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diff --git a/doc/README.solaris b/doc/README.solaris index 6312b6476..852d4e33d 100644 --- a/doc/README.solaris +++ b/doc/README.solaris @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ building xine on solaris * To get VIS accelerated video decoding and colour space conversion on Solaris SPARC with an UltraSPARC cpu, download and install Sun's - mediaLib 2.0, available here: + mediaLib 2.0 before compiling xine. mediaLib is available here: http://www.sun.com/sparc/vis/mediaLib.html @@ -36,3 +36,29 @@ Known Problems Reboot the machine after modifying /etc/system to activate the new shared memory defaults. + + +* When using an 8-bit display, xine aborts with the error message: + + IMLIB ERROR: Cannot Find Palette. A Palette is required for this mode + Unable to initialize Imlib + + xine expects an installed Imlib package, installed using the "prefix" / + xine is looking for the global Imlib config file in /etc/imrc. + + If you have the solaris 8 companion CD installed, an Imlib package is + already installed on your system, but it uses the "prefix" /opt/sfw. + + To work around the problem: + + - install a symbolic link /etc/imrc, pointing to /opt/sfw/etc/imrc + (needs root permission) + + # ln -s /opt/sfw/etc/imrc /etc + + or + + - install an ".imrc" file in your home directory, + with the following contents: + + PaletteFile /opt/sfw/etc/im_palette.pal |