Toshiba gfxcard chipset

Björn,

I ran Ogle to see if Xv was in the window, as you suggested. It was, 
with the top of the window reading "Ogle v0.9.1 Xv XShm."

If anyone else on the list could help with the gfxcard/driver issue on a 
Toshiba Tecra 8000, I would be grateful.

Best,
Ted

Bj|rn Englund wrote:

>>I am running Ogle on a Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop, 400 mhz, RedHat 8.0. I
>>can only get Ogle to work by reducing the display to 640 x 480, which
>>means I lose part of the Ogle image. I am requesting help with these
>>questions, and would be grateful for any response:
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>>1) Is there a way to change the size of the Ogle display so that, if I
>>have to go to 640 x 480, I can see all the DVD image?
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>If you have Xv enabled in ogle (which is default). There should be 'Xv'
>printed among other things in the title of the ogle video window.
>For Xv to work your xserver driver for your gfxcard needs to support Xv
>also. Even with Xv some cards can't scale the picture down (just up).
>The format on a dvd is 720x480 or 720x576 so any screen resolution lower
>than this means that you need to scale down or you don't see the whole
>picture.
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>>2) Can I configure Ogle in such a way as to maximize the Toshiba PII
>>processor, enabling me to run Ogle at 800 x 600?
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>This is a problem with your gfxcard/drivers. A faster CPU won't help.
>I don't know what gfx chipset you have on your laptop so I can't help more.
>Perhaps if someone else on this list has the same laptop model and has
>some more info?
>Otherwise I think you should ask on one of the XFree86 mailinglists, they
>should know more about the gfxchipset and what is supported in the XFree86
>drivers (if Xv works).
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>/Björn
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