[mythtv-users] XvMC not working - Nvidia

[Damian Surr]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> Damian Surr napsal(a):
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>> Yan Seiner wrote:
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>>> Damian Surr napsal(a):
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>>>> Yan Seiner wrote:
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>>>>> Damian Surr wrote:
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>>>>>> Just tried that and restarted gdm. Still get about 10 fps with 
>>>>>> glxgears! The kind of numbers I see on the net are in their thousands. 
>>>>>> Do you think there's something wrong with my card? Those numbers seem 
>>>>>> too big to bridge with a settings tweak or something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's a bit late to find this out if it is hardware. I bought the card 
>>>>>> about 3 months ago, just not known how to test it.
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>>>>> It ain't the card.
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>>>> That's good to hear :-)
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>>>>> It's something in your config.
>>>>>
>>>>> type 'glxinfo | grep NV'
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>>> Sorry, that should have been
>>>
>>> glxinfo | grep vendor 
>>>
>>> and you should see
>>>
>>> dionysus:/var/log# glxinfo | grep vendor
>>> server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>>> client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>>> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>>>   
>>>       
>> Yep, here's mine:
>>
>> :~$  glxinfo | grep vendor
>> server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>> client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>> OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>>
>>     
>>> Also look at
>>>
>>> dionysus:/var/log# glxinfo | head
>>> name of display: :0.0
>>> display: :0  screen: 0
>>> direct rendering: Yes
>>> server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>>> server glx version string: 1.4
>>> server glx extensions:
>>>     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, 
>>>     GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, 
>>>     GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer, 
>>>     GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
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>>>       
>> again, here's mine:
>> :~$ glxinfo | head
>> name of display: :0.0
>> display: :0  screen: 0
>> direct rendering: Yes
>> server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>> server glx version string: 1.4
>> server glx extensions:
>>     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
>>     GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
>>     GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
>> client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
>> :~$
>>
>>     
>>> And make sure the line 
>>> direct rendering: Yes
>>>
>>> says Yes.  If it says No, direct rendering is disabled.
>>>
>>> Your X log looks OK...
>>>
>>> --Yan
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>>>       
>> Thanks for your help again Yan. I also tried letting the nVidia util 
>> set my xorg.conf settings, but the results of that were the same 
>> (10fps in glxgears), so I switched back to the xorg.conf that I set up.
>>
>> I'm at a loss for what to do now. Could it be a bios setting or 
>> something? What makes you so sure that the hardware isn't at fault?
>>
>> Damian
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>
> OK, so it looks like you have everything set up right... But you don't 
> seem to have any acceleration.  That's bizarre.  10 fps is what I would 
> expect if I was using the nv driver....
>
> You have a single head, right?
>
> OK, looking back at the xorg.conf file:
>
> In Section Module, take out
>
>     Load           "glx"
>     Load           "int10"
>     Load           "vnc"
>     Load           "vbe"
>
> and remove the last Composite section.
>
> Restart gdm (or whatever you use) and try it again.
>   
When I removed all 4, glxgears stopped working. Putting "glx" back 
started it again. I removed the Composite section too. Still no change 
to performance.

Tried tweaking bios settings and installed latest nvidia driver using 
Envy, still no improvement.

Thanks for your suggestions Yan!

Damian
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