[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 8.10

[Brian Wood]

Jake Anderson wrote:
> Brian Wood wrote:
>> Nick F wrote:
>>   
>>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:02 PM, James Crow <james at ultratans.com
>>> <mailto:james at ultratans.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     I was feeling adventurous this morning and decided to upgrade my
>>>     Mythbuntu 8.04.1 system to 8.10. 
>>>
>>>
>>> My experience upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 8.10 was relatively painless. 
>>> The only 'gotcha' I encountered was after upgrading my video performance
>>> was terrible (with an integrated nvidia card on the motherboard) - HD
>>> playback stuttered really badly even though had been good before. 
>>> glxgears went from about 2,000 before the upgrade to about 1,200 which
>>> was another indication.  It turns out the upgrade had turned on some
>>> sort of special graphics effects.  As soon as I turned effects back to
>>> 'none' glxgears improved, and HD performance was restored.
>>>
>>> So in case anyone else encounters this - try turning off all effects
>>> before meddling with video playback profiles in myth.
>>>     
>>
>> What sort of effects, are you running compiz or the like?
>>
>> beww
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> I believe compiz is on by default in ubuntu these days. If it detects
> the ability to push OpenGL then compiz will start.

IMHO that is a terrible idea, running Compiz should be up to the user,
not automatic.

That sounds like Vista behavior to me.

beww