[mythtv-users] Intel Drivers i810 and/or i915

[R. G. Newbury]

Byron Poland wrote:
> On 9/28/07, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
>> My new Asus P5L-MX motherboard with E6600 Core 2 Duo cpu has a builtin
>> (45G video chipset, I am using the i810 driver, but it bluescreens on
>> 720p recordings. I have seen references to a i915 driver.
>>
>> Is this a video driver, intended as a replacement/enhancement of the i810?
>>
>> Anyone getting good results using the i810 driver? Or do I need to pick
>> up an nvidia card?
>>
>>               R. Geoffrey Newbury
> 
> If you use the i810 driver, there is a small patch referenced in the
> ubuntu on a mac-mini intel wiki page:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Installing_MythTV_on_an_Intel_Mac_Mini_using_Ubuntu#Viewing_HD_Material
> 
> that fixed the blue screen for me there.
> 
> I have a 965 in my new dell 1420N, and with the intel 2.x driver, I
> don't need any changes to see 720p and 1080i.
> _______________________________________________
>> 

Thanks, I have printed out that page and will try the amendments there.

Geoff

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