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On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:20:34PM -0700, Brian Stark wrote:
> Quentin Garnier wrote:
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> >>vga1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0: Nvidia Corporation GeForce4 MX 420 (rev.
> >>0xa3)
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> >But you don't have things like Xvideo support.
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> Hi Quentin,
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> Huh? I not an expert on the X Window System, but a quick check of the
> output from xdpyinfo shows the following:
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> number of extensions:    27
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>    BIG-REQUESTS
>    DOUBLE-BUFFER
>    DPMS
>    Extended-Visual-Information
>    FontCache
>    GLX
>    LBX
>    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
>    MIT-SHM
>    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
>    RANDR
>    RENDER
>    SECURITY
>    SGI-GLX
>    SHAPE
>    SYNC
>    TOG-CUP
>    X-Resource
>    XC-APPGROUP
>    XC-MISC
>    XFree86-Bigfont
>    XFree86-Misc
>    XFree86-VidModeExtension
>    XInputExtension
>    XKEYBOARD
>    XTEST
>    XVideo
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> Both XVideo and GLX are present. I can do things like watch DVDs and
> use the GL-based screen savers in XScreensaver.  I'm aware that the
> card I have is not Nvidia's top-of-the-line model, but for my rather
> (simple?) needs, it works just fine. :-) I imagine that if I was into
> computer games or did a lot of work with graphics, I could find a card
> that is better suited, but I'm happy with what I have. I think the
> point of this is that people should keep in mind that there are
> different video cards suited for different purposes.  I can't comment
> on the the ATI cards because I haven't used any with NetBSD/XFree86. But
> based on my experience with my Nvidia card, I wouldn't automatically
> ignore other cards from that manufacturer.

What does xvinfo have to say?
xdpyinfo says this for my TNT2 M64:
number of extensions:    29
    BIG-REQUESTS
    DOUBLE-BUFFER
    DPMS
    Extended-Visual-Information
    FontCache
    GLX
    LBX
    MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    MIT-SHM
    MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
    RANDR
    RENDER
    SECURITY
    SGI-GLX
    SHAPE
    SYNC
    TOG-CUP
    X-Resource
    X3D-PEX
    XC-APPGROUP
    XC-MISC
    XFree86-Bigfont
    XFree86-DGA
    XFree86-Misc
    XFree86-VidModeExtension
    XIE
    XInputExtension
    XKEYBOARD
    XVideo

yet xvinfo says this:
X-Video Extension version 2.2
screen #0
 no adaptors present

and anything trying to use xvideo or GLX fails.
It is simply not supported by anything but the true nvidia driver for older
cards, it seems, and nvidia is too tight-mouthed to let us support it.

-Sean
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