Re: Video player programs freeze on me

On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:21:30 +0100
Christian Marillat <marillat@???> wrote:

> On 22 janv. 2017 14:49, Robin Cook <rcook@???> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:38:06 +0100
> > Christian Marillat <marillat@???> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> >> Which is your GPU ?
> >
> > It is an AMD from ASUS EAH4870
> >
> >>
> >> Could you try mpv with another "--vo=" option ? See section "VIDEO
> >> OUTPUT DRIVERS" in mpv manpage.
> >
> > It worked when I set it to xv and x11. The others vdpau, opengl, sdl,
> > vaapi all did the some thing and drm got an error messages and didn't
> > play at all
>
> Which is the drm error message ?
>
> Christian
>

[vo/drm] VT_GETMODE failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
[vo/drm] Failed to set up VT switcher. Terminal switching will be unavailable.
[vo/drm] Cannot set CRTC: Permission denied
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (--vo) device.