On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 12:42 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 16:17:58 -0800, Daniel J. Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am having a problem unrelated to the new patches. Some time recently > > xv has started being really screwy (black and white except for > > splotches that are miss-colored). Disabling BCIforXV in xorg.conf fixes > > this issue. What does disabling this do? Is there a significant > > performance hit? > > this option uses the BCI engine for mastered image transfers. It > should help performance on savage4 chips, however, it causes problems > sometimes. I should probably make it an Xv option rather than a > server option so users can turn it on and off more easily.
That would be a bad idea if it can cause serious problems like hangs or worse. No idea if it can though, just wanted to point this out in case. -- Earthling Michel DÃnzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
