[3f72a148] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[3f72a148] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-download-http "http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/">
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[8f1faf9f] | 8 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/driver/">
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[d8689b5a] | 9 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-md5sum "&files-anduin;/xorg/md5sums-&xorg7-version;">
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[62657eff] | 10 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-size "16.7 MB">
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[7be99f2c] | 11 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-buildsize "60.3 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-time "6.9 SBU">
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[3f72a148] | 13 |
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="xorg7-driver" xreflabel="Xorg Drivers">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="x7driver.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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[93f3de5] | 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[3f72a148] | 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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[5e8be1c] | 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
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| 34 | for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: <ulink url="&x7drivers-md5sum;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &x7drivers-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7drivers-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &x7drivers-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Drivers Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 61 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="xorg7-server"/></para>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 64 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="mesalib"/></para>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 67 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Drivers'/></para>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | </sect2>
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[10eeae12] | 70 |
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[3f72a148] | 71 | <sect2>
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| 72 | <title>Downloading Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
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| 75 | use the following commands:</para>
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| 76 |
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[d8689b5a] | 77 | <screen><userinput>wget &files-anduin;/xorg/driver-&xorg7-version;.wget &&
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[3f72a148] | 78 | mkdir driver &&
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| 79 | cd driver &&
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[048bc8cc] | 80 | grep -v '^#' ../driver-&xorg7-version;.wget | wget -i- \
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| 81 | -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/</userinput></screen>
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[3f72a148] | 82 |
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| 83 | </sect2>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 86 | <title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
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| 89 | cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
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| 90 | for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
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| 91 | exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
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| 92 | in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
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[048bc8cc] | 93 | <application>Xorg</application> for the first time. For this reason,
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| 94 | these drivers have been commented out in the wget file.</para></warning>
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[3f72a148] | 95 |
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| 96 | <para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
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| 97 | package:</para>
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| 98 |
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[8d237953] | 99 | <screen><userinput>case $(basename "$PWD") in
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| 100 | xf86-input-evdev-[0-9]* | xf86-video-ati-[0-9]* | \
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| 101 | xf86-video-fbdev-[0-9]* | xf86-video-glint-[0-9]* | \
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| 102 | xf86-video-newport-[0-9]* )
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| 103 | sed -i -e "s/\xc3\xb8/\\\\[\/o]/" \
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| 104 | -e "s/\xc3\xa4/\\\\[:a]/" \
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| 105 | -e "s/\xc3\x9c/\\\\[:U]/" man/*.man
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| 106 | ;;
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| 107 | esac &&
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| 108 | ./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
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[3f72a148] | 109 | --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
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| 110 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 111 |
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[ad54ac8] | 112 | <para>These packages do not provide test suites.</para>
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| 113 |
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[3f72a148] | 114 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 115 | user:</para>
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| 116 |
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[5e8be1c] | 117 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[3f72a148] | 118 |
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| 119 | </sect2>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 122 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 123 |
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[8d237953] | 124 | <para><command>sed -i ... man/*.man</command>: A few packages install
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| 125 | man pages in UTF-8 encoding, and they will not display correctly
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| 126 | using <application>Man-DB</application>. This command converts the
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| 127 | offending characters to ones that <command>man</command> can properly
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| 128 | display.</para>
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| 129 |
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[3f72a148] | 130 | <para><parameter>--with-xorg-module-dir=...</parameter>: This switch
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| 131 | ensures that the drivers are installed into the correct directory.</para>
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| 132 |
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| 133 | </sect2>
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| 134 |
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[595c08ff] | 135 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 136 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <segmentedlist>
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| 139 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 140 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 141 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <seglistitem>
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| 144 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 145 | <seg>libI810XvMC.so, libviaXvMC.so, and libviaXvMCPro.so</seg>
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| 146 | <seg><envar>$XORG_PREFIX</envar>/lib/X11/modules/{drivers,input}</seg>
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| 147 | </seglistitem>
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| 148 | </segmentedlist>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <variablelist>
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| 151 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 152 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 153 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <varlistentry id="libI810XvMC-x7">
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| 156 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libI810XvMC.so</filename></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>is the X-Video Motion Compensation client library for the
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| 159 | Intel i810 video driver.</para>
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| 160 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver libI810XvMC-x7">
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| 161 | <primary sortas="c-libI810XvMC">libI810XvMC.so</primary>
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| 162 | </indexterm>
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| 163 | </listitem>
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| 164 | </varlistentry>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <varlistentry id="libviaXvMC-x7">
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| 167 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libviaXvMC.so</filename></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>is the X-Video Motion Compensation client library for the
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| 170 | VIA Unichrome video driver.</para>
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| 171 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver libviaXvMC-x7">
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| 172 | <primary sortas="c-libviaXvMC">libviaXvMC.so</primary>
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| 173 | </indexterm>
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| 174 | </listitem>
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| 175 | </varlistentry>
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| 176 |
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| 177 | <varlistentry id="libviaXvMCPro-x7">
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| 178 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libviaXvMCPro.so</filename></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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| 180 | <para>is the X-Video Motion Compensation client library for the
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| 181 | VIA Unichrome Pro video driver.</para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver libviaXvMCPro-x7">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="c-libviaXvMCPro">libviaXvMCPro.so</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | </variablelist>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | </sect2>
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| 191 |
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[3f72a148] | 192 | </sect1>
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