[mythtv-users] Assistance with video card problem (Please point, me in the right direction)

[Chris Isip]

On Dec 11, 2007 10:54 PM, John Nissley <jnissley at nissley.org> wrote:

>  From beww at beww.org  Mon Dec 10 02:02:54 2007
> From: beww at beww.org (Brian Wood)
> Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:02:54 -0700
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Assistance with video card problem (Please point
>  me in the right direction)
> In-Reply-To: <475C9CCE.8020203 at nissley.org>
> References: <475C9CCE.8020203 at nissley.org>
> Message-ID: <475C9E4E.2070502 at beww.org>
>
> John Nissley wrote:
>  > I know this is not a forum to answer these types of questions but if
> you
>  > could point me in the correct direction I would greatly appreciate it.
>  >
>  > I just purchased a MachSpeed VSNV-939 mother board with an athlon
> socket
>  > 939 x2 64 bit cpu.  My plan was to make this my master back end that
>  > will also serve up video to the main TV in the house.  The problem I am
>  > running into is that the PCIE geforce 8500GT video card is not liking
>  > the nvidia drivers.  I am able to get the system up and running on
>  > Fedora 8 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 build and everything works fine until I
> install
>  > the nvidia drivers.
>  >
>  > I have tried to use the shell script from nvidia and the modle from
>  > livna but no matter what I try the computer locks up when it is time to
>  > engage the nvidia driver.
>  >
>
> You probably don't want to hear this, but the easiest and fastest
> solution would probably be to put a much less powerful graphics card in
> the unit.
>
> I've read that there are problems with the 8500 cards and the Linux
> drivers, but I didn't pay attention.
>
> Unless you're gaming on this machine, I'd seriously consider something
> less power-hungry and more commonly used with Myth systems.
>
> OK, everyone with a working 8500 setup may now flame me :-)
>
> beww
> ______________________________________________________________
>
> Can I get some assistance on which video card will work for mythtv and
> motherboards with PCI express slots.  It seems that all you can get
> anymore are motherboards with PCIe slots and most of the video cards are
> the gaming type and there appears to be some issues with them and the
> nvidia driver.  I have a 8500GT and even though it says it is supported
> the computer always locks up after I load the nvidia driver.  I am
> running the 64 bit version of Fedora but I do not think that has
> anything to do with it.
>
> So if you have a PCI express video card that is working for you and it
> is still being made please let me know what it is so I can get one that
> works this time.
>
> Thanks
>
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I've got a 7800  that works in  FC5.
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