Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:05:14 +0800 From: Ganbold <ganbold@micom.mng.net> To: Eric Anholt <anholt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: mnag@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org>, joel@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 945GM graphics and mplayer Message-ID: <452316DA.2090900@micom.mng.net> In-Reply-To: <1159824563.75165.35.camel@vonnegut> References: <4520A2B3.5040809@micom.mng.net> <1159824563.75165.35.camel@vonnegut>
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Eric Anholt wrote: > On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 13:25 +0800, Ganbold wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have strange problem with my Dell Latitude D620 laptop which has 945GM >> chipset and onboard graphic card. >> I'm using September 30th RELENG_6. >> >> If I use acpi_video only, mplayer can only use "sdl" video output for >> full screen playing. >> If I use mnag@FreeBSD.org's i945 graphics support patch without using >> acpi_video, mplayer can use other video outputs for full screen playing >> but my mouse works in strange way, mouse pointer doesn't move, or moves >> very very slowly. I can see mouse goes over gnome applets (highlights) >> but I don't see pointer itself is moving. >> If I use mnag's patch and acpi_video together mplayer can use only "sdl" >> for full screen playing. >> > > OK, I think in reading your email, I'll substitute "having acpi_video" > with "not having AGP loaded." If you have acpi_video on RELENG_6, that > prevents your AGP from loading afaik. > Oh, ok, I thought so. Some questions: Do I really need acpi_video? Can I use both AGP and acpi_video at the same time? Do I need to load i915 kernel module? > So, if you have AGP loaded, you get a broken cursor, but playing XV > works fine? Yes. > Could you try the patch at > http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/agp-i945-4.diff instead? There were > cases where the original patch (along with Linux's code) could get the > aperture size wrong in my testing. But then, testing 3 versions of the > code across 2-3 pieces of hardware and 2 OSes leaves me somewhat > confused as to what I've really tested, so no guarantees :) > > Ok, I understand, I'll try your patch and let you know whether it solves the problem or not. >> Is this strange behavior related to ACPI or something else? >> >> Also when I'm not starting /etc/rc.d/moused before going to X I can't >> use mouse in X. >> Is this problem related to X or ACPI? >> > > X expects to use sysmouse by default. If you don't have moused > providing mouse events, you won't get any. > It is strange though I see mouse pointer in center of the screen, but it doesn't move. As I recall it was working without moused when I first installed FreeBSD-6.1-RELEASE. I'm not quite sure, I did several updates to RELENG_6 and somewhere July it didn't work without moused loaded beforehand. Maybe it is ACPI related problem, but it is only my opinion. thanks, Ganbold
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