[mythtv-users] anyone using XGI graphics cards, specifically HDTV/component output ?

Nathan Poznick kraken at wang-fu.org
Thu May 12 18:20:08 UTC 2005


Thus spake John Kuhn:
> in windows land these are said to be the best of the best for a htpc 
> (tv-out quality).. i've been meaning to check out the linux 
> compatibility issues just never got around to it

I grabbed the Linux drivers from their site, and it looks a bit odd.  At
one point they had OpenGL acceleration support, but it appears to have
been removed from the newer versions of the driver (now only supports
2D).  Support for the framebuffer on 2.6 kernels appears to be lacking
as well.

-- 
Nathan Poznick <kraken at wang-fu.org>

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the
mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come
into this world alone and leave it alone. - Thomas De Quincey

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