[mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?
Viitasaari
public at viitasaari.ca
Mon Nov 13 23:23:55 UTC 2006
Just wondering what you mean by the NVidia drivers not working.
On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 18:10 -0500, Trampas wrote:
> I did switch to run level 3. The method of doing this was to reboot and in
> grub append 3 to the boot command. This gave me a text only display. In FC6
> if you ctrl-alt-backspace it will closed Gnome and the restart it asking for
> your login. Thus I think it has a process monitoring and restarting Gnome as
> such the grub system seemed easiest.
>
> Trampas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Viitasaari
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:49 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?
>
> I do believe you need to switch to run-level 3 to properly install that
> driver.
>
> Hedgehog
>
> On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 17:41 -0500, Trampas wrote:
> > For further information the system is:
> > FC6 on a e-machines box that was lying around.
> >
> > 256MB ram
> > Nforce 2 mother board
> > DDR333 memory
> > PVR150 MCE
> > 160GB and 80GB IDE drives
> > DVD +/-RW
> > AGP 5200 Nvidia card (optional as MB had video as well)
> >
> > I configured the bios such that serial and parallel ports are off, to gain
> > more IRQs. PNP OS setting in bios is off as well.
> >
> > I ran the Nvidia shell script which compiled new driver for kernel, tried
> > with AGP card and with out and neither worked.
> >
> > When I do lspci it shows the video card to have IRQ=206 thus I figure
> > something is not right.
> >
> > I was thinking about just getting a real motherboard and trying again. I
> > have also noticed that PVR150 did not seem to come back into system after
> > reboot, that is no /dev/video0.
> >
> > I have also been working on the mediaMVP and almost have it figured out.
> > What I am finding is that you have to install the OS hack, install, hack,
> > install, hack until everything is working. Then reinstall to remove the
> > hacks that were not needed. The first install of FC6 I did not have
> > partitions correct. Now I have just installed a huge amount of packages
> > which may not be needed. So it may be time for reinstall, but I would like
> > to figure out the video card first.
> >
> > Trampas
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Trampas
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 5:26 PM
> > To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?
> >
> > The native driver does work but limits display to 800x600. For FC6 it is
> > called "nv"
> >
> > Trampas
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Viitasaari
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:41 AM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?
> >
> > If you already have an NVidia AGP card then forget about using the
> > on-board video for now.
> >
> > Does the native driver on a fresh install work with your NVidia AGP
> > card?
> >
> > Best Regards, Hedgehog
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 10:24 -0500, Trampas wrote:
> > > I have a Nvidia in a nforce2 motherboard, I have not been able to get
> the
> > > drivers to work. I have tried the on board video and an AGP video card
> > > neither will work. If someone knows how to get nvidia drivers loaded let
> > me
> > > know.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Trampas
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Viitasaari
> > > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:13 AM
> > > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendations?
> > >
> > > NVidia...NVidia...NVidia
> > >
> > > Also, think about a low profile card for better cooling...especially if
> > > you have a small case.
> > >
> > > Hedgehog
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2006-11-13 at 09:31 -0500, John Drescher wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 11/13/06, Jared Davis <jared at cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a PVR-350 and haven't had much success in getting the X
> > > > driver to work,
> > > > so I haven't been able to play video files on the
> > > > television. I think I heard
> > > > in a previous post that the MythTV developers aren't intending
> > > > to support the
> > > > PVR-350's tv-out for long, so I guess I am in the market for a
> > > > new video card
> > > > that can handle the s-video output. Ideally, I would like to
> > > > get:
> > > >
> > > > - A relatively cheap card (I don't play 3d games, but it
> > > > should be fast
> > > > enough to run MythTV on the television while I work in
> > > > emacs on my
> > > > monitor.)
> > > >
> > > > - A PCI Express card (it's my only free slot) with a DVI
> > > > connection to the
> > > > monitor and an S-video connection to the television
> > > >
> > > > - A card that works well with X-windows and makes it
> > > > relatively easy to set
> > > > up the dual headed display between the monitor and the
> > > > tv.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Get a nVidia based card. Their drivers are by far the best. I would
> > > > suggest a model but there are several hundred different models since
> > > > nVidia does not make cards only chips and 20+ manufacturers make cards
> > > > with the same chips..
> > > >
> > > > Here is a link at newegg for the 197 nVidia PCI-E cards:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048
> > > > +0+1069609641&Subcategory=48&description=nvidia&Ntk=all&srchInDesc=
> > > >
> > > > John
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