[mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem

[Steve Adeff]

On Thursday 19 January 2006 14:08, Adam Propeck wrote:
> On 1/19/06, Jarod Wilson <jarod at wilsonet.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday 19 January 2006 01:01, Phill Edwards wrote:
> > > > 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not
> > > > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM
> > > > install to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a
> > > > possibility? Is there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled if
> > > > I used the Binary download from ati.com? Should I try using the
> > > > Nvidia binary .run file and see if that fixes it?
> > >
> > > I have a feeling that you may need to recompile your kernel for the
> > > "1" option to work. I remember recompiling to do just this and then
> > > foudn myself in kernel module hell so I gave up!
> > >
> > > Happy to be corrected on this, though, cos as I say it's only a faint
> > > recollection.
> >
> > Nope, that sounds correct. If the "1" isn't being respected, its likely
> > because AGPGART is built into the kernel (rather than as a module), and
> > thus
> > you can't replace it w/NvAGP. Red Hat/Fedora builds AGPGART into their
> > kernels. I've not found any compelling reason to use NvAGP over AGPGART
> > though.
>
> Ouch. so my thinking that the little skips and pauses when I first start
> playback of an HD recording, or when I resume play from a paused playback
> of HD are related to the AGPGART are probably vain hope. I didn't know what
> could be causing the slowdowns and the couple of seconds to get the
> playback going smoothly. It's not a terrible price to pay, but it is kind
> of annoying. I had switched to that 6200 Nvidia card, and hoped that the
> 3100 Sempron would be more than enough to smoothly play this content. I am
> following your guide almost to the letter Jarod. I don't think I missed any
> steps anyhow. I'm also setup suid on mythfrontend, so I figured that might
> give me a little speed edge.
>

Adam, 
I had this problem for a while to, since I updated to SVN 8625 its disappeard 
though. Occasionally I will get it if my machine is doing other things 
(recording other shows, etc).

-- 
Steve