# HG changeset patch # User rathann # Date 1188051795 0 # Node ID bdef7723fd2383b62d6a22c20653f47f990a6df2 # Parent 13a22175045ed829f38523c7464f3c9caf826685 Document xorg.conf option needed for Xv playback on Intel cards. diff -r 13a22175045e -r bdef7723fd23 DOCS/xml/en/video.xml --- a/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Aug 25 13:37:19 2007 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/xml/en/video.xml Sat Aug 25 14:23:15 2007 +0000 @@ -312,6 +312,30 @@ PowerVR site. + + + +Intel cards + + +These cards can be found in many laptops. Recent Xorg is recommended. + + + +To allow playback of DVD sized (and larger) content change your XF86Config/xorg.conf like this: + +Section "Device" + [...] + Driver "intel" + Option "LinearAlloc" "6144" + [...] +EndSection + +Lack of this option usually results in an error like +X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation) +when attempting to use . + +