[mythtv-users] 0.21 Not Viewable on VIA EPIA M10K (revisited)

[Chris Rouch]

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Paul Bender <pebender at san.rr.com> wrote:
> Chris Rouch wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for all the replies. I gave the newest minimyth a whirl last
>> night and it Just Worked - after some straightforward configuration
>> anyway.
>>
>> I looked at minimyth a couple of years ago when I bough the M10K, but
>> gave up because I couldn't work out how to use it. They've obviously
>> done a lot of work on it in the meantime, particularly to the online
>> documentation.
>>
>> I suspect my original problem was caused by the Mesa issue mentioned
>> by Paul Bender, but I no longer have any pressing need to try to fix
>> it.
>
> I am glad to hear that MiniMyth just worked. As I no longer have an VIA
> EPIA M series board (although I still have a VIA EPIA SP series board),
> I never quite sure whether or not I have managed to keep MiniMyth
> working well on the board for which MiniMyth was originally created.
>
> Also, I am glad to hear that someone used the documentation. I hate
> creating documentation, but I created some anyway (after some prodding).
>
> <rant>It is too bad that the Mesa support for VIA hardware is so
> broken/fragile. Given the lack of CPU power on the VIA EPIA boards, you
> would think that VIA would want OpenGL hardware acceleration to work.
> Yet, they do not contribute to the development.</rant>

Isn't that about to change?
http://www.via.com.tw/en/resources/pressroom/pressrelease.jsp?press_release_no=2088

Chris

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