xawtv problems

[Nifty Hat Mitch]

On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:52:09PM -0500, Marc Williams wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jul 2004 17:59:08 -0700, Ioan Podoleanu wrote:
> > You're right, the combination nvidia-1.0-6106 with xawtv is a killer. For
> > xawtv, if you use "-remote" which disables overlay mode, it should work. I
> > also use -noxv which reduces the procesor use even further. It's not
> > perfect, but it works for me. My line now is: xawtv -c /dev/video0 -remote
> > -noxv .
> 
> Thanks for the tip.  Adding -remote -noxv does indeed provide an
> acceptable workaround.  I hope I can eventually get overlay mode back
> though.

I wonder if xawtv is making a gfx call that causes rivafb.ko to load.
What if rivafb.ko was moved ...?

Most graphics libraries are full of tests to see if this or another
optional function is available and then fails over to a less
interesting function.


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