[mythtv-users] BadAlloc

[nate s]

I read somewhere that to work around this you can add this line to
your xorg.conf file, in the device section:

    Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps"

Hope that helps

-Nate


On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:52:58 -0600, John Goerzen <jgoerzen at complete.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As part of some of my testing for HDTV, I decided to try playback of
> Jarod's clip.  I received a blank screen, but got this in my
> .xsession-errors:
> 
> X Error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) 11
>   Major opcode:  145
>   Minor opcode:  19
>   Resource id:  0x1
> 
> (repeated several times)
> 
> A little searching on this problem yielded
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/79011?search_string=badalloc%20insufficient%20resources;#79011
> 
> That mentions a bug in X.Org's server.  I am not running that, but I
> thought I'd try the workaround (disabling DRI) anyway.   Sure enough,
> that fixed it, although now mythfrontend uses far more CPU than before.
> And due to this increased usage, it can't play HDTV clips smoothly.
> 
> Is anyone aware of any other workaround/information on this?
> 
> I'm running:
> 
>  Debian sid
>  XFree86 4.3.0
>  fglrx 3.14.1
>  Kernel 2.6.7
>  ATI Radeon 9200
>  960x540p video mode on VGA out
> 
> Suggestions welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
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