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

[Paul Bender]

Chris Rouch wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Paul Bender <pebender at san.rr.com> wrote:

>> <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

I hope so. However, VIA has made previous false starts when it comes to 
Open Source. Based on this past experience, I am doubtful that they will 
provide much help with the Xorg Open Source drivers. I hope that I am wrong.