mini-ITX graphics woes

[Stewart C. Russell]

Colin Smillie wrote:
> 
> I think the best you get with that card is Xv optimization.  I believe
> there are also some compiler optimizations for the VIA chipsets, you
> should probably enable these if Gentoo doesn't pick them up
> automagically.  I'd also suggest looking at ALSA or OSS for the sound.

Yup, I've got all of those. gcc knows about the c3 processor. ALSA works
just fine. It's just that the graphics can keep up with maybe one frame
in ten from a DVD ...

I just checked on a mini-ITX specialist board. They said I was getting
the performance I'd expect. Sigh.

cheers,
 Stewart
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