[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] autodetect screen size for vo_mga fullscreen

[Attila Kinali]

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:30:56 -0500
Jason Lunz <j at falooley.org> wrote:

> It's not problematic. The code falls back to the old behavior if there's
> any problem getting the size from /dev/fb0. This is only used _at_all_
> if you're using -vo mga, and vo_mga only works if you're using the
> framebuffer. (I compiled a kernel last night without framebuffer and
> tried vo_mga. It didn't work.)

Yes, -vo mga requires that the mga is in a graphics mode,
either X or matroxfb, or svga (but who'd use that ? ;-)
At the moment, there is no switching to graphics mode if the card isnt
 
> > IIRC Arpi said once something like it's not easily possible.
> 
> what? if you know the fbdev, getting the screen size is just
> ioctl(fbfd, FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO).


Sorry, that was my whicked mind...
i meant that it's afaik impossible to get the resolution
from the mga directly (ie accessing the card registers)

		Attila Kinali

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