[mythtv-users] Avenard, mythbuntu, nVidia 195 drivers, HDMI audio - lost day

[mythtv at derdev.com]

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:52:44 +1100, Christopher Kerr
<mythtv at theseekerr.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:50 PM,  <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:
>> I have a new Zotac ION B-E  for a frontend and I need to get myth 0.22
>> running on it with HDMI video+audio to my Sharp LCD.
>>
>> I lost most of yesterday to trying to fiddle with the Avenard
repository
>> (thanks for the repo!!)
>> over mythbuntu 9.10 (karmic).  Two issues made me nuts.
>>
>> 1) I cannot seem to get a stable commitment to the nvidia 195 drivers
>> (Avenard) over the nvidia 185 drivers (mythbuntu)
> 
> Just install the 195 drivers from the Avenard repo - it -may- indicate
> that it's removing some parts of mythtv - if I recall, I had to let it
> do so, but I didn't lose any settings or data - everything was working
> fine once it was reinstalled. (do a database backup first anyway)
> 
> - Chris

When I've done that, the Proprietary Drivers applet only shows the 185
driver available.  However, at one point I was able to get the nVidia
management GUI to show that 195 had been enabled.  I got some flack about
install dependencies for libvdpau when I tried to install 195 as well -
regret that I don't have that log in front of me...  

Again, is there an official process to integrate Avenard for nvidia
drivers?

And, again, what's the expected level of functionality for HDMI audio on
(Myth)Ubuntu 9.10?

Thanks.