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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br><br><div>> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 14:44:27 +1000<br>> From: krt@krt.com.au<br>> To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Post mythbuntu upgrade (1204->1404) == video crashes & lockups<br>> <br>> Hi-yas,<br>> <br>> I upgraded my mythbox today to try to fix some other problems we were <br>> experiencing.<br>> I did a 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade 12.04 to 14.04.<br>> <br>> Everything went mostly smoothly, looking perfect in face.<br>> <br>> But now it *looks* like we're getting system lockups playing back video.<br>> (it may be locking up independant of what it's doing, but I doubt it).<br>> I'm not 100% sure what's up, but there's video corruption, black bars, <br>> red-screens, etc. etc. then a few seconds later the box locks up.<br>> It does run OK for about 20 minutes sometimes.<br>> <br>> Worked perfectly before the update.<br>> <br>> To try to fix the problem, I've removed (with purge) the nvidia drivers, and <br>> re-installed nvidia_331_updates.<br>> But this has made zero difference.<br>> <br>> I tried looking for kernel panic debug messages or suchlike, but alas found <br>> nothing... where would I find these?<br>> <br>> Any advice very much appreciated.<br>> <br>> Maybe I should test it without vdpau? Worth a shot?<br>> <br>> thanks,<br>> -kt<br><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I also have 8300 graphics – 311 was a total disaster but 304
is stable with dvb-t in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">uk</st1:country-region>,
mpeg2 standard definition. See my
response here:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2244108">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2244108</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phil</p>
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