[Kwintv] Blue screen

scott svetter at ameritech.net
Fri Jan 6 19:09:26 CET 2006


Maarten ter Huurne wrote:

>On Friday 06 January 2006 17:16, scott wrote:
>  
>
>>  I have been using kdetv on SuSE 10 for several months now and no
>>problems.  Last night something happened, where the video display is a
>>solid blue.  The audio is fine.  I have tried changing every option and
>>nothing resolves the problem.  I have tried other TV programs and they
>>have the same problem.  Any ideas what is wrong?
>>    
>>
>
>An overlay typically works by drawing the window in a solid color in VRAM and 
>letting the video card replace that color by the video. However, most video 
>cards support only one overlay at a time. So if another application has 
>claimed the overlay, it could prevent kdetv from getting it.
>
>Look for another application that deals with video, such as Kaffeine. Close 
>it, or at least make sure it's not playing/paused.
>
>If that doesn't work, you could configure kdetv not to use an overlay, but 
>that will probably cause it to use more CPU cycles and become more sensitive 
>to background processes that claim the CPU from time to time.
>
>Bye,
>		Maarten
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>
  Thank you for your help.  Kafeine is not running nor is it in the 
system tray.  No other graphics program is running.  How does one set 
kdetv to not use overlays?  I have looked.

Thanks


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