[mythtv-users] New Mythbuntu 14.04 battle with nvidia boot up

[Richard Brook]

I have an older PC, I built, with an Intel Quad Core processor. I have an
Nvidia 9800GTX PCIE video card. I have no problems with Ubuntu 14.04,
Mythbuntu 14.04, or MythTV 027, as far as video issues.

I have always used Nvidia cards and have had issues in the past with other
PC's running earlier versions of Ubuntu. Each time the Kernel changed I had
to reinstall the video drivers. There were also issues with Overscan. I
output the video from my Nvidia cards to the HDMI ports on my 50" HDTV. As
the Nvidia drivers improved, so did the ability to ReSize the display.
On Oct 18, 2014 12:27 PM, "Stephen Worthington" <stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz>
wrote:
>
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:49:42 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 5:47 PM, faginbagin <mythtv at hbuus.com> wrote:
> >> I'm sorry my suggestion didn't help. Maybe it's time to accept the
possibility your hardware is too old for 14.04 and you should just stick
with 12.04?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Helen
> >
> >I never got up to 12.04.  I ran into other problems with that one that
> >dragged into last Spring and was advised to just wait for the 14.04
> >release. ;(
> >
> >Thank you for your suggestion.  I think it's closer to the solution,
> >but I can't figure out what is amiss.
>
> I have an Nvidia GT220 card, and over the years I have been using it,
> there have been times when the Nvidia drivers have been broken for it,
> and also times when the kernel seemed broken as well and I got no
> video on boot.  In both cases, I have just gone back to a working
> version and then waited for one or more later versions until it
> started working again.  On one occasion, I had to wait for around six
> kernel updates before it worked again.  Your card is even older than
> mine, but you might be suffering from the same problem.  Either the
> Nvidia drivers or the kernel might just be bad for your card.  So you
> might like to try older versions of both.
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