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    9.04 video problems

    My EeePC 901 is running an almost fresh Ubuntu NBR 9.04. It all worked incredibly well until I decided to plug in my 19" external LCD. I could not get the right resolution and had to use xrandr to make it available. I set the screens up so that my laptop screen is off, but the external display runs at its max resolution (1280x1024). I was asked to increase my virtual resolution, which I confirmed. At that point both Totem and VLC started crashing immediately after launch (i.e. when a video file is opened). I took a random tip from the internet and set my default video output to X Window System (No Xv) in Multimedia Systems Selector. Now Totem plays video, but it is extremely laggy and CPU usage skyrockets. VLC works best with X11 Output set in its preferences, but it is still unusable.

    Any help would be greatly appeciated.

    Here is my lspci:
    Code:
    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
    00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
    00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
    00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
    00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
    00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
    00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
    00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
    00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
    00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
    00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
    00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
    01:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2860
    03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1e Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev b0)

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    Re: 9.04 video problems

    Ok, I managed to figure it out myself. The EeePC video card apparently cannot handle large video surfaces. As I changed the virtual resolution in xorg.conf back to the laptops native 1024x600 all the problems were gone.

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