> On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 10:20 +0100, Marius Schrecker wrote: > > >> I'm using a Radeon X300 with DVI out. Works fine using latest X-org and >> ATI proprietary drivers. The only caveats I can think of are to do with >> direct access (I've so far only got it to work with xv). >> >> Others have had problems with overscan, but with my lcdtv this hasn't >> een >> a problem. It copes fine with a custom modeline of 1368x768. >> >> The only other problems I've had have to do with the TV not suporting >> 50Hz >> refresh rate (so I can't use bob deinterlacing), and a module build >> problem using the latest 2.6.14 kernel (compiled fine on 2.6.13). >> >> There may be issues on X86_64 systems as the proprietary driver has 32 >> bit >> dependencies. >> >> Which distro are you running? >> >> >> Marius > > > Marius, > Thanks for the feedback! In answer to your question, I am using a > diskless Ubuntu frontend in this case. Since my TV only supports 1080i, > deinterlacing isn't much of an issue for me (I tried using 540p, and the > results don't appear as good as the 1080i, for whatever reason). And > since Ubuntu is still using 2.6.12, I shouldn't have problems with > kernel compilation. So it seems that if I do my homework, and get a > card that has HDCP support, I might be better off. > > Thanks for the help! > > --Matt
The reason I asked about the distro is that kanotix includes a nifty little script that takes all the backache out of the ati driver installation for debian. It will probably work in Ubuntu too. Get it from www.kanotix.com/files :-) Cheers Marius > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
