Kaffeine playback jerky

[Billie Walsh]

david wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 September 2008 10:35:34 am Billie Walsh wrote:
>   
>> Knapp wrote:
>>     
>>>>> Here Billie, Add Option "VideoOverlay" "on"  to your xorg.conf file.
>>>>> Here is an example of mine:
>>>>>
>>>>> Section "Device"
>>>>>         Identifier      "Configured Video Device"
>>>>>         Option          "VideoOverlay"  "on"
>>>>>         Driver          "fglrx"
>>>>>
>>>>> Then restart your X server or reboot your computer. You shouldn't have
>>>>> any choppy video now.
>>>>>           
>>>> This just gets weirder and weirder. Here is my section of
>>>> etc/x11/xorg.conf
>>>>
>>>> Section "Device"
>>>>    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
>>>> EndSection
>>>>
>>>> Thats all there is.
>>>>         
>>> It seems to be that Linux is switching over to totally auto configure
>>> instead of using configure files. I don't KNOW this but it seems to be
>>> what is happening. My xorg.conf was blank like that too but I had to
>>> add a lot. Just be sure to make a backup of the original and then play
>>> with it. Did you try David's idea?
>>>       
>> I haven't had a chance to try his suggestion yet. I was up half the
>> night with trashed video settings. *<]:oD
>>
>> First I made sure the fglrx drivers were all in place. Then I went
>> through System Settings to set the video driver to fglrx. Bad idea!!
>> After restarting all I could get was 800x600 resolution. System settings
>> couldn't "fix" it. Long story short, after messing with it for a couple
>> hours I finally opened a terminal and "sudo dolphin". Deleted all but
>> one known good version of xorg.conf from an earlier setup, renamed it
>> "xorg.conf", renamed the "falback" conf to keep it from running, crossed
>> my fingers and restarted. Back to 1280x1024 where it belongs. One part
>> lucky, one part stupid.
>>     
>
> How did you check for the fglrx drivers?
>   

Opened Adept and looked.

> did you use the command fgl_glxgears?
>   

No. But I just tried it and got this silly rotating box with gears 
twirling around. Looks like it might be intended to be a screen saver of 
some sort.

> also how did you install the drivers?
>   

Again, Adept.

> Did you use the hardware drivers manager?
>   

No. I don't even know what "the hardware drivers manager" is.

> I remember not too long ago, I had this same problem. If I recall correctly I 
> solved it by logging into safe settings starting X and changing things from 
> there, from then on I could change it under a normal session even after 
> re-installing a couple times.
>
>
>   

I'm a command line dummy. I need the book, "CLI For Dummies". Some say 
that makes me a very poor Linux user. But looking at it the other way 
around. Not being conversant in CLI I tend to look for GUI methods of 
doing things. Many times I see someone giving long lists of CLI commands 
to do something I can do in just a few seconds with my mouse in the GUI.

Take for instance adding "Option "VideoOverlay" "on"" to  xorg.conf.

My method:
Open Dolphin
navigate to /etc/x11/ - About three mouse clicks
highlight xorg.conf - hover over the file
on the right side "Edit as Root"
enter password, hit enter
scroll down to where it gets added
add line
save
exit
DONE

Dolphin automatically makes a backup of the file for me. [ Never 
understand why people don't like Dolphin. I find it incredibly handy for 
many things. ]

One of the biggest complaints I get whenever talking to someone about 
using Linux is, "you have to be a programmer to use it" or "everything 
has to be done in a text screen" [ CLI ]. I usually hand them my 
computer and tell them to look at it. Most times they are impressed at 
what it looks like and how it works.

-- 
Life is what happens while your busy makeing other plans.