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

[R. G. Newbury]

jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>> 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.


It creates a new one, at least with the i810 driver. I had a few 
'X-server did not start' errors along the way, and it created a brand 
new xorg.conf...including erasing the old one: no backup...


Geoff