[mythtv-users] Problem w/ nVidia drivers 177.80???

[Friedrich Clausen]

Hi,

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 2:59 AM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> James Crow wrote:
>> On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:41 -0500, Harry Devine wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'll try that later when I get home.  I actually saw that nVidia has a
>>> new 177.82 driver out, so I downloaded that, but when I run it, it tells
>>> me that I have an X-Server running and to disable X and then run it.  I
>>> can't get X to close and have just a command prompt.  I'm using
>>> Mythbuntu 8.10.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the suggestion!
>>> Harry
>>>
>>
>> Harry to kill X completely under Mythbuntu you have to stop the gdm
>> service. You can use Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or F2, F3, etc.) to switch to a real
>> console (ssh should also work for this). Log in and then do a
>> 'sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop'. That will stop the X server and you can
>> then install the Nvidia driver.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> James
>>
>>
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> Nope, no good.  I am SSH'd in right now, and ran "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm
> stop", but when I try to run the installer, I get that message saying
> "You appear to be running an X Server...".  I can't even get to a login
> screen using Ctrl-Alt-F1.  I do get alot of errors in my Xorg.0.log stating:
>
> [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.
> [mi] mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping.
> [mi] EQ overflowing. The server is probably stuck in an infinite loop.
> [mi] mieqEnequeue: out-of-order valuator event; dropping.
>

See :

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/276518

It seems that updating to the latest Intrepid fixed it for some users
- and that it is definitely related to ATI hardware. At this point I
would suggest using a vanilla (normal) Ubuntu installation, update it,
and try and get regular X working from that. Then you can install the
MythTV packages seperately as described in :

http://parker1.co.uk/mythtv_ubuntu.php

Good luck!

Fred.

>
> I had previously used the Restricted Drivers Manager to tell the system
> to put on version 173 then changed xorg.conf to use "nvidia" as the
> driver rather than "nv".  I thought 177 was hosed so I thought I'd try that.
>
> Damn, this is frustrating!  Its this sort of BS that keeps Microsoft at
> the top!!!
>
> Any ideas?
> Harry
>
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