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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: gene.heskett@verizon.net
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Mach Speed motherboard w/onboard video
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 20:41:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1102711303.3271.64.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200412082032.22619.gene.heskett@verizon.net>

> I did place the order for the board, and a cheap Chaintech Gforce 5200
> video card in case the onboard doesn't work out for this app.  The
> existing card, a 4 meg rage based card, apparently is not well
> supported by xorg's code, if the blanker is allowed to kick in, the
> recovery when the mouse is moved or a key is hit, is to a totally
> trashed screen & one must find the pager and switch screens to effect
> a redraw.  Minor detail, but a pita anyway.

An external video card will give you materially better performance
anyway and if you are doing real time stuff help in a few other ways.


  reply	other threads:[~2004-12-10 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-12-08 16:40 Mach Speed motherboard w/onboard video Gene Heskett
2004-12-08 16:56 ` Lee Revell
2004-12-08 17:48   ` Gene Heskett
2004-12-08 22:11     ` Joel Jaeggli
2004-12-09  1:32       ` Gene Heskett
2004-12-10 20:41         ` Alan Cox [this message]
2004-12-10 22:26           ` Gene Heskett
2004-12-10 22:37           ` Andrew Walrond
2004-12-10 22:53             ` Joel Jaeggli

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