[mythtv-users] Distro for MythTV, FC6 is killing me

Support [ Ian Ward ] support at cyberpro.com.au
Tue Nov 21 01:47:08 UTC 2006


Sorry Trampas, sometimes on this list you get mainly two types of answer.

Example:
Question: My Ford is having engine problems.
Answer type 1: Buy a Toyota.
Answer type 2: My Ford works fine.

Neither is very helpfull.


I had quite a hassle getting the nvidia drivers working on my new HP 
Laptop with FC6
The first time I tried the nvidia drivers at atrpms seemed busted.
Also , the X configurator does not seem to insert all the X modules you 
need for mythtv.
I resolved to wait a week and sure enough, some new nvidia modules 
appeared and now I have it working.
If you were trying a few weeks ago I'm not surprised you had problems.

My advise is to remove all the nvidia stuff, do a system update and then 
re-install nvidia
Remember to only take your kernel up to a version where the nvidia*kmdl 
is available at atrpms.
You can do this by browsing the atrpms repository and checking.

Here is my list of atrpms rpm's that are installed
[root at skyhawk ~]# rpm -qa|grep nvidia
nvidia-graphics-1.0.9629-15.at
nvidia-graphics9629-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6-1.0_9629-81.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.15-16.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics9629-libs-1.0_9629-81.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics9629-1.0_9629-81.fc6.at
nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.fc6.at
[root at skyhawk ~]#

You then do a nvidia-graphics switch, then nvidia-xconfig to modify the 
xconfig file....

[root at skyhawk ~]# nvidia-graphics-switch
Usage: /usr/sbin/nvidia-graphics-switch <driver>
       where <driver> is one of 9629
[root at skyhawk ~]# nvidia-graphics-switch 9629
[root at skyhawk ~]# nvidia-xconfig

Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

Here is my xorg file.  I seem to remember I needed to manually add v4l 
etc. to the module section.

[root at skyhawk ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister at builder3)  Wed Nov  1 
19:47:17 PST 2006

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "single head configuration"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "fbdevhw"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "v4l"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Synaptics"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    ModelName      "LCD Panel 1280x800"
    HorizSync       31.5 - 90.0
    VertRefresh     59.9 - 60.1
    Option         "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x800"
    EndSubSection
EndSection



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