[mythtv-users] VDPAU not available

[Johnny]

> mythuser at PVR1:/var/log$ grep -i nvidia /var/log/dmesg
> [    0.000000] ACPI: RSDP 000F6DB0, 0014 (r0 Nvidia)
> [    0.000000] ACPI: RSDT 1FFF3000, 002C (r1 Nvidia AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD
>      0)
> [    0.000000] ACPI: FACP 1FFF3040, 0074 (r1 Nvidia AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD
>      0)
> [    0.000000] ACPI: DSDT 1FFF30C0, 4C86 (r1 NVIDIA AWRDACPI     1000 MSFT
>  100000E)
> [    0.000000] ACPI: APIC 1FFF7D80, 006E (r1 Nvidia AWRDACPI 42302E31 AWRD
>      0)
> [    0.000000] Nvidia board detected. Ignoring ACPI timer override.
> [   35.457720] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
> [   35.966034] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  169.12  Thu Feb
> 14 17:53:07 PST 2008
>
>
>
> mythuser at PVR1:/var/log$ grep -i nvidia /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (--) PCI:*(3:0:0) nVidia Corporation unknown chipset (0x06e4) rev 161, Mem @
> 0xc2000000/24, 0xb0000000/28, 0xc0000000/25, I/O @ 0x8000/7
> (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  169.12  Thu Feb 14 18:45:56 PST 2008
> (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
> (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
> (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  169.12  Thu Feb 14 17:55:38 PST 2008
> (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
> (--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "0"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1280x720 +0+0"
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions
> is
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8400 GS (G98) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
> (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 62.98.12.00.00
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 1X
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 8400 GS at PCI:3:0:0:
> (--) NVIDIA(0):     SYN 242FHD-T11 (DFP-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): SYN 242FHD-T11 (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
> (--) NVIDIA(0): SYN 242FHD-T11 (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): The EDID for SYN 242FHD-T11 (DFP-0) contradicts itself: mode
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     "720x480" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     valid HorizSync range (25.000-84.000 kHz) would exclude
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     this mode's HorizSync (15.7 kHz); ignoring HorizSync
> check
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     for mode "720x480".
> (WW) NVIDIA(0): The EDID for SYN 242FHD-T11 (DFP-0) contradicts itself: mode
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     "720x480" is specified in the EDID; however, the EDID's
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     valid HorizSync range (25.000-84.000 kHz) would exclude
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     this mode's HorizSync (15.7 kHz); ignoring HorizSync
> check
> (WW) NVIDIA(0):     for mode "720x480".
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     "1280x720+0+0"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 720
> (++) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (100, 100); computed from -dpi X commandline
> option
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Initialized GPU GART.
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x720+0+0"
> (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
> (II) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled

These both indicate you are loading the 169.12 version of the driver
which doesn't have VDPAU. You need to install the newer nvidia drivers
properly. If you are using Jean-Yves repository you should just need
to do: sudo aptitude install nvidia-glx-190 (or 180 or 185), and it
should remove the old driver and add the new one. Watch the output to
see if it fails to install for some reason. If you have manually
installed the drivers you need to manually remove the old ones. If you
want to be absolutely sure you can use synaptic or aptitude and remove
all of the nvidia-glx-XXX, nvidia-XXX-libvdpau,
nvidia-XXX-kernel-source (where XXX is any of the driver versions).
Then do a new clean install of the right driver.