[mythtv-users] Re: Performance really sucks here :(

[Greg Wildman]

On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 10:42 -0400, Micah Wedemeyer wrote:
> About the generic VESA driver versus the Unichrome driver, there is a middle
> ground.  I used Jarod's guide as well with FC2 and I found that it installed a
> VIA driver that allows me to use xv.  I still get high CPU usage for most
> things, but it is usable, at least.
> 
> To get it to work, just go into your xorg.conf file and add the following
> settings:
> 
> Under "Modules" put:
> 
> Load   "via"
> 
> 
> Under "Device" for the graphics adapter:
> 
> change Driver "vesa" to Driver  "via"
> 
> 
> For me, this simple change made things run MUCH better!  It also didn't
> require me to do any of the Unichrome stuff.  I'm still trying to get
> Unichrome drivers to work, but I probably won't try to hard until the
> Unichrome XvMC stuff comes out in the release version of Myth.  I heard 0.16.1
> should have it.  Hopefully it will be here soon.

Are you running the VIA CLE266 chipset? If so have you tried Alan Cox's
3D DRI modules?

http://people.redhat.com/alan/

--
Greg