[mythtv-users] Assistance with video card problem (Please point me in the right direction)

[JJ]

Brian Wood wrote:

>John Nissley wrote:
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>>I know this is not a forum to answer these types of questions but if you 
>>could point me in the correct direction I would greatly appreciate it.
>>
>>I just purchased a MachSpeed VSNV-939 mother board with an athlon socket 
>>939 x2 64 bit cpu.  My plan was to make this my master back end that 
>>will also serve up video to the main TV in the house.  The problem I am 
>>running into is that the PCIE geforce 8500GT video card is not liking 
>>the nvidia drivers.  I am able to get the system up and running on 
>>Fedora 8 2.6.23.8-63.fc8 build and everything works fine until I install 
>>the nvidia drivers.
>>
>>I have tried to use the shell script from nvidia and the modle from 
>>livna but no matter what I try the computer locks up when it is time to 
>>engage the nvidia driver. 
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>You probably don't want to hear this, but the easiest and fastest
>solution would probably be to put a much less powerful graphics card in
>the unit.
>
>I've read that there are problems with the 8500 cards and the Linux
>drivers, but I didn't pay attention.
>
>Unless you're gaming on this machine, I'd seriously consider something
>less power-hungry and more commonly used with Myth systems.
>
>OK, everyone with a working 8500 setup may now flame me :-)
>
>beww
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8500 working here, only issue I have is no video until completely booted 
into Gnome, and my gettys don't work, only GUI, but renders HDTV 
beautifully..
Cheers,
John
(ubuntu 7.10)