In this mode, ideally you do not configure any settings through nf but by using xrandr, or a graphical front-end to RandR such as gnome-display-settings. usr/bin/gconftool-2 -type string -set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink autovideosink usr/bin/gconftool-2 -type string -set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink ximagesink # We do the later, but only if the current display size > 2048įor output in $(/usr/bin/xrandr -d :0.0 -verbose| \ # So there are 2 ways to work around the bug, either use Compositing or disable XV. # unless you use Metacity compositing, which is rather slow. # Basically you cannot have video acceleration if desktop size >2048 pixels in either way # This script is to work around an annoying issue on Intel 945 video chips It could be launched from a dock hotplug event script (although that would not take care of all the use cases, such as booting with external display already attached) Here is a script I wrote that automatically sets the correct video output option based on configured displays. Gconftool-2 -type string -set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink autovideosink Gconftool-2 -type string -set /system/gstreamer/0.10/default/videosink ximagesink For Gstreamer enabled apps this can be set globally, for other apps you will have to dig into their settings. This will cause much higher CPU usage, but only during video playback. Gconftool-2 -type bool -set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager false
Xvideo does not work (black or empty video window) įor the Xvideo issue a workaround in the driver is technically possible but not yet implemented.įor now you can work around the Xvideo driver issue by either enabling Metacity compositing or disabling XV overlay.Įnable Metacity Compositing gconftool-2 -type bool -set /apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager true.
KMS (Kernel Mode Setting) as the name suggests moves some video setup functions to the kernel. Intel releases a new driver once per quarter. The Intel opensource videodriver is maintained by Intel at.
Cheers.ĮDIT:> Can a mod please rename the title's 'vist' to 'aero'. If anyone should shed some light on this issue, I'd be really more than thankful. Heck, Dell is still shipping laptops with them. If I'm not mistaken, there are tons and tons are laptops out there from late 2003 till early this year mid-2006 being sold with Intel GMA 900 as a graphic option. Is there any way one could author such a driver for the GMA 900 (using Intel's written one for its GMA 950 sibling)? This should not be too much of a difficult feat in my mind as those basic requirements of Aero I had earlier pointed out are supported by the GMA 900. The reason? No WDDM driver has been written for the GMA 900.
This has changed in the newer version of the Upgrade Advisor. In fact, Window's own Vista Upgrade Advisor, albeit an earlier version, even states that the GMA 900 would run Aero. For those of you who are not familiar with the Intel GMA 900, it is compatible with Vista Aero?s basic requirements (32bits per pixel, Pixel Shader 2.0, at least 128MB of VRam, and DirectX 9.0 compatibility).