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authorgabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-05-10 09:48:03 +0000
committergabucino <gabucino@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2001-05-10 09:48:03 +0000
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big review ! (translators curse me:)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@750 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ II. OpenGL drivers with *working* *fast* glTexSubImage() support.
Currently only the old Utah-GLX drivers (for X 3.3.6) have it.
See http://utah-glx.sourceforge.net for details about how to install it.
- The new X4/DRI and nVidia's binary drivers has no usable glTexSubImage :(
+ The new X4/DRI and nVidia's binary drivers have no usable glTexSubImage :(
III. Native card-specific drivers
@@ -88,10 +88,15 @@ There is 3 native drivers for Linux:
with triple buffering. It works on both framebuffer console and under X.
To use, simply compile the mga_vid.o in the drivers/ subdir (type: make)
- and load it with insmod mga_vid.o. You should verify the memory size
+ create /dev/mga_vid device :
+ mknod /dev/mga_vid c 178 0
+ and load the driver with insmod mga_vid.o. You should verify the memory size
detection using the 'dmesg' command. If it's bad, use the mga_ram_size
option (rmmod mga_vid first), specify card's memory size in MB:
insmod mga_vid.o mga_ram_size=16
+ To make it load/unload automatically when needed, insert the following line
+ at the end of /etc/modules.conf :
+ alias char-major-178 mga_vid
Using it from MPlayer: (you should re-compile it with mga_vid support...)
@@ -158,6 +163,7 @@ a, If you don't have X...
forced), and don't forget to edit /etc/vga/libvga.config to suit your
card & monitor.
+ Try the aalib target ('-vo sdl -sdl aalib'), it's great! :)
b, You want to use framebuffer...
... Whether to build the FBdev target is autodetected during ./configure .
@@ -165,7 +171,7 @@ b, You want to use framebuffer...
(Documentation/fb/*) for info on how to enable it, etc.. !
... but your card doesn't support VBE 2.0 standard (older ISA/PCI
- cards, such as S3 Trio64) :
+ cards, such as S3 Trio64), only VBE 1.2 (or older?) :
Well, VESAfb is still available, but you'll have to load SciTech Display
Doctor (formerly UniVBE) before booting Linux. Use a DOS boot disk or
whatever. And don't forget to register your UniVBE ;))