[mythtv-users] Fedora 7, is all in order yet?

[Mike LaPlante]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 02:53:32PM -0500, Mike LaPlante wrote:
>   
>> Axel Thimm wrote:
>>     
>>>> Yeah, at home for lunch now testing nv VS nvidia modules, either way 
>>>> things don't work right. So I'd say Fedora 7 is NOT "all in order" in 
>>>> response to the OP's question, at least not when it comes to nvidia+myth.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> nvidia on F7 works here quite fine, have you tried the ATrpms' kmdl
>>> packages for nvidia?
>>>
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>> Yeah I'm using ATrpms 9755. In fact lately the only repo I leave 
>> permanently enabled on my myth boxes is ATrpms. I ran into some trouble 
>> with a freshrpms or livna x264 package screwing up my mytharchive. So 
>> now-a-days I do an --enablerepo for the few packages I can't get off 
>> ATrpms.
>>
>> Anyhoo, my symptons are as follows:
>> -- with X running on the nvidia 9755 module and kernel 2.6.21-1.3194 as 
>> soon as I start mythfrontend the X server crashes and I'm brought back 
>> to a GDM login.
>>     
>
> Any errors in the logs? Can you run glxgears with acceptable
> performance and no crash?
>
> (BTW what hardware was that? Maybe you need a legacy driver?)
>
>   
>> -- with X running on the nv module mythfrontend starts but looks like 
>> its in 8 colors. Then when I exit myth X restarts.
>> -- with X running on the nvidia module and Xinerama enabled, 
>> mythfrontend segfaults... (I'm not really sure if myth CAN run with 
>> Xinerama enabled, never tried, but this particular frontend is a dual 
>> monitor machine in a spare room.)
>>     
>
> I know that xinerama/twinview can't share xv across the screens (at
> least I think I know that), so that could be an issue.
>
>   
>> It's possible none of that is related to the kernel bug mentioned in 
>> this thread, but I kind of gave up trouble shooting it until a new 
>> kernel is released. Been patiently waiting for that to happen for a 
>> little over a week now.
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You were right, glx wasn't properly setup. I never really thought to 
check. I had run the nvidia-graphics-switch, and I was seeing the Nvidia 
logo when X started, so I just kind of ass-u-me-d nvidia was all setup. 
I ended up comparing my FC6 xorg.conf to my F7 and copied and pasted 
these 3 lines into the F7 xorg.conf

    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

Under the Files section. I could be mistaken but I think the 
graphics-switch thing is supposed to add those. I don't remember ever 
having to do that. Myth seems to work now. Crazy, oh and xinerama is 
disabled for the time being, was still getting segfaults with that.

Mike