[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 16.04 ISO testing

[Mike Bibbings]

On 18/04/16 18:51, Mike Chinander wrote:
> I think your nVidia card (GeForce 210) is only supported by the legacy 
> driver, not the latest nVidia driver. Does Mythbuntu 16.04 have both 
> drivers?
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Mike Bibbings 
> <mike.bibbings at gmail.com <mailto:mike.bibbings at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 18/04/16 17:26, Thomas Mashos wrote:
>>     Hello,
>>
>>     Would it be possible to get someone with physical hardware that
>>     has an nVidia card to test the 16.04 ISO? (can be downloaded from
>>     http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/daily-live/current/ )
>>
>>     We're getting reports that the nVidia driver isn't installing
>>     during the OS install, and need to gather some logs as to why.
>>
>>     Some instructions for how to do the install and gather the logs
>>
>>      1. Boot live disk
>>      2. At menu select to try mythbuntu without installing
>>      3. Right click desktop and open terminal
>>      4. Run 'ubiquity -d'
>>      5. Install as normal, notes:
>>          1. make sure to pick nvidia driver
>>          2. Enter a password you don't care about being public (it
>>             will be in debug logs)
>>      6. After install finishes, reboot and see if it's using the
>>         proprietary nvidia driver.
>>      7. If it's not, please file a bug like this: #ubuntu-bug
>>         ubiquity That will collect all the installation logs.
>>      8. Please share the bug number (we'll need to re-assign it to
>>         the proper package).
>>
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Thomas
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Thomas Mashos
>>
>>
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>     Thomas,
>
>     Just tried amd64 install, it gives Nouveau as the driver when I
>     requested Nvidia.
>
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1571781
>
>     Mike
>
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Further information:

I just installed Nvidia 340.96 driver via Settings>Additional Drivers, 
rebooted  and mythfrontend works correctly using Nvidia driver.    
Nvidia X-server settings shows GeForce 210

Nvidia 304.131 driver was also available for install but I have not 
tried this.

Mike
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