[Openchrome-users] Could not lock DMA pages

[Thomas Hellström]

> On 12/23/05, Thomas Hellstr?m <unichrome at shipmail.org> wrote:
>>
>> MagicITX wrote:
>>
>> > I know this isn't a unichrome error but thought someone here might be
>> > able to help.  I installed unichrome, libxvmc and drm from the
>> > unichrome-20051116 snapshot.  I installed VLC (Videolan Client)
>> > 0.8.1_r1 using Gentoo's emerge.  When I run vlc it get a string of
>> > these in the log:
>> >
>> > [drm:via_build_sg_info] *ERROR* Could not lock DMA pages.
>> >
>> > On the display is a green block.  Any ideas?
>>
>> We've had similar error reports before, but I've been unable to
>> reproduce it.
>> Basically it is the drm being handed memory that does not belong to the
>> user.
>>
>> What hardware is this?
>> What does the Xorg.0.log say? (Compressed, please)
>> Does Xine -V xv work with the same stream.
>> Does mplayer work with the same stream?
>>
>> /Thomas
>

Hi!

>
> This is a VIA EPIA M10000 system.  I put my Xorg online at
> http://www.magicitx.com/pub/Xorg.0.log
> I'm trying to play a DVD with vlc when I get the error.  I don't have Xine
> on the system and still working on xvmc for mplayer.  I'll focus on
> mplayer
> today so I can give more information.  Watching live-tv with MythTV works
> fine including xvmc.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
>
> Tim
> www.magicitx.com
>

The error is Xv-related, so it would be interesting to know whether Xv
works for the other players you have with the same stream. XvMC uses
another DRM path.

/Thomas