[mythtv-users] Fedora 7, is all in order yet?

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 05:09:00PM -0500, Mike LaPlante wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 02:53:32PM -0500, Mike LaPlante wrote:
> >   
> >> Axel Thimm wrote:
> >>     
> >>>> Yeah, at home for lunch now testing nv VS nvidia modules, either way 
> >>>> things don't work right. So I'd say Fedora 7 is NOT "all in order" in 
> >>>> response to the OP's question, at least not when it comes to nvidia+myth.
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>> nvidia on F7 works here quite fine, have you tried the ATrpms' kmdl
> >>> packages for nvidia?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Yeah I'm using ATrpms 9755. In fact lately the only repo I leave 
> >> permanently enabled on my myth boxes is ATrpms. I ran into some trouble 
> >> with a freshrpms or livna x264 package screwing up my mytharchive. So 
> >> now-a-days I do an --enablerepo for the few packages I can't get off 
> >> ATrpms.
> >>
> >> Anyhoo, my symptons are as follows:
> >> -- with X running on the nvidia 9755 module and kernel 2.6.21-1.3194 as 
> >> soon as I start mythfrontend the X server crashes and I'm brought back 
> >> to a GDM login.
> >>     
> >
> > Any errors in the logs? Can you run glxgears with acceptable
> > performance and no crash?
> >
> > (BTW what hardware was that? Maybe you need a legacy driver?)
> >
> >   
> >> -- with X running on the nv module mythfrontend starts but looks like 
> >> its in 8 colors. Then when I exit myth X restarts.
> >> -- with X running on the nvidia module and Xinerama enabled, 
> >> mythfrontend segfaults... (I'm not really sure if myth CAN run with 
> >> Xinerama enabled, never tried, but this particular frontend is a dual 
> >> monitor machine in a spare room.)
> >>     
> >
> > I know that xinerama/twinview can't share xv across the screens (at
> > least I think I know that), so that could be an issue.
> >
> >   
> >> It's possible none of that is related to the kernel bug mentioned in 
> >> this thread, but I kind of gave up trouble shooting it until a new 
> >> kernel is released. Been patiently waiting for that to happen for a 
> >> little over a week now.
> >>     
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> You were right, glx wasn't properly setup. I never really thought to 
> check. I had run the nvidia-graphics-switch, and I was seeing the Nvidia 
> logo when X started, so I just kind of ass-u-me-d nvidia was all setup. 
> I ended up comparing my FC6 xorg.conf to my F7 and copied and pasted 
> these 3 lines into the F7 xorg.conf
> 
>     ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
>     ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
>     ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
> 
> Under the Files section. I could be mistaken but I think the 
> graphics-switch thing is supposed to add those. I don't remember ever 
> having to do that.

No, this happens only at package installation time. But maybe I should
add it to the nvidia-graphics-switch.

> Myth seems to work now. Crazy, oh and xinerama is disabled for the
> time being, was still getting segfaults with that.
> 
> Mike
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