On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 16:15:04 -0700, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > 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 ...? Since that would be an easy test and since I am in no position to argue otherwise, I tried it. It didn't work. Had the exact same freeze up as previously. But thanks for the resolution attempt. I think I'll leave my rivafb.ko permanently renamed since it doesn't seem to hurt anything...
