Fedora 8, mplayer, radeon 9250, and "fullscreen" mode
Jeff Krebs
jkrebs at tconl.com
Tue Nov 27 14:19:59 UTC 2007
* Jeff Krebs (jkrebs at tconl.com) wrote:
> I've installed Fedora 8 with few, if any, issues. However, I am
> experiencing a problem with mplayer (from FreshRPMs): when in fullscreen
> mode, it only displays around 3/4rs to 7/8ths the size of the actual
> full screen. The black borders or video image don't extend fully to the
> right or bottom; the display is shoved in the upper left corner at 0,0.
> My setup is:
>
> - Pentium 4, 1.6gz
> - ATI Radeon 9250 AGP card
> - Using the "radeon" driver from xorg
> - Acer AL1916W LCD monitor, 1440x900 resolution
>
> Mplayer worked splendidly under Fedora 7. My xorg.conf file is the
> EXACT same one I used under Fedora 7. My mplayer prefs are the same as
> well (the "monitoraspect" is set to 16:10). I use the xv mplayer driver
> and have libdrm and mesa-libGL installed. Even though the display isn't
> fullscreen, it still retains the correct aspect ratio.
>
> This issue happens with and without gdm (I set the "runlevel" to 3 under
> initab, and performed a manual "startx" with the same output result).
>
> This problem occurs under both the AfterStep and twm window managers.
>
> I've been very happy with the Xorg radeon driver, at least under Fedora
> 7, and really have no interest in installing the proprietary drivers if
> I don't have to.
>
> Can anyone repeat this issue?
>
> I did notice that Steve (zephod at cfl.rr.com) had a prior post
>
> "Problem with screen resolution in F8"
>
> where he was experiencing a 2/3 screen with a Radeon card and LCD. Things
> sounded eerily familiar.
>
> What can I do?
>
> Jeff
>
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Most odd indeed.
Again, the "Problem with screen resolution in F8" thread seems to have
identified the issue. running xrandr, I seem to have a ghost monitor
attached with a resolution of 1360X768 (compared to my normal 1440x900).
Appears to be an ATI driver issue. Hopefully a fix is in the works.
Jeff Krebs
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