[mythtv-users] Beware CentOS 5.1 Xorg 1.1.1-48.26 update w/ nv 100.14.19

[Dan Wilson]

On 1/19/2008 at 2:55 PM Anthony Zawacki wrote:

> I updated my mythfrontend machine today and found that after the
> update, 
> and after a reboot, mythfrontend began crashing the server at startup.
> 
> That last thing output from mythfrontend was
> Switching to square mode (G.A.N.T)
> 
> I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the nvidia drivers, having seen 
> some posts similar to my problems, but that didn't fix it.  I logged 
> into the machine as root and ran nvidia-settings, and when I tried to 
> switch to the OpenGL tab, X crashed in the same manner as when I started 
> mythfrontend.
> 
> I found if I commented out the Load "glx" from the Section "Module" myth 
> started working again.
> 
> Eventually, I'll have to fix this, as we also play stepmania on this 
> machine, but for now, it gets myth back up and running which is more 
> important as this is the frontend in our family room.
> 

I just downloaded and installed the latest nvidia-proprietary drivers from the nvidia website (rev 169.09), and it has solved this problem for me.