[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
to sort itself out on it's own.

> 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...???

    It just sorts itself out. If you look through the X log you will see
it sorting itself out, figuring out what the monitor can do and generating
possible modelines for itself.

    I'm only interested in doing the native resolution of my panel so
I haven't been motivated to do any more futzing with it.

    Remove your xorg.conf file entirely and see what happens.