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Document xorg.conf option needed for Xv playback on Intel cards.

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<para>
If you want to use Xv with a Kyro based card (for example Hercules
Prophet 4000XT), you should download the drivers from the
<ulink url="http://www.powervr.com/">PowerVR site</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
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<para>
If you want to use Xv with a Kyro based card (for example Hercules
Prophet 4000XT), you should download the drivers from the
<ulink url="http://www.powervr.com/">PowerVR site</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>


<sect2 id="intel">
<title>Intel cards</title>

<para>
These cards can be found in many laptops. Recent Xorg is recommended.
</para>

<para>
To allow playback of DVD sized (and larger) content change your XF86Config/xorg.conf like this:
<programlisting>
Section "Device"
    [...]
    Driver "intel"
    <emphasis>Option "LinearAlloc" "6144"</emphasis>
    [...]
EndSection
</programlisting>
Lack of this option usually results in an error like
<screen>X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)</screen>
when attempting to use <option>-vo xv</option>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

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