[mythtv-users] [OT] nvidia 8756: XvMC works!

[Harry Orenstein]

On Saturday 08 April 2006 8:46 pm, Brad Fuller wrote:
> Brad Fuller wrote:
> > Jurgen Kramer wrote:
> >> I just tried the new nvida 8756 drivers from livna on my main PC to see
> >> if XvMC would finally work....and it works!!
> >>
> >> I hope the atrpms packages will be there soon so I can upgrade my
> >> mythbox.
> >
> > I just tried the new 8756 drivers with the updated kernel
> > (2.6.16-1.2069_FC4) and now I get no Screen 1 (which is the S-Video out
> > of MX440). It's been working fine for months with 7676.
> > Screen 0 (which is a regular old CRT Monitor) works fine.
> >
> > I looked to see if there were new xorg.conf instructions  that I needed
> > to change, but I didn't see anything. The Xorg.0.log says:
> >
> >    Unable to find available Display Devices for Screen 1
> >
> > and then:
> >    unload module "nvidia"
> >    unload module "ramdac"
> >    unload module "fb"
> > (which I assume it is referring to Screen 1)
> >
> > I googled this error but really couldn't find anything. Where else could
> > I look?
>
> just want to say that I see text output of booting and shutting down
> thru the S-Video (TV) output, so I know that's working with this new
> setup.  And, mythfrontend seems to work fine (I fixed the Live TV problem).
> I just can't see why I don't have a dual head (individual) when going
> into X with the new nvidia drivers.
>
> Any ideas most welcome! I shouldn't have tried this so close to saturday
> night TV watching ;-(
>
> brad
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Brad,

Isn't this your second posting about this?  Check the list for my reply to the 
other posting.  Short answer: use UseDisplayDevice instead of 
ConnectedMonitor


-- Harry O.