Re: Running Debian Lenny on PowerMac G5
On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 00:04 +0100, Tiresia Giuno wrote:
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> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:47:13 +0100
> Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 20:14 +0100, Tiresia Giuno wrote:
> > >
> > > (==) RADEON(0): Using AGP 8x
> >
> > Does adding either of the following options to the xorg.conf Section
> > "Device" work around the video freezes?
> >
> > Option "AGPMode" "4"
> > Option "DMAForXv" "off"
> > Option "BusType" "PCI"
> >
> It looks like the Options you suggested did the trick - I could watch
> video for hours without any problems. I've tried to understand if one
> of those options is essential, but still I couldn't find it out.
Note that you shouldn't specify all options together. One of them should
be enough, and I specifically ordered them from the least to the most
expected impact on performance.
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