2008/10/24 Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > someone else suggested that the DVD image was bypassing the > framebuffer, which i didn't follow. can someone clarify the > technical issues behind why i need to deactivate the attached > LCD display on the laptop to get DVD output on the external > display? i'm convinced it works, and now i know how to do it. > i'd just like it to not be quite so much magic. thanks. I'm not sure about this but I suspect the video display may be using a video overlay surface: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_overlay Typically you can only have one overlay surface per graphics device, not per screen. As I said I'm not sure if that's what's happening for you but it's a likely possibility. Chris. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
