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diff --git a/content/posts/2001-01-17-divx-is-my-friend.html b/content/posts/2001-01-17-divx-is-my-friend.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d89c171 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2001-01-17-divx-is-my-friend.html @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +--- +date: "2001-01-17T10:47:00Z" +title: DivX is My Friend +--- + +I found a really great <I>Star Trek: The Next Generation</I> DivX site; +I've been grabbing episodes since last night. Check it out +<a href="http://members.tripod.co.uk/Kristok/episodes/tng/">here</a>. +Speaking of DivX, the next generation of the DivX ;-) codec is available, +but this time with source. See <a href="http://www.projectmayo.com/opendivx/">Project Mayo: OpenDivX</a> for more information. +<br /><br /> + +<a href="/projects/pheh/">Pheh</a> 0.2.1 is out. I've got v0.2.2 sitting +here on my box; it's almost ready to go. The only problem is, I upgraded +to the SGI GLU headers so compile the latest CVS Evas, and I must have +gotten a broken snapshot, because now no GLU-related stuff works correctly. +Oh well, I'll fix it soon enough. 0.2.2 adds webcam and native +<a href="/projects/cam/">Cam</a> bookmark support. I'm still working on +sane keyboard support; I might hold off v0.2.2 until that is ready to +go. +<br /><br /> + +I've been having a horrendous time with kernel 2.4. Here's +the problem; I've got a GeForce 2 MX TwinView and the KT133 chipset. +Now, kernel 2.4 has KT133 AGP support via agpgart, and the +NVidia driver has #ifdefs so it doesn't use it's own AGP support. So, +in theory I _should_ be able to compile the kernel with KT133 agpgart +support, reboot, and compile the NVidia drivers (which would exclude +it's own AGP driver). Alternatively, I could compile 2.4 without +agpgart, and compile the NVidia driver, which would use it's own (working) +KT133 support. Fortunately for me neither of those two options +works; I get a hard lock after my ssh-agent dialog closes. Before +you ask, yes I've applied the linux-2.4.0-PR patch; 0.9-5 won't +compile under 2.4 without it. I've also tried the TNT2 M64 POST +patch (someone in #nvidia thought it might help), and various other +crap. The only thing I haven't tried yet is upgrading from XFree86 +4.0.1 to 4.0.2. At this point, I suspect that may be the problem, +but I'm sticking with 2.2 for the time being. +<br /><br /> + +On a more positive note, I tried out both SVGATextMode (132x60) and +fbcon. Wow! FBCon looks great -- totally smooth fonts in +console; absolutely amazing -- but it's a bit on the slow side. +I like SVGATextMode a bit more at the moment. It's not noticeably +slower, but there's a _ton_ of console space. I actually felt a bit +cramped once I got back into X. +<br /><br /> + +Finally, I've heard rumors about the new Nvidia Linux drivers having +multihead or even xinerama GL support. Needless to say, I've been +checking the +<a href="http://www.nvidia.com/Products/Drivers.nsf/Linux.html">page</a> +about 1000 times a day waiting for it to come out. Then again, the +drivers were supposed to come out before christmas, so who knows... + |