[mythtv-users] XV and FX5200. Does it work?

Ryan Svihla roman at ellipse.net
Thu Jul 31 17:41:36 EDT 2003


Gary,
    Sorry it took so long to get back to you about this, been a busy few 
days

http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/

I know I wasnt able to get the redhat 9 kernel sources to compile with 
this patch.  I  was able to get the vanilla kernel to do what i needed 
it to.  Good luck
-Ryan





Gary wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ryan Svihla" <roman at ellipse.net>
>To: "Discussion about mythtv" <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] XV and FX5200. Does it work?
>
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>>Actually its exactly that
>>from nvidia's readme on the nforce 2 drivers
>>
>>
>>    GART Patch Installation
>>
>>NOTE: This patch only supports kernel 2.4.20.  You will need to either
>>install kernel 2.4.20 and sources before patching, or manually merge
>>these changes to other kernel versions.
>>
>>
>>      Patching the Kernel
>>
>>   1. Change to the Linux kernel source directory.
>>
>>example# cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.20
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>>
>>   2. Patch the kernel. Watch out for any warnings or errors.
>>
>>example# patch -p1 < linux-2.4.20-agpgart.diff
>>
>>
>>      Configuring the Kernel
>>
>>    * In order to use NVIDIA AGP chipset support, the kernel must be
>>      configured accordingly.
>>    * In the kernel source directory, run a kernel configuration tool
>>      such as menuconfig:
>>
>>example# make menuconfig
>>
>>
>>
>>    * In the 'Processor type and features', make sure that an x86
>>      compatible CPU is selected.
>>    * In the 'Character devices' section, select '/dev/agpgart (AGP
>>      Support)' as an included or modularized kernel feature.
>>    * In the same section, enable 'NVIDIA chipset support'.
>>
>>
>>In personal experience the fx line does support xv fully, good luck to
>>you i hope thats the problem (ps there is a patch out there somewhere
>>for 2.4.21 and nforce just dont have the link right here lemme know if
>>you need it).
>>
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>>
>>Hans-Christian Prytz wrote:
>>
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>>>On Thursday 24 July 2003 14:00, joel at rosafluffmoln.nu wrote:
>>>
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>>>      
>>>
>>>>If your not already using it, try the binary nvidia drivers. It works
>>>>great, atleast on my TNT2 and gforce 2.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>I am using the latest nvidia drivers, and they have worked fine on
>>>      
>>>
>another
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>>>machine (also Gentoo) with an on-board Geforce2. The only problem there
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>was
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>>>with overscan, but xv worked fine.
>>>
>>>I'm currently recompiling xfree to see if there is something there that
>>>      
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>is the
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>>>problem.
>>>
>>>Also I noteiced something strange with the agpgart module (from gentoo's
>>>kernel 2.4.20-r5). It says "Unsupported bridge" when loading, so I guess
>>>      
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>the
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>>>nvidia driver uses it's own (nvagp)
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>Hi all.
>
>Using the nforce2 msi k7n2 and redhat 9 (custom kernel). Also have the same
>fx5200. Card works great so far but haven't tried/succeeded with xinerama or
>twin view. xv works as  well (at least thats the option mplayer passes it in
>mythtv for my home videos)
>The agpgart is a problem however. Seems to work fine with the generic but
>/var/log/messages complains. The patch given by nvidia does work with the
>2.20 kernel but does not compile properly with others (in spite of the
>readme). I would love the 2.21 kernel patch.
>
>
>./gary
>
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