphics & Video Controller, MS DX 9.0 compatible, OpenGL supported)
Sourthbridge is VT8237

sudo lshw gives me this

tuatha-desktop
  description: Desktop Computer
  product: P4M800PRO-M
  vendor: ECS
  version: 1.0
  serial: 00000000
  width: 32 bits
  capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
  configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009
 *-core
    description: Motherboard
    product: P4M800PRO-M
    vendor: ECS
    physical id: 0
    version: 1.0
    serial: 00000000
    slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
   *-firmware
     description: BIOS
     vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
     physical id: 0
     version: 080012 (12/14/2006)
     size: 64KB
     capacity: 448KB
     capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
   *-cpu
     description: CPU
     product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
     vendor: Intel Corp.
     physical id: 4
     bus info: cpu@0
     version: 15.6.4
     serial: 0000-0F64-0000-0000-0000-0000
     slot: CPU 1
     size: 3GHz
     capacity: 3GHz
     width: 64 bits
     clock: 200MHz
     capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe x86-64 constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
     configuration: id=0
    *-cache:0
       description: L1 cache
       physical id: 5
       slot: L1-Cache
       size: 32KB
       capacity: 32KB
       capabilities: internal write-back data
    *-cache:1
       description: L2 cache
       physical id: 6
       slot: L2-Cache
       size: 4MB
       capacity: 4MB
       capabilities: internal write-back unified
    *-cache:2 DISABLED
       description: L3 cache
       physical id: 7
       slot: L3-Cache
       capabilities: internal
    *-logicalcpu:0
       description: Logical CPU
       physical id: 0.1
       width: 64 bits
       capabilities: logical
    *-logicalcpu:1
       description: Logical CPU
       physical id: 0.2
       width: 64 bits
       capabilities: logical
   *-memory
     description: System Memory
     physical id: 29
     slot: System board or motherboard
     size: 1GB
    *-bank:0
       description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
       product: PartNum0
       vendor: Manufacturer0
       physical id: 0
       serial: SerNum0
       slot: DIMM0
       size: 512MB
       width: 64 bits
    *-bank:1
       description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
       product: PartNum1
       vendor: Manufacturer1
       physical id: 1
       serial: SerNum1
       slot: DIMM1
       size: 512MB
       width: 64 bits
   *-pci:0
     description: Host bridge
     product: CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
     vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
     physical id: f8000000
     bus info: pci@00:00.0
     version: 00
     width: 32 bits
     clock: 66MHz
     configuration: latency=8
     resources: iomemory:f8000000-fbffffff
    *-pci
       description: PCI bridge
       product: VT8237 PCI Bridge
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 1
       bus info: pci@00:01.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
      *-display
        description: VGA compatible controller
        product: UniChrome Pro IGP
        vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
        physical id: 0
        bus info: pci@01:00.0
        version: 01
        size: 64MB
        width: 32 bits
        clock: 66MHz
        capabilities: vga bus_master cap_list
        configuration: latency=64 mingnt=2
        resources: iomemory:e8000000-ebffffff iomemory:ee000000-eeffffff irq:10
    *-multimedia:0 UNCLAIMED
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: SB X-Fi
       vendor: Creative Labs
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@00:0a.0
       version: 00
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=64 maxlatency=5 mingnt=4
       resources: ioport:ec00-ec1f iomemory:f7e00000-f7ffffff iomemory:f0000000-f3ffffff irq:11
    *-ide:0
       description: IDE interface
       product: VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: f
       bus info: pci@00:0f.0
       logical name: scsi0
       logical name: scsi1
       version: 80
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list scsi-host
       configuration: driver=sata_via latency=64
       resources: ioport:e880-e887 ioport:e800-e803 ioport:e480-e487 ioport:e400-e403 ioport:e080-e08f ioport:d800-d8ff irq:17
    *-ide:1
       description: IDE interface
       product: VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: f.1
       bus info: pci@00:0f.1
       version: 06
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: ide bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=VIA_IDE latency=32
       resources: iomemory:1f0-1f7 iomemory:3f0-3ef iomemory:170-177 iomemory:370-36f ioport:fc00-fc0f irq:17
      *-ide:0
        description: IDE Channel 0
        physical id: 0
        bus info: ide@0
        logical name: ide0
        clock: 33MHz
       *-disk:0
          description: ATA Disk
          product: WDC WD3200JB-00KFA0
          vendor: Western Digital
          physical id: 0
          bus info: ide@0.0
          logical name: /dev/hda
          version: 08.05J08
          serial: WD-WCAMR4476384
          size: 298GB
          capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm partitioned partitioned:dos
          configuration: mode=udma5 smart=on
         *-volume:0
           description: Linux filesystem partition
           physical id: 1
           bus info: ide@0.0,1
           logical name: /dev/hda1
           capacity: 295GB
           capabilities: primary bootable
         *-volume:1
           description: Extended partition
           physical id: 2
           bus info: ide@0.0,2
           logical name: /dev/hda2
           size: 2870MB
           capacity: 2870MB
           capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
          *-logicalvolume
             description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
             physical id: 5
             logical name: /dev/hda5
             capacity: 2870MB
             capabilities: nofs
       *-disk:1
          description: ATA Disk
          product: WDC WD400BB-75JHA0
          vendor: Western Digital
          physical id: 1
          bus info: ide@0.1
          logical name: /dev/hdb
          version: 05.01C05
          serial: WD-WCAMC1650905
          size: 37GB
          capacity: 37GB
          capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm partitioned partitioned:dos
          configuration: mode=udma5 smart=on
         *-volume:0
           description: Linux filesystem partition
           physical id: 1
           bus info: ide@0.1,1
           logical name: /dev/hdb1
           capacity: 35GB
           capabilities: primary bootable
         *-volume:1
           description: Extended partition
