[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 16.04 and nvidia drivers

John Finlay finlay at moeraki.com
Wed Dec 7 09:19:14 UTC 2016



On 12/06/2016 11:15 PM, Marius Schrecker wrote:
> Thanks Hika,
>
> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 17:43 CET, Hika van den Hoven
> <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
>  
>> Hoi Marius,
>>
>> Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 10:48:03 AM, you wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>>
>> > ARound the time that 16.04 came out I did an upgrade of an older
>> > mythbuntu system with a GT610 video adapter and hit problems with
>> > the nvidia nv-control module, which wasn't allowing mythtv to match
>> > the monitor refresh rate to the frame rate of the content I was
>> trying to play.
>>
>> > I tried "everything" at the time, using all the available versions
>> > I could easily install using packages, scripted installers and
>> > vanilla nvidia installer, all with no success. I eventually gave up
>> > and lived with the problem, allowing the available drivers,
>> > packages, mythtv code to mature over time before trying again.
>>
>> > I haven't had much time since to play with mythtv, but last night,
>> > for the hell of it, after being irritated again with the jumpy
>> > video, I decided to downgrade from the version that was installed (I
>> > can't remember now whether it was 358, 361 or 364) to 340, which was
>> > mentioned in another recent thread regarding a working driver for
>> legacy cards.
>>
>> > I rebooted and was surprised and pleased to see that the refresh
>> > rates were now being set correctly... Problem solved!
>>
>> > However, as we have now moved on quite a bit since April and as
>> > there are newer driver versions available, does anyone know if
>> > something changed radically since 340 in the way Nvidia handles
>> refresh rates?
>>
>> > Can anyone say which driver version might now be considered optimal
>> for the GT610 on a mythTV system?
>>
>> > I'm a bit wary about breaking again whatever fixed itself
>> > yesterday, so don't want to just blindly cycle through the driver
>> versions.
>>
>> > BR.
>>
>> > --Marius--
>> >
>>
>>
>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
>>  
>
> Hmm, so the GT 610 isn't there as it's not considered lagacy hardware.
> All the same, the driver seems to work far better than the version I
> had installed before. At least when it comes to updating refresh rates.
>
> Any other GT610 users out there:Please can you say which nvidia driver
> you're using with Myth?
>
>  Thanks
>

I have a FE with a GT610 that successfully uses the 367.57 driver in
Mythbuntu 16.04.

John


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