What drivers to use?

alu. · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject: What drivers to use?

Ok this is my 500th post about this subject

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I have a matrox p650 (stay tuned please) and I don't know which drivers to use for the
video playback to work properly.

xorg is currently using the "vesa" ones and in mplayer I can't set any other vo (video output)
than "x11shm".

I tried using the mga drivers to no avail...if they work with the matrox p650, I'd be grateful
for a guide of this driver installation.

The mtx drivers, the normal drivers for the p650, need a kernel downgrade in order to work,
but I want to avoid that at all costs.

Any other driver but vesa doesn't seem to work...I'm begging you, don't make me buy another
vga controller.

Regards in anticipation of the most helpful answer ever,
alu
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adaptr · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

alu. · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject:

I'd have to downgrade to a 2.4 kernel and wouldn't even be sure to have them working
(well the chances are pretty high though).

Won't a kernel downgrade of that much make my system less reliable and secure?

I don't know about the difference of kernels but I'm thinking that this might be the case.

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adaptr · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 4:26 pm Post subject:

Quite the contrary.
The 2.4 kernel series has been stable for years now, and unless you really need something only the 2.6 series supports, you'd actually get a more stable system.
A 2.6 kernel may be faster and offer better overall performance, though, because of improved VM management and the new scheduler.
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alu. · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:00 pm Post subject:

I see, that helps me quite a lot actually...I think I'll try using the older one then, can I keep the
new and the old one on, and switch them to my liking when in need?
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alu. · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 6:08 pm Post subject:

By the way, in order for my usb dvd burner to work I think I had to upgrade to the most
recent kernel (2.6.10-gentoo-r6). I'm wondering whether that usb thing will still be able to
work correctly? :/
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adaptr · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:14 pm Post subject:

alu. · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:50 pm Post subject:

Ok now, in order to get a 2.4 kernel on...how should I do that?
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adaptr · Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject:

First, you get the latest one:

alu. · Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:10 am Post subject:

Alright, will be doing that.

Thanks

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