           physical id: 2
           bus info: ide@0.1,2
           logical name: /dev/hdb2
           size: 1584MB
           capacity: 1584MB
           capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
          *-logicalvolume
             description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
             physical id: 5
             logical name: /dev/hdb5
             capacity: 1584MB
             capabilities: nofs
      *-ide:1
        description: IDE Channel 1
        physical id: 1
        bus info: ide@1
        logical name: ide1
        clock: 33MHz
       *-cdrom
          description: DVD-RAM writer
          product: MAD DOG LS-DVDRW TSH652M
          physical id: 0
          bus info: ide@1.0
          logical name: /dev/hdc
          version: MD00
          capabilities: packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
          configuration: mode=udma2
         *-disc
           physical id: 0
           logical name: /dev/hdc
    *-usb:0
       description: USB Controller
       product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 10.3
       bus info: pci@00:10.3
       version: 81
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
       resources: ioport:d400-d41f irq:16
      *-usbhost
        product: UHCI Host Controller
        vendor: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic uhci_hcd
        physical id: 1
        bus info: usb@4
        logical name: usb4
        version: 2.06
        capabilities: usb-1.10
        configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
    *-usb:1
       description: USB Controller
       product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 10.2
       bus info: pci@00:10.2
       version: 81
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
       resources: ioport:d480-d49f irq:16
      *-usbhost
        product: UHCI Host Controller
        vendor: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic uhci_hcd
        physical id: 1
        bus info: usb@3
        logical name: usb3
        version: 2.06
        capabilities: usb-1.10
        configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
    *-usb:2
       description: USB Controller
       product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 10.1
       bus info: pci@00:10.1
       version: 81
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
       resources: ioport:dc00-dc1f irq:16
      *-usbhost
        product: UHCI Host Controller
        vendor: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic uhci_hcd
        physical id: 1
        bus info: usb@2
        logical name: usb2
        version: 2.06
        capabilities: usb-1.10
        configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
       *-usb
          description: Communication device
          product: USB Cable Modem
          vendor: Scientific Atlanta
          physical id: 1
          bus info: usb@2:1
          version: 1.01
          serial: 000A7361E1F8
          capabilities: usb-1.10
          configuration: driver=cdc_ether maxpower=100mA speed=12.0MB/s
    *-usb:3
       description: USB Controller
       product: VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 10
       bus info: pci@00:10.0
       version: 81
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=64
       resources: ioport:e000-e01f irq:16
      *-usbhost
        product: UHCI Host Controller
        vendor: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic uhci_hcd
        physical id: 1
        bus info: usb@1
        logical name: usb1
        version: 2.06
        capabilities: usb-1.10
        configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=2 speed=12.0MB/s
    *-usb:4
       description: USB Controller
       product: USB 2.0
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 10.4
       bus info: pci@00:10.4
       version: 86
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
       resources: iomemory:f7dffc00-f7dffcff irq:16
      *-usbhost
        product: EHCI Host Controller
        vendor: Linux 2.6.20-16-generic ehci_hcd
        physical id: 1
        bus info: usb@5
        logical name: usb5
        version: 2.06
        capabilities: usb-2.00
        configuration: driver=hub maxpower=0mA slots=8 speed=480.0MB/s
    *-isa
       description: ISA bridge
       product: VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 11
       bus info: pci@00:11.0
       version: 00
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
    *-multimedia:1
       description: Multimedia audio controller
       product: VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 11.5
       bus info: pci@00:11.5
       version: 60
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: cap_list
       configuration: driver=VIA 82xx Audio latency=0
       resources: ioport:d000-d0ff irq:19
    *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
       vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
       physical id: 12
       bus info: pci@00:12.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 78
       serial: 00:19:21:31:30:36
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.4.2 duplex=full ip=67.189.103.106 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
       resources: ioport:c800-c8ff iomemory:f7dff800-f7dff8ff irq:18
   *-pci:1
     description: Host bridge
     product: CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
     vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
     physical id: 100
     bus info: pci@00:00.1
     version: 00
     width: 32 bits
     clock: 33MHz
   *-pci:2
     description: Host bridge
     product: CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
     vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
     physical id: 101
     bus info: pci@00:00.2
     version: 00
     width: 32 bits
     clock: 33MHz
   *-pci:3
     description: Host bridge
     product: PT890 Host Bridge
     vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
     physical id: 102
     bus info: pci@00:00.3
     version: 00
     width: 32 bits
     clock: 33MHz
   *-pci:4
     description: Host bridge
     product: CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
     vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
     physical id: 103
     bus info: pci@00:00.4
     version: 00
     width: 32 bits
     clock: 33MHz
   *-pci:5
     description: Host bridge
     product: CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
     vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
     physical id: 104
     bus info: pci@00:00.7
     version: 00
     width: 32 bits
     clock: 33MHz
 *-network
    description: Ethernet interface
    physical id: 1
    logical name: eth1
    serial: 00:0a:73:61:e1:f8
    capabilities: ethernet physical
    configuration: broadcast=yes driver=usbnet driverversion=22-Aug-2005 firmware=CDC Ethernet Device link=yes multicast=yes

