[mythtv-users] Ubuntu VDPAU Repo crashing on screen configure

[Dave Johansen]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2009/4/9 Dave Johansen <davejohansen at gmail.com>:
>> I think that I switched to the testing repository (changed "release"
>> to "testing" in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/avenard.list), but an update
>> didn't do anything. So what do I do to get it to install the testing
>> packages?
>
> the repository should be:
> deb http://www.avenard.org/files/ubuntu-repos jaunty testing
>
> to switch to the debugging version, force the version
> version is 0.21.0+fixes-svn20313-openglvdpau-debug-0ubuntu5
>
> Note the debug.
>
> You may have to temporarily uninstall before it lets you dowgrade if
> you're using synaptic.
> to test playback you only need three packages:
> libmyth-0.21
> mythtv-common
> and mythtv-frontend

OK, I'll give that a try.

>>> BTW: what is the hardware you have that isn't supported by 8.10 ?
>>> if it's sound or DVB-T cards , I've made packages for 8.10 that are
>>> even more recent than what ships with 9.04.. No reason for not getting
>>> 8.10 to support your hardware.
>>
>> I have a DViCO FusionHDTV7 Dual Express and an MSI K9N2GM-FIH (GeForce
>> 8200 with HDMI audio output) and I was actually able to get them both
>> working in Mythbuntu 8.10 by compiling my own drivers and updating
>> ALSA, but if they work out of the box in 9.04, then why hassle with
>> it? (well, if I can get 9.04 to be in a workable state).
>>
>
> no need to compile from source, I have the latest v4l-dvb drivers
> available in a package using dkms for 8.10
> as well as Alsa 1.0.19 on my repository
> I'm pretty sure than installing those packages are much less of an
> hassle than to upgrade to Jaunty

Sadly, you might be right about that. I had hoped that I would help
round off the rough edges on the 9.04 release, but it appears that
most of my efforts might be falling on deaf ears.

>> Also, on a semi-related note, it appears that there is some sort of
>> database issue with Jaunty right now, and I've submitted this bug
>> report ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/356789 ), but it
>> doesn't seem to have gotten much attention.
>
> Don't know if it's just me... but the level of support and response in
> either their bug system or their forum is almost non-existent.
> I've asked many stuff in the ubuntu support forum, never get any answers :(
>
> The Fedora forums were heaps better for that (and so was the
> documentation available, most of the ubuntu docs haven't changed since
> 7.04)

Would Mythdora be any better? I'm not tied to Ubuntu, but I had just
figured that it would work well.