Diamond Viper 550(Riva TNT) & Xvideo problems

mattit · 02-23-03, 10:30 AM

After I installed Nvidia drivers on my machine, I could watch videos with Mplayer full screen. But after I quit the X session I started to have problems. A green negative image of a video came up on the screen, and I couldn't get it off. At some part the whole system froze. Is there a way to get Xvideo work properly with my hardware? Nvidia driver version = 4191, Display adapter = Diamond Viper 550, gcc version = 3.2.2, OS = RH 7.3

Does my rather old ICL VE14C monitor have any part of this?

GregGG · 02-23-03, 11:53 PM

I just installed RedHat 8 and am having the exact same problem. My card is a Diamond Viper 770 Ultra (TNT2) with an Asus P3BF motherboard and a Gateway EV700 monitor. I always start up in text mode, because I use it more than I do the GUI Desktops, then go into KDE from there. Everything works great going in. But as soon as I log out of the GUI (any of them), I get the multi-colored screens. Rather pretty colors though.

Occassionally it will send me back to a bash prompt, but usually I get the messed up display. It will either be muli-colored, or just plain black. I noticed in a thread above that disabling ACPI might fix this, but this old BX board doesn't even support that, so.

It's a shame cause I really like the new GUI desktops and RedHat 8 seems faster as a whole, but I can't stand this. Strangely, I never had a single issue with this system running RedHat 7.2 or Mandrake 8.0. I'm thinking this is a video driver related problem and was wandering if there is anyway I can go back to the old drivers that were in RedHat 7.2 or Mandrake 8.0? Thanks

Edit: BTW, I can go back into the desktop by typing "startx" even though I can't actually see the bash prompt after logging out. So I know it's there and the PC isn't hung or anything, the video is just messed up.

bwkaz · 02-24-03, 07:56 AM

Have either of you tried the 3123 drivers? You'll probably have to compile the NVIDIA_kernel from source, but that version may work.

mattit · 02-24-03, 08:52 AM

I tried the 3123 drivers but then experienced an another problem. It messed up my display when I changed the virtual desktop with Ctrl + Alt + Fx. My linux kernel is compiled from 2.4.19 source and I install the drivers from tarballs.

02-23-03, 10:30 AM	#1
mattit Riva TNT Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2	Diamond Viper 550(Riva TNT) & Xvideo problems After I installed Nvidia drivers on my machine, I could watch videos with Mplayer full screen. But after I quit the X session I started to have problems. A green negative image of a video came up on the screen, and I couldn't get it off. At some part the whole system froze. Is there a way to get Xvideo work properly with my hardware? Nvidia driver version = 4191, Display adapter = Diamond Viper 550, gcc version = 3.2.2, OS = RH 7.3 Does my rather old ICL VE14C monitor have any part of this?

02-23-03, 11:53 PM	#2
GregGG Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2	I just installed RedHat 8 and am having the exact same problem. My card is a Diamond Viper 770 Ultra (TNT2) with an Asus P3BF motherboard and a Gateway EV700 monitor. I always start up in text mode, because I use it more than I do the GUI Desktops, then go into KDE from there. Everything works great going in. But as soon as I log out of the GUI (any of them), I get the multi-colored screens. Rather pretty colors though. Occassionally it will send me back to a bash prompt, but usually I get the messed up display. It will either be muli-colored, or just plain black. I noticed in a thread above that disabling ACPI might fix this, but this old BX board doesn't even support that, so. It's a shame cause I really like the new GUI desktops and RedHat 8 seems faster as a whole, but I can't stand this. Strangely, I never had a single issue with this system running RedHat 7.2 or Mandrake 8.0. I'm thinking this is a video driver related problem and was wandering if there is anyway I can go back to the old drivers that were in RedHat 7.2 or Mandrake 8.0? Thanks Edit: BTW, I can go back into the desktop by typing "startx" even though I can't actually see the bash prompt after logging out. So I know it's there and the PC isn't hung or anything, the video is just messed up. Last edited by GregGG; 02-24-03 at 12:05 AM.

02-24-03, 07:56 AM	#3
bwkaz Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,262	Have either of you tried the 3123 drivers? You'll probably have to compile the NVIDIA_kernel from source, but that version may work. __________________ Registered Linux User #219692

02-24-03, 08:52 AM	#4
mattit Riva TNT Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2	I tried the 3123 drivers but then experienced an another problem. It messed up my display when I changed the virtual desktop with Ctrl + Alt + Fx. My linux kernel is compiled from 2.4.19 source and I install the drivers from tarballs.