[MPlayer-users] VESA Not Working on Kernels > 2.6.15.5

[Obecalp]

> On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 11:28:31AM -0500, Obecalp wrote:
> > Hi Stephen,
> > 
> > I have tried using the neofb kernel framebuffer support but 
> it is very 
> > slow compared to VESA.  The machine is very slow too 
> (150Mhz) Pentium 
> > MMX, so every bit of speed that I can squeeze out of it is 
> important.
> 
> There's no reason that fb should perform differently than VESA.
> Perhaps you need to setup the mtrr's manually? Omitting mtrr 
> makes video VERY slow but I don't even know if pentium mmx had mtrr..
> 
> Rich
> 

This processor doesn't have mtrr (Pentium MMX 150Mhz).

VESA on this laptop is much faster than framebuffer video.

Thanks,

Patrick.