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Old 07-13-2009   #1 (permalink)
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kde 4.2.4 - videos stop working on enabling desktop effects
Hello,

When I enable the desktop effects in kde 4.2.4 my videos stop working. I get a blank screen whenever I play any video. Also my screen goes blank for about a second whenever I login.

I am using an ATI Radeon (X1200) video card.

Please advice.

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Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.
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This is my config in xorg.conf


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "GLcore"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dri"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 370 230 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "VSC"
ModelName "VA1703wb-2"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
HorizSync 24.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
BoardName "Radeon X1200 Series"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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Which distro are you using? Edit Screen Section of xorg.conf file.
Code:
Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1280x1024" "1024x768" 
	EndSubSection
EndSection
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I am using slackware.

The videos work if I change the default video driver in xine. I used the command 'xine -V xshm <video file>'.

Also the videos work using the default driver if I switch from kde to xfce.
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Have you installed ATI Proprietary Driver?
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I tried installing the ATI Proprietary Driver, but it failed to install.

When I execute the installer (ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run) it gives me an error

which: no XFree86 in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/kde4/libexec:/usr/lib/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin)

Error: ./default_policy.sh does not support version
default:v2:i686:lib::none:2.6.29.5-smp; make sure that the version is being
correctly set by --iscurrentdistro

Since slackware user xorg instead of Xfree86 would it be possible to install this driver?
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