[mythtv-users] Nvidia 6150 onboard video

[Paul.Buchanan at thomson.com]

Elanor wrote:
> I'm trying to find hardware to build an HTPC which I plan on using as 
> a combined Myth Frontend/Backend that will live in my living room. 
> I've been looking at motherboards and was under the impression that 
> most onboard video chipsets *didn't* behave with linux so I've been 
> avoiding them. Last night, I came across this board:
> 
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186086
> 
> I read somewhere that Myth doesn't work with PCIe video cards (for
> tv-out) so I've been looking for AGP + PCI motherboards. This one, 
> however has tv-out with the onboard video.
> 
> A quick google search for "foxconn 6150 mythtv" revealed some posts 
> from
> 2005 saying that the drivers aren't currently supported in linux. I 
> also found some posts from this forum in early 2007 that say its ok to

> use it possibly. I'm confused.
> 
> Is this still the case? I will be using Ubuntu Feisty and Mythtv.

I just completed a test install of KnoppMyth R5E50 and the binary Nvidia
drivers (9775) on a MSI K8NGM2-FID (One of MSI's 6150 boards).  No
problems with SD or HD recordings via DVI output.  

Paul