[mythtv-users] Foxconn A7GM-S
Arthur Green
arthur at phraction.org
Thu Nov 6 14:07:39 UTC 2008
John Finlay wrote:
> Ubuntu installed easily and it has a mechanism to install the fglrx (and
> nvidia) drivers easily. Mythtv was easy to install. I initally set up
> the frontend to run in a window at a size that would fit my display.
> That worked well for displaying the gui but playback of HD seemed to use
> a lot of cpu and the playback was not smooth. Trying various profiles
> didn't seem to helpp but since I wasn't planning to use it for playback
> I didn't care. I then reset it to notplay in a window and set the size
> back to (0,0) which then caused the display to hash when mythfrontend
> started up - it seems that there is a problem with the driver when the
> native size is used. Anyway I'm not able to get mythfrontend working
> anymore. Haven't used much other than firefox so I can't comment on
> stability, etc.
The hash problem (apparently known as the checkerboard of doom) can be
fixed by setting the environment variable LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 for
your mythtv user.
- Arthur
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