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

[jedi at mishnet.org]

> jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>>> stanley kamithi wrote:
>>>>> The only oddity I have remaining, is that the OSD displays *behind*
>>>>> the
>>>>> recording...
>>>>
>>>> are you using the chromakey osd ?
>>>>
>>>> Try disabling chromakey osd if you are using it or upgrade to get
>>>> the fix applied in changeset 14555. This issue may happen
>>>> if using the chromakey osd and mythtv selects the intel adaptor
>>>> that doesn't have xv_colorkey support.
>>> I think the box is at 14575 or so. I will try turning off chromakey and
>>> see what happens. I am using the i810 driver on Fedora 8rc2 (aka 7.91
>>> ). At the moment there is no 915resolution rpm to use with the intel
>>
>>     The 915/945 drivers for the latest version of X that ships with
>> Gutsy Gibbon are proper modesetting drivers. If you have the lastest
>> xorg then you should be set.
>
> As I said, I'm on Fedora 8rc2. Fedora 7 has a 915resolution rpm. Fedora
> 8 does not. If the capability is now in the intel driver, the man page
> does not describe how to use the new capability. The intel driver did

    I use the intel driver with Ubuntu 7.10.

    I don't even bother with an xorg.conf file anymore. X just manages


> not seem to want to work, so I just put 'i810' and some option lines in
> xorg and it worked. (Unlike the difficulties I had trying to get the
> openchrome driver to work well with HD, on an SP13000...not possible I
> think).
>
> So how do you use the mode-setting capability, without a utility program
> like 915res...???
>
>
> Geoff
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