[mythtv-users] XvMC not working - Nvidia
Damian Surr
damian at gingermagic.co.uk
Fri Mar 23 17:21:42 UTC 2007
Damian Surr wrote:
> jason maxwell wrote:
>
>> On 3/23/07, jason maxwell <decepticon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 3/23/07, Damian Surr <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> William Munson wrote:
>>>> Damian Surr wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Save yourself a lot of grief. Install "envy" and let it install the
>>>> latest nvidia drivers for you. You can find envy at this url.
>>>>
>>>> http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I actually did that (sorry I didn't mention it, I forgot what it was
>>>> called). I installed the drivers manually following a guide, but got
>>>> nervous that I'd not done it properly because the 3D performance
>>>> didn't seem to be what I would expect (Planet Penguin Racer stutters
>>>> and I wouldn't expect it to on a 5200 even though I've only got a 1Gig
>>>> Athlon processor. Also, the simple 'fade in' of the log in screen in
>>>> Ubuntu seems to stutter. I really didn't expect that). I than did the
>>>> envy install and all seemed to go well. The 3D performance didn't
>>>> change, but I'm fairly confident that the drivers are installed correctly.
>>>>
>>>> Damian
>>>>
>>>> Do you get the nvidia logo flashing on the screen at bootup?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that's there fine.
>>>>
>>>> If not check your xorg.conf file for Driver "nvidia" rather than Driver
>>>> "nv". Also check for Option "NoLogo" and make sure its 0 or false.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using 'nvidia' in xorg.
>>>> Maybe I should post my xorg file?
>>>>
>>>> Does glxgears run and what kind of frame rate does it report?
>>>>
>>>> I just ran it and it came up in a window ok. Not sure how to get framerate
>>>> from it. I'll have to look later. I'm supposed to be working today and I've
>>>> done nothing more than Myth reading and tweaking :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> when run from a terminal, the framerate is reported in that terminal
>>> every 3 seconds or so. be sure to not scale the gears window, or cover
>>> it with another window, that would skew the results.
>>> -J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> actually, i just realized the framerate no longer shows in the
>> terminal by default. it's now an option. run glxgears -printfps and it
>> will report every 5 seconds or so.
>>
>>
> Ah right .. thanks.
>
> I'm getting just over 10 fps
> That seems very low to me looking at the geomertry in that little
> window, or is it more complicated than it looks for benchmarking reasons?
> I have a 5200 card running nVidia driver 1.0.9746
>
> Damian
>
A quick search on the net seemed to indicate that my score is REALLY bad!!
Any ideas what could be going on here? Here's my xorg.conf file:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister at builder3) Fri Dec 15
10:12:14
PST 2006
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
Load "vnc"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ADI MicroScan 5G"
HorizSync 30.0 - 95.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
ModeLine "1024x768_85.00" 94.4 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772
807
-hsync +vsync
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Nvidia Gforce FX-5200"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Option "metamodes" "1024x768_85 +0+0; 1280x1024 +0+0; 1024x768
+0+0; 800x600 +0+0; 640x480 +0+0"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Nvidia Gforce FX-5200"
Monitor "ADI MicroScan 5G"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "SecurityTypes" "VncAuth"
Option "UserPasswdVerifier" "VncAuth"
Option "PasswordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
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