[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 16.04 and nvidia drivers

[John Finlay]

On 12/7/2016 3:04 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi John,
>
> Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 10:19:14 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 12/06/2016 11:15 PM, Marius Schrecker wrote:
>>> Thanks Hika,
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 17:43 CET, Hika van den Hoven
>>> <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>> Hoi Marius,
>>>>
>>>> Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 10:48:03 AM, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> ARound the time that 16.04 came out I did an upgrade of an older
>>>>> mythbuntu system with a GT610 video adapter and hit problems with
>>>>> the nvidia nv-control module, which wasn't allowing mythtv to match
>>>>> the monitor refresh rate to the frame rate of the content I was
>>>> trying to play.
>>>>
>>>>> I tried "everything" at the time, using all the available versions
>>>>> I could easily install using packages, scripted installers and
>>>>> vanilla nvidia installer, all with no success. I eventually gave up
>>>>> and lived with the problem, allowing the available drivers,
>>>>> packages, mythtv code to mature over time before trying again.
>>>>> I haven't had much time since to play with mythtv, but last night,
>>>>> for the hell of it, after being irritated again with the jumpy
>>>>> video, I decided to downgrade from the version that was installed (I
>>>>> can't remember now whether it was 358, 361 or 364) to 340, which was
>>>>> mentioned in another recent thread regarding a working driver for
>>>> legacy cards.
>>>>
>>>>> I rebooted and was surprised and pleased to see that the refresh
>>>>> rates were now being set correctly... Problem solved!
>>>>> However, as we have now moved on quite a bit since April and as
>>>>> there are newer driver versions available, does anyone know if
>>>>> something changed radically since 340 in the way Nvidia handles
>>>> refresh rates?
>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone say which driver version might now be considered optimal
>>>> for the GT610 on a mythTV system?
>>>>
>>>>> I'm a bit wary about breaking again whatever fixed itself
>>>>> yesterday, so don't want to just blindly cycle through the driver
>>>> versions.
>>>>
>>>>> BR.
>>>>> --Marius--
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
>>>>  
>>> Hmm, so the GT 610 isn't there as it's not considered lagacy hardware.
>>> All the same, the driver seems to work far better than the version I
>>> had installed before. At least when it comes to updating refresh rates.
>>>
>>> Any other GT610 users out there:Please can you say which nvidia driver
>>> you're using with Myth?
>>>
>>>  Thanks
>>>
>> I have a FE with a GT610 that successfully uses the 367.57 driver in
>> Mythbuntu 16.04.
>> John
>> _______________________________________________
> Ah, but Nvidia itself does not guaranty that! If I remember correct
> they place it as a 340 legacy card. It's some time ago I
> used/installed a GT610. I guess you will see warnings in your bootlog
> about things not working properly.
>
>
>

The 367.57 was the driver installed by Mythbuntu 16.04 during
installation. I had to install 16.04 from scratch since the upgrade from
14.04 failed miserably. I checked the log and I don't see any error
messages and from my use so far it looks good. When using 14.04 I was
using 340.98 and it also worked well.

John