[mythtv-users] Is NVIDIA worth the bother?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Sep 25 18:35:41 UTC 2009


On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:58:34PM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Andy Wettstein <ajw1980 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If you use the packaged versions of the nvidia driver from debian, you
> > can use module-assistant to build the kernel package.  Usually this gets
> > the job done (as root):  m-a a-i nvidia
> >
> > You can add the -l option to specify to build for a different version of
> > the kernel.
> >
> > You may need to run 'm-a prepare' first.
> 
> Yes, of course.  It's not all that hard.  It's not like you need to
> write the driver yourself or anything, it's just one of those extra
> things you need to do (and need to remember how to do).  If you
> upgrade your kernel every six months or so you probably need to go
> back and re-read the instructions to jog your memory and and see what
> little tweak has been introduced into the preferred build procedure
> since the last time you did it.  It's just a bit annoying.
> 
> With open source drivers it's just not an issue.

   It depends on the driver really. When I first started LIRC and ivtv
weren't integrated into the main tree so it was always a bother to deal
with those. Either of those was more of a pain than dealing with nvidia
modules or even the source for the HD-PVR.

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