On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:47:03 -0600, Jeff Krebs wrote: > I've installed Fedora 8 with few, if any, issues. However, I am > experiencing a problem with mplayer (from FreshRPMs): when in fullscreen > mode, it only displays around 3/4rs to 7/8ths the size of the actual > full screen. The black borders or video image don't extend fully to the > right or bottom; the display is shoved in the upper left corner at 0,0. > My setup is: > > - Pentium 4, 1.6gz > - ATI Radeon 9250 AGP card > - Using the "radeon" driver from xorg - Acer AL1916W LCD monitor, > 1440x900 resolution > > Mplayer worked splendidly under Fedora 7. My xorg.conf file is the > EXACT same one I used under Fedora 7. My mplayer prefs are the same as > well (the "monitoraspect" is set to 16:10). I use the xv mplayer driver > and have libdrm and mesa-libGL installed. Even though the display isn't > fullscreen, it still retains the correct aspect ratio. > > This issue happens with and without gdm (I set the "runlevel" to 3 under > initab, and performed a manual "startx" with the same output result). > > This problem occurs under both the AfterStep and twm window managers. > > I've been very happy with the Xorg radeon driver, at least under Fedora > 7, and really have no interest in installing the proprietary drivers if > I don't have to. > > Can anyone repeat this issue? > > I did notice that Steve (zephod@xxxxxxxxxx) had a prior post > > "Problem with screen resolution in F8" > > where he was experiencing a 2/3 screen with a Radeon card and LCD. > Things sounded eerily familiar. > > What can I do? > > Jeff I see similar behavior. Videos that I was able to play full screen I'm no longer able to. When in fs mode the whole screen is black and the video plays in the center at the exact same size as the non-full screen video. I have an onboard intel 845G chip.
