[mythtv-users] VDPAU broken after update and reboot

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Robert,

Sunday, December 11, 2016, 9:35:29 PM, you wrote:

> Hello,


> I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS.  After installing a bunch of
> updates and rebooting the system, I no longer have VDPAU.  It looks
> as if the vdpau device is not being created on boot.


> From the mythfrontend.log:
> mythfrontend[2398]: E CoreContext mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1581
> (CreateDevice) VDPAU: Error at mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1581 (#1, Unknown)
> mythfrontend[2398]: E CoreContext mythrender_vdpau.cpp:1585
> (CreateDevice) VDPAU: Failed to create VDPAU device.
> mythfrontend[2398]: E CoreContext mythrender_vdpau.cpp:412 (Create) VDPAU: No VDPAU device
> mythfrontend[2398]: E CoreContext mythrender_vdpau.cpp:428 (Create)
> VDPAU: Failed to create VDPAU render device.
> mythfrontend[2398]: E CoreContext videoout_vdpau.cpp:158
> (InitRender) VidOutVDPAU: Failed to initialise VDPAU




> # vdpauinfo 
> display: :0.0   screen: 0
> Error creating VDPAU device: 1




> I tried re-installing nvidia-current, but that did not resolve the problem
> # apt-get install nvidia-current


> Current nvidia software installed:
> # dpkg -l | grep nvidia
> ii  nvidia-304                                  304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
> rc  nvidia-common                          1:0.2.44.2
> ii  nvidia-current                              304.132-0ubuntu0.12.04.1




> Any help is appreciated.  I have no issues rolling back to a
> previous package or trying to fix the issue with the current driver.


> -Robert

nvidia 304.132 is broken for MythTV. You have to find a previous
version to downgrade to.

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