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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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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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8 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.x.org/pub/individual/driver/">
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9 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-wget "&files-anduin;/xorg/driver-&xorg7-version;.wget">
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10 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-md5sum "&files-anduin;/xorg/driver-&xorg7-version;.md5">
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11 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-size "16.7 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-buildsize "60.3 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY x7drivers-time "6.9 SBU">
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14 |
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="xorg7-driver" xreflabel="Xorg Drivers">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="x7driver.html"?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>Xorg Drivers</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-xorg7-driver">Xorg Drivers</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to Xorg Drivers</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>The <application>Xorg</application> drivers provide the means
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35 | for the xserver to take advantage of installed hardware.</para>
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36 |
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37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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39 | <listitem>
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40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-http;"/></para>
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41 | </listitem>
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42 | <listitem>
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43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&x7drivers-download-ftp;"/></para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: <ulink url="&x7drivers-md5sum;"/></para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download size: &x7drivers-size;</para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &x7drivers-buildsize;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Estimated build time: &x7drivers-time;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | </itemizedlist>
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58 |
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59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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60 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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61 | <listitem>
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62 | <para>Required download list: <ulink url="&x7drivers-wget;"/></para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | </itemizedlist>
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65 |
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66 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Xorg Drivers Dependencies</bridgehead>
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67 |
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68 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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69 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="xorg7-server"/></para>
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70 |
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71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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72 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="mesalib"/></para>
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73 |
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74 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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75 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xorg7Drivers'/></para>
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76 |
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77 | </sect2>
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78 |
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79 | <sect2>
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80 | <title>Downloading Xorg Drivers</title>
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81 |
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82 | <para>To download the needed files using <application>wget</application>,
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83 | use the following commands:</para>
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84 |
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85 | <screen><userinput>mkdir driver &&
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86 | cd driver &&
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87 | grep -v '^#' ../driver-&xorg7-version;.wget | wget -i- -c \
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88 | -B http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/driver/ &&
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89 | md5sum -c ../driver-&xorg7-version;.md5</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2 role="installation">
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94 | <title>Installation of Xorg Drivers</title>
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95 |
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96 | <warning><para>It is very important not to build display drivers that
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97 | cannot be used with your hardware. For instance, do not build Sun drivers
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98 | for an x86 PC as the Sun drivers will expect to see SPARC symbols
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99 | exported from the kernel. Failure to follow this warning will result
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100 | in a display lockup, which requires a hard reboot, when configuring
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101 | <application>Xorg</application> for the first time. For this reason,
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102 | these drivers have been commented out in the wget file.</para></warning>
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103 |
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104 | <para>Install the drivers by running the following commands for each
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105 | package:</para>
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106 |
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107 | <screen><userinput>case $(basename "$PWD") in
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108 | xf86-input-evdev-[0-9]* | xf86-video-ati-[0-9]* | \
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109 | xf86-video-fbdev-[0-9]* | xf86-video-glint-[0-9]* | \
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110 | xf86-video-newport-[0-9]* )
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111 | sed -i -e "s/\xc3\xb8/\\\\[\/o]/" \
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112 | -e "s/\xc3\xa4/\\\\[:a]/" \
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113 | -e "s/\xc3\x9c/\\\\[:U]/" man/*.man
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114 | ;;
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115 | esac &&
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116 | ./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
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117 | --with-xorg-module-dir=$XORG_PREFIX/lib/X11/modules &&
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118 | make</userinput></screen>
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119 |
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120 | <para>These packages do not provide test suites.</para>
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121 |
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122 | <para>Now as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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123 | user:</para>
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124 |
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125 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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126 |
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127 | </sect2>
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128 |
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129 | <sect2 role="commands">
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130 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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131 |
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132 | <para><command>sed -i ... man/*.man</command>: A few packages install
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133 | man pages in UTF-8 encoding, and they will not display correctly
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134 | using <application>Man-DB</application>. This command converts the
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135 | offending characters to ones that <command>man</command> can properly
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136 | display.</para>
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137 |
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138 | <para><parameter>--with-xorg-module-dir=...</parameter>: This switch
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139 | ensures that the drivers are installed into the correct directory.</para>
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140 |
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141 | </sect2>
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142 |
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143 | <sect2 role="content">
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144 | <title>Contents</title>
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145 |
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146 | <segmentedlist>
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147 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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148 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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149 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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150 |
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151 | <seglistitem>
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152 | <seg>None</seg>
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153 | <seg>libI810XvMC.so, libIntelXvMC.so, libchromeXvMC.so, and
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154 | libchromeXvMCPro.so</seg>
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155 | <seg><envar>$XORG_PREFIX</envar>/lib/X11/modules/{drivers,input}</seg>
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156 | </seglistitem>
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157 | </segmentedlist>
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158 |
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159 | <variablelist>
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160 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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161 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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162 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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163 |
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164 | <varlistentry id="libI810XvMC-x7">
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165 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libI810XvMC.so</filename></term>
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166 | <listitem>
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167 | <para>is the X-Video Motion Compensation client library for the
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168 | Intel i810 video driver.</para>
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169 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver libI810XvMC-x7">
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170 | <primary sortas="c-libI810XvMC">libI810XvMC.so</primary>
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171 | </indexterm>
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172 | </listitem>
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173 | </varlistentry>
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174 |
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175 | <varlistentry id="libIntelXvMC-x7">
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176 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libIntelXvMC.so</filename></term>
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177 | <listitem>
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178 | <para>is the X-Video Motion Compensation client library for the
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179 | Intel video driver.</para>
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180 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver libIntelXvMC-x7">
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181 | <primary sortas="c-libIntelXvMC">libIntelXvMC.so</primary>
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182 | </indexterm>
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183 | </listitem>
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184 | </varlistentry>
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185 |
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186 | <varlistentry id="libviaXvMC-x7">
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187 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libchromeXvMC.so</filename></term>
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188 | <listitem>
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189 | <para>is the X-Video Motion Compensation client library for the
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190 | VIA Unichrome video driver.</para>
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191 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver libviaXvMC-x7">
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192 | <primary sortas="c-libviaXvMC">libviaXvMC.so</primary>
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193 | </indexterm>
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194 | </listitem>
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195 | </varlistentry>
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196 |
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197 | <varlistentry id="libviaXvMCPro-x7">
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198 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libchromeXvMCPro.so</filename></term>
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199 | <listitem>
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200 | <para>is the X-Video Motion Compensation client library for the
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201 | VIA Unichrome Pro video driver.</para>
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202 | <indexterm zone="xorg7-driver libviaXvMCPro-x7">
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203 | <primary sortas="c-libviaXvMCPro">libviaXvMCPro.so</primary>
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204 | </indexterm>
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205 | </listitem>
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206 | </varlistentry>
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207 |
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208 | </variablelist>
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209 |
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210 | </sect2>
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211 |
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212 | </sect1>
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