white g3 ibook, r128 xv driver only works at 800x600.
Stephen Hocking
yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Mon Sep 8 14:05:01 2003
>
> I changed the XFree86 driver from fbdev to r128, to get Xine to play dvds at
> a decent rate. X would not start when XF86Config had 1024x768 as only
> screen size (gave r128(0): Virtual height and Memory initialzation errors).
> But when I set default screen size to 800x600, X starts and uses the upper
> left corner out to 800x600, with gibberish images the rest of the 1024,768
> display. In this mode though, xvinfo said xv was enabled (so r128 driver
> was being used) and in fact DVD plays MUCH FASTER!!
>
> Why am I limited to 800x600 with this driver? Can I fix it?
>
Try using the Radeon driver (I'm assuming you have one of the 2002 iBooks with
2 USB ports et cetera)
Stephen
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