[mythtv-users] nvidia driver woes

[John Finlay]

On 9/20/2013 6:11 AM, Joseph Fry wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 11:31 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:
>> I used to have an old analog tv on one of my myth frontends which drove it
>> via the nvidia driver tv out (svideo). I upgraded to a new flat panel but I
>> can't get x to start on the system. I finally gave up and did a new install
>> of mythbuntu but as soon as I did the updates the nvidia 304 driver was
>> installed and now X won't start again. It almost seems as if the nvidia card
>> is stuck on tv out as it's primary connection. The xorg log errors are:
>>
>> [    10.004] (II) NVIDIA(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen
>> section
>>          "Default Screen" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
>> [    10.004] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
>> [    10.004] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
>> [    10.004] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
>> [    10.004] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
>> [    10.004] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "NoLogo" "True"
>> [    10.004] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "DPI" "100x100"
>> [    10.004] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
>> [    10.213] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!
>> Please ensure
>> [    10.213] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     that there is a supported NVIDIA GPU in
>> this system, and
>> [    10.213] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     that the NVIDIA device files have been
>> created properly.
>> [    10.213] (EE) NVIDIA(0):     Please consult the NVIDIA README for
>> details.
>> [    10.213] (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
>> [    10.213] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
>> [    10.213] (II) Unloading nvidia
>> [    10.213] (II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
>> [    10.213] (II) Unloading wfb
>> [    10.213] (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
>> [    10.213] (II) Unloading fb
>> [    10.213] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>> [    10.213]
>>
>>
>> If I switch to an alternate tty and manually startx all seems to go
>> correctly. Before using this same system with the analog tv I used it with
>> the same flat panel without a problem. I speculate that when I started to
>> use tv out something was changed that now prevents proper use with tv out
>> disabled. Is that possible?
> You did disconnect the sVideo cable right?  IIRC, the cards will
> default to sVideo if it senses the cable connected.
>

Yes and I also disabled TV out in the BIOS. I'm giving up on this and 
buying an add in card in the hope that that will be properly handled by 
mythbuntu.

John