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mplayer-vdpau: The “Error 23″ issue

There are some .mkv files, that refuses to play with the latest mplayer-vdpau (nvidia-180.18 + mplayer-vdpau-3263604. The error code, they return is: Error 23 at libvo/vo_vdpau.c:724 Some recommend at the nvidia forum to change line 94 in libvo/vo_vdpau, and set up the value below up to anything higher:

xine-vdpau – the first contact

A little HOWTO on how to make VDR using the new VDPAU hardware acceleration… [UPDATE]Read here, how to install VDR on Karmic Koala with Binary Packages.[/UPDATE] Like I wrote here, the xine developer team is working on an own implementation of Nvidia’s VDPAU video display driver, which is an H.264 hardware acceleration. I’ve downloaded (checked [...]

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[solved] vmware: wrong/broken keyboard mapping

I’ve installed VMware Server 2.0 ( from 2008/10/29 | Build: 122956) on a 64bit Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), and set up a Fedora9 and a Ubuntu 8.10 32bit instance. Unfortunately the keyboard mapping was messed up pretty much. If I tried to go up with the arrow key a “save screenshot” window poped up. I [...]

[solved] Firefox: “Could not find compatible GRE” after Ubuntu 8.10 Upgrade

After an update of my Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) my Firefox didn’t want to start anymore. This is what the command line returned after I started Firefox in there: Could not find compatible GRE between version 1.9.0.1 and 1.9.0.*. The solution for the problem was quite simple. This line made Firefox work again: sudo xulrunner-1.9 [...]