[mythtv-users] Nvidia 8174 driver released

Stephen Williams stephen.gw at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 09:41:53 EST 2005


On 12/7/05, David Ellis <david at ellisonline.ca> wrote:
> Funny - tried it and had TERRIBLE playback (Jittery playback). Not using
> XVMC, just XV on a AMD64 with 5700.....interested to see if anyone else
> tried it?
>
> For now - I've moved back to the 7676 build (which works flawlessly on my
> setup).
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Ross Campbell
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:20 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Nvidia 8174 driver released
>
> Haven't tried it yet, but for those so inclined...
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8174.html
>
> -Ross
>
>
> Linux Display Driver - IA32
> Version: 1.0-8174
> Operating System: Linux IA32
> Release Date: December 5, 2005
>
>  Release Highlights
> Fixed GeForce 7800 GTX clocking problem that affected 3D performance.
> Added support for NVIDIA SLI. Please see the README for details.
> Added a new utility 'nvidia-xconfig', which is a commandline tool for
> updating X configuration files.
> Added support for new GeForce 6100, GeForce 6150 and GeForce 7800 GTX 512.
> Added manpages for 'nvidia-xconfig', 'nvidia-settings', and
> 'nvidia-installer'.
> Made UseEdidFreqs "on" by default; the NVIDIA X driver will use the
> valid HorizSync and VertRefresh frequency ranges from the EDID
> whenever possible.
> Added support for Stereo Digital Flat Panels such as the SeeReal and
> Sharp3D DFPs.
> Added HTML version of the README.
> Added support for static Rotation; see the "Rotate" X config option in
> the README.
> Improved stability on 64-bit Linux 2.6 kernels.
> Fixed driver installation when SELinux is enabled.
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Would be nice to know if they've fixed interlaced Xv output, I don't
think this worked since release 6629 (over a year ago).


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