Xv driver for XFree86/YDL2.3?

[Henry A. Leinhos]

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>>/ I'm apparently having trouble witht the Xv driver that comes with the 
>/>/ XFree86 (ver 4.2.0-6.30e) in YDL 2.3.  I have compiled/installed both 
>/>/ ogle and  xine, but the output window only displays half of the content 
>/>/ (the left half).  Is there anything I can do (short of compiling XFree86 
>/>/ using the Gatos drivers) to fix this?
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>/>/ My system is a Powermac Dual G4 450MHz with an ATI 128 Rage Pro AGP card 
>/>/ (stock from apple), and I'm running YDL 2.3 with the latest apt-get 
>/>/ upgrades.
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>Hi Henry,
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>This should work just fine if you're running a non-SMP kernel, but will
>have the problems you describe if you're running an SMP kernel.  You may
>also need to reduce your resolution and/or bit depth (I'm running with
>a resolution of 1280x1024 and a depth of 16).  I have a very similar
>setup except I have a dual 500 MHz G4 and xine works great (uses about
>1/2 the single CPU with DRI/DMA disabled and about 1/3 the single CPU
>with DRI/DMA enabled) watching DVDs and other content.
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>						-Regards
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>						-Bill
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Thanks for the info, Bill.  I'm running my machine at 1280x1024 at 24 
bits, with the SMP kernel.  Do you know if this is an issue with just 
the PPC kernel, or all SMP kernels?  I don't think I'd give up SMP for 
the sake of watching DVDs.  :(