HD with Xvideo on i915GM (i810 driver)

[Alan Hourihane]

On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 09:56 -0700, galenz at zinkconsulting.com wrote:
> On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Alan Hourihane wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 09:42 -0700, galenz at zinkconsulting.com wrote:
> >>>> LinearAlloc 6144 got me up to 720P as well. But I'm running the
> >>>> latest
> >>>> modsetting branch driver
> >>>>
> >>>>   git://git.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-intel
> >>>>
> >>>> and have the 1080i problem.  I don't know the relationship of  
> >>>> this to
> >>>> 1.7.2. Any advise?
> >>>
> >>> modesetting doesn't have the fixes, but in i830_video.c you have to
> >>> bump
> >>> the MAX_HEIGHT to at least 1088.
> >>>
> >>> Alan.
> >>
> >> Which in turn requires recompiling X.org?
> >
> > No. Just the driver.
> >
> > Alan.
> 
> I will investigate this further as soon as I boot FC5 again.
> 
> Is there any reason this isn't in the driver by default?

It is. You are not reading the thread properly.

Alan.