[mythtv-users] Announce: 0.21-fixes with vdpau ubuntu repository

[Bob Sully]

Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2009/3/18 Bob Sully <rcs at malibyte.net>:
>> E:
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-180-libvdpau_180.37-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb:
>> trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1', which is also in package
>> nvidia-glx-177
>
> You must uninstall nvidia drivers before you can install the 180
> drivers, because of the way libvdpau is now packaged.
>
> Install glx-new one
>
>>
>> Removing nvidia-glx-177 will remove a lot of the X server stuff along
>> with
>> ubuntu-desktop.
>
> There's is a problem with the ubuntu1 version of the driver ; force
> synaptic to use the ubuntu0 version.
>
>>
>> I would assume that I'd rather have the 180.37 version of the vdpau
>> library than the 177.x versiom.  However, I obviously don't want to lose
>> X
>> functionality and the GNOME files, which I do use on this machine
>> occasionally (though the Myth user is running WindowMaker).
>
> without libvdpau-180 you won't be able able to install my mythtv
> packages as they depend on it...
>
> vdpau only works with drivers 180 and above.
>
>>
>> Suggestions?
>
> read my web page: www.avenard.org/media
>
> I have answered your questions there already
>

Synaptic didn't offer me the ubuntu0 version, but I downloaded it from
your site and installed it manually with dpkg.  Took me a few minutes to
get everything installed/cleaned up, but all looks good now...!

Thanks again.
Bob

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