[MPlayer-users] Problem with Monitor after playing mplayer

[Rich Felker]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 02:10:33AM +0200, blackseal wrote:
> Hello all,
> my problem is a bit confuse.
> and sorry for my bad english. i will try it anyway.
> First, my hardware:
> A7N8X-E Deluxe, 2x256MB RAM, GeForce2 MX 62MB,
> ...
> Software is
> Debian Sarge, Xfree+Devel, mplayer via cvs.
> ...
> Finally, the problem comes with DGA in fullscreen.
> I was testing some new vo's on commandline to test the speed.
> I cant swear it was DGA, but after switching some modes, my monitor
> become stupid frequencies and my display shows like this:
> 
> -------------------
> \                 /
>  \               /
>  |               |
>  |               |
>  /               \
> /                 \
> -------------------
> 
> I dont know what happend, my 1280x1024 Modes was in this state.
> So im booting into XP, and ... ahhh, same problem.
> Okay, i switched back in lower resolution via Strg-Alt+ +/-
> and all seems okay. Only the 1280x1024 Modes are affected.
> Then, i played with a tool from x packages to show the vertical and
> horizontal frequencies and modiefied these a bit like a kid :)
> After some tests, reboots and i cant switch back to normal view.
> Any Idea ?

No, but this has nothing to do with MPlayer. It's a matter of X and
your video timings, which you need to fix.

Rich