[mythtv-users] Is NVIDIA worth the bother?

[Jongi]

On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:58:34 +0200, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org>  
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Andy Wettstein <ajw1980 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> If you use the packaged versions of the nvidia driver from debian, you
>> can use module-assistant to build the kernel package.  Usually this gets
>> the job done (as root):  m-a a-i nvidia
>>
>> You can add the -l option to specify to build for a different version of
>> the kernel.
>>
>> You may need to run 'm-a prepare' first.
>
> Yes, of course.  It's not all that hard.  It's not like you need to
> write the driver yourself or anything, it's just one of those extra
> things you need to do (and need to remember how to do).  If you
> upgrade your kernel every six months or so you probably need to go
> back and re-read the instructions to jog your memory and and see what
> little tweak has been introduced into the preferred build procedure
> since the last time you did it.  It's just a bit annoying.
>
> With open source drivers it's just not an issue.
>
> Eric
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On my 3 computers, I always have a file called System Information.txt  
(mainly because I don't run all of them the same way). So for instance the  
mythtv box has:

modules to run with m-a: nvidia-kernel-source lirc-modules-source

Sure as you say it is an extra step. But is really hardly a bother. And to  
be honest it was worth it for VDPAU.