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Old 04-18-2008   #1 (permalink)
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I expect its the Graphics card !
I have linux Mint running on a pentuim 3 1000GHZ and the Graphics card is a AGP 8MB SIS 6326.
When I view BBC Iplayer or any stream video it is broken by a line and it misses frames, I believe it is probably that the graphics card isn't enoulgh for the job.
As the mobo which is a GA-6VX7-4X takes a 4X AGP graphics card, will any that say 8X/4X be okay for the job ?
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Which Graphics Driver X Server is using for your Graphics Card?
Open Terminal and execute this
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grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Post output here.
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I had no problem watching videos on my old p2 450mhz with an 8mb 1x agp card. Do you have problems with vlc or other video players? Of course, my p2 ran an optimized-to-hell LFS and did some things even faster than this core2duo 2.2ghz dell laptop with NVidia 8400 running Arch.
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zmikeo@zmikeo-desktop-Mint:~$ grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Driver "kbd"
Driver "mouse"
Driver "wacom"
Driver "wacom"
Driver "wacom"
Driver "sis"
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Press Alt+F2 and type this
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gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
It will open xorg.conf file in Gedit with root privileges.
Replace Driver "sis" with "vesa". Save file and reboot machine.
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Press Alt+F2 and type this
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gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
It will open xorg.conf file in Gedit with root privileges.
Replace Driver "sis" with "vesa". Save file and reboot machine.
Well the video seems to be better, but unfortunately the screen seems to have shifted to the left about an inch, so on the right I have a 1 inch black space.
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I've just maximised the video and it still has the flickering.


Have just revised driver back to SIS for now.
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Check the HorizSync and VertRefresh rates in xorg.conf file. Those values must be supported by your Monitor. Check Monitor's Manual for supported rates and edit xorg.conf file accordingly.
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Check the HorizSync and VertRefresh rates in xorg.conf file. Those values must be supported by your Monitor. Check Monitor's Manual for supported rates and edit xorg.conf file accordingly.
Cheers, shall look in to that later, but if I loose it when I maximise screen wouldn't a slightly better graphics card help ?
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Have no manual as it is an old 17" Belinea CRT, redid the code so am back to the off central screen, any ideas ?
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