On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:14:47 +0000 Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> wrote: > I have installed xfree 4.3 from experimental (necessary for the radeon > driver to recognise the 9200) and preloaded agpgart. I have specified > dri in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file. DRI should not be necessary for Video playback. > There are two warnings that are slightly worrying in > /var/log/XFree86.0.log > > (WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:1) > found That only means the second head of the card which is reported as a separate graphics device to the system is not configured. This is harmless unless you want to use two monitors. > (WW) RADEON(0): [agp] AGP not available Again, this should not matter too much when playing video, but it explains glxgears running slow. > However running mplayer dvd:// with a dvd in my dvd drive, it pretty > soon reports that it is not running fast enough, which is pretty > obvious because the sound is all choppy First thing I would check is if the DVD drive has DMA enabled. Since it was working before, this should not be the problem but it is worth checking. Perhaps you could try your luck with the ATI driver. It can be a world of pain but as long as you don´t need 3D acceleration, it works pretty well. Just make sure you build a proper configuration with the included tool. -- Got Backup? Jabber: Shadowdancer at jabber.fsinf.de
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