[mythtv-users] Avenard, mythbuntu, nVidia 195 drivers, HDMI audio - lost day

mythtv at derdev.com mythtv at derdev.com
Mon Feb 15 14:17:27 UTC 2010


On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:14:36 +1100, Christopher Kerr
<mythtv at theseekerr.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:01 AM,  <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:52:44 +1100, Christopher Kerr
>> <mythtv at theseekerr.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:50 PM,  <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:
>>>> I have a new Zotac ION B-E  for a frontend and I need to get myth
0.22
>>>> running on it with HDMI video+audio to my Sharp LCD.
>>>>
>>>> I lost most of yesterday to trying to fiddle with the Avenard
>> repository
>>>> (thanks for the repo!!)
>>>> over mythbuntu 9.10 (karmic).  Two issues made me nuts.
>>>>
>>>> 1) I cannot seem to get a stable commitment to the nvidia 195 drivers
>>>> (Avenard) over the nvidia 185 drivers (mythbuntu)
>>>
>>> Just install the 195 drivers from the Avenard repo - it -may- indicate
>>> that it's removing some parts of mythtv - if I recall, I had to let it
>>> do so, but I didn't lose any settings or data - everything was working
>>> fine once it was reinstalled. (do a database backup first anyway)
>>>
>>> - Chris
>>
>> When I've done that, the Proprietary Drivers applet only shows the 185
>> driver available.  However, at one point I was able to get the nVidia
>> management GUI to show that 195 had been enabled.  I got some flack
>> about
>> install dependencies for libvdpau when I tried to install 195 as well -
>> regret that I don't have that log in front of me...
>>
>> Again, is there an official process to integrate Avenard for nvidia
>> drivers?
>>
>> And, again, what's the expected level of functionality for HDMI audio
on
>> (Myth)Ubuntu 9.10?
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> The restricted drivers manager only shows Ubuntu provided drivers.
> Drivers from 3rd party repositories won't show up. If you've installed
> 195, 185 was uninstalled in the process, so there really shouldn't be
> any confusion here.
> 
> - Chris

OK, so maybe that's the hitch with nvidia, that the Resticted Drivers only
shows what Ubuntu publishes...

Can you help me close the look on HDMI audio before I dig back into the
install?





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