[mythtv-users] OpenGL issues

[Gabe Rubin]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 09:40:30PM -0800, Gabe Rubin wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
>> >> I am pretty sure (I actually did a yum-update after to see if there
>> >> were things missing and it seemed to install kmdls for nvidia, ieee,
>> >> ivtv, and a few others).
>> >>
>> >> Is there a package I should use smart to install?  My system does load
>> >> the nvidia driver, it just seems not to be loading OpenGL properly.
>> >
>> > No, there is no smart plugin, yet.
>> > What do /var/log/Xorg* say?
>> > --
>>
>> Apparently I did not, but now it works.  I had to do this the hard way
>> (smart-remove all nvidia related packages, and then smart-install
>> nvidia-graphics, which pulled everything I needed back in).  What is
>> the process for future use?  Trying to just install the kmdl did not
>> seem to work.
>
> That's all that is normally needed. Next time (if there is one, let's
> hoe not) we should check out the contents of the log files to see what
> component would not play nicely (kernel, xog driver etc.).
> --

Somewhat off topic, but I wound up having to revert back to the 177.80
driver anyways (using the same smart remove (all nvidia stuff), smart
install nvidia-graphics.177.80.  The newer driver did not play nice
with my system and watching HD content was not possible (high
stutters).  I have seen others say that some drivers will work
perfectly and newer ones won't, so I guess it is just a matter of
trying the new ones and hoping for the best.