[SOLVED] No video playability, X server errors.

**Tarmael** · June 14th, 2008

I'd like to give more details. Where can I get x server error logs.

This is what's going on:
I can't play videos. I open Totem, try a movie and get this error in terminal,

Code:

The program 'totem' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
  (Details: serial 58 error_code 2 request_code 141 minor_code 19)
  (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
   that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
   To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
   option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
   backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)

Can still play games, I'd like to try VLC and see what that has to say about it.

Anyone have a clue?

Also, Ubuntu 8.04, ATi 8.5.

I'll test to see if Video works with default drivers, not ATi.

Thanks in advanced.

Bas.

**Tarmael** · June 14th, 2008

Yeah, just tried with default drivers, video works.

So it's a problem with ATi drivers.

Here is my xorg.conf setup the way I use it.

Code:

# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "GLcore"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Screen      0
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
	Option	    "DRI" "true"
	Option	    "TexturedVideo" "on"
#	Option		"UseFastTLS"	"0"
	Option	    "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
#	Option	    "ForceMonitors" "crt1"
#	Option		"BlockSignalsOnLock"	"on"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   1024 768
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option		"Composite"	"Enable"
EndSection

I'll try some other extensions as well to see if those work.