# HG changeset patch
# User diego
# Date 1224018959 0
# Node ID b67912ddcfb262b3fdcde8b25da5286a65a5f9e7
# Parent 3c457656518307d2d89c508a93ddda05dc575588
Update VIDIX vs. svgalib documentation.
diff -r 3c4576565183 -r b67912ddcfb2 DOCS/xml/en/video.xml
--- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Tue Oct 14 16:04:09 2008 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Tue Oct 14 21:15:59 2008 +0000
@@ -1549,19 +1549,14 @@
Since VIDIX requires direct hardware access you can either run it as root
or set the SUID bit on the MPlayer binary
(Warning: This is a security risk!).
-Alternatively, if you are running Linux kernel 2.4.x, you can use a
-special kernel module, like this:
+Alternatively, you can use a special kernel module, like this:
Download the
development version
- of svgalib (for example 1.9.17), OR
- download a version made by Alex especially for usage with
- MPlayer (it doesn't need the svgalib source to
- compile) from
- here.
+ of svgalib (1.9.x).
Compile the module in the
@@ -1579,7 +1574,8 @@
Then run configure again and pass the parameter
as well as
- ,
+ ,
+ where /path/to/svgalib_helper/sources/ has to be
adjusted to wherever you extracted svgalib_helper sources.