[mythtv-users] XvMC not working - Nvidia

[Damian Surr]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> Damian Surr napsal(a):
>   
>> You may well be thinking along the right lines. Is there anything else 
>> that could be causing this?
>>   
>>     
> OK, so kill [gxk]dm and start a twm session (emergency, recovery, 
> whatever your distro calls it).
>   
I'm afraid that makes no sense to me. I'll try to figure it out. I 
thought I was starting to get my head around Linux commands, but [gxh]dm 
and twm mean nothing to me. I'll try and get to where you were heading 
though. I assume it's like 'safe mode' in windows.
> You should get a black and white mottled background and a single xterm.  
> Run glxgears and see what it says.
>   
Right, I will do when I get there.
> That should eliminate the effects of all the cruft that has become so 
> fashionable among the desktops these days.
>
> Have you emailed nvidia on this?  Their support is actually pretty good 
> and they respond pretty well.
>   
I posted on nvnews forum. Can you email them directly? Do you have a 
link or email address?

Thanks for not abandoning me Yan :-)

Damian