[mythtv-users] Post mythbuntu upgrade (1204->1404) == video crashes & lockups

[Kingsley Turner]

On 10/10/14 10:27, Mark Perkins wrote:
> One particularly crappy aspect of this is that it looks for all the world
> like a
>> hardware failure.
>>
>> I re-installed Mythbuntu from the 12.04.04, and the box is running
> perfectly.
>> So for the time being (check date of this post) do not install Mythbuntu
>> 14.04 if you have an nVidia 4-digit-series video card (e.g.: 9400, 8600,
> etc.)
>
> I've got a nVidia 8800GS and have had no issues with 14.04. I had a lot of
> issues getting it to work initially on 12.04 a couple of years ago (me just
> learning at the time probably) but since getting it working I have moved up
> through 13.04, 13.10 and then 14.04 just using standard upgrade with nothing
> special (that I recall). For me it is rock solid.
>

Yeah, I would have said exactly that too, no problems since 2007 ... until I 
installed 14.04.1  ;)

It's good it works on some nvidia cards then.

cheers,
-kt