I'll post the error messages after I feel like restarting my computer.

[Rog131]

Re: Cannot play video

a-ha VT8237, P4M800PRO => you could try xserver-xorg-video-unichrome and driver "via" in to the xorg.conf

Start and check Xorg.0.log (or Xorg.0.log.old)

If not working (unichrome: provides support for various VIA UniChrome cards, among them: VT3122, VT7205,
VT3108, VT3118, VT3344, VT3157, VT3230 and VT3343. - is VT8237 there ?) => then maybe this:

How-to: VIA K8M890 Chrome 9 IGP and Linux’s Xorg - Ubuntu Edgy 6.10
http://www.hombrepac.com.ar/software...untu-edgy-610/

This tutorial will install the official open source Via drivers for the K8M890 chipset, but will work for all and any of the next:
P4M800/CE/Pro UniChrome Pro integrated graphics ( P4M800 P4M800Pro )

[tuatha1337]

Re: Cannot play video

No dice. This one's proving difficult.

I have error messages.
"VT 3344 not supported yet."
"No devices detected."

And warning message seems unrelated.
"The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist."

I'm checking the link you sent me now. Will it work for Feisty as well?

EDIT: Tried doing the tuturial you sent me. But I have no idea how to handle .tgz files. I downloaded the file from via and tried inputting the command into konsole but I get this.

tuatha@tuatha-desktop:~$ tar zxvf cn_cx700-cn800xorg40071-kernel-src_20061107a.tgz
tar: cn_cx700-cn800xorg40071-kernel-src_20061107a.tgz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

I double checked the file name to make sure it was right.

[jayhawk]

Re: Cannot play video

In your earlier post, you listed out some of the codecs that you have downloaded, but I did not see libdvdcss2 or w32codecs. Do you have those also? If I recall, they are needed to help run some formats on MPlayer and possibly xine. If you don't have them, you should be able to get them from the mediubuntu repository. Here is the link to the website for medibuntu:

http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/

Just click on the Repository Howto to get the instructions on how to add the repository to sources.list.