[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu dropping to login prompt instead of frontend auto login after nvidia upgrade

[Ian Evans]

On Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Peter Bennett <cats22 at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 11/08/2016 01:49 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> > I don't use ubuntu but checked in VM I have and 304.117-0ubuntu1 is
> > shown. (sudo apt-cache showpkg nvidia-304)
> Hika
> Did you do sudo apt-get update first? You may be seeing old information.
> I only see the 132 version. It looks like to me that the 131 version has
> been removed.
>
> Ian Evans
> An interim solution could be install the nouveau driver. You will have
> to change playback profile to Normal or Slim.
> In command line mode you can run this to list available drivers
> sudo ubuntu-drivers devices
> You should see the noveau driver listed as one alternative
> (xserver-xorg-video-nouveau)
> Install the nouveau driver with
> sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>
>
Thanks Peter. I'll leave it alone for a few days as it's working now with
VDPAU slim and .132 and I don't want to jinx the system with all my
election coverage recording. :-)

Hopefully there's a .133 soon and I can go back to VDPAU High Quality.
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