Lan Barnes wrote:
> OBSERVATION: The playback and sound hesitation is on the Myth box FE, not
> on the remote FE. This indicates to me that a possible root cause is a
> driver configuration problem on the Myth box's video card.
>
> Here is the entry in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf:
>
> class: VIDEO
> bus: PCI
> detached: 0
> driver: nvidiafb
> desc: "nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
> video.xdriver: nv
> vendorId: 10de
> deviceId: 0181
> subVendorId: 0000
> subDeviceId: 0000
> pciType: 1
> pcidom: 0
> pcibus: 1
> pcidev: 0
> pcifn: 0
>
> This is from lsmod:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]$ /sbin/lsmod |grep vid
> video 19909 0
> video_buf 27717 3 cx8800,cx88xx,bttv
> nvidia 4718160 32
> videodev 29633 6 cx8800,cx88xx,bttv,ivtv
> v4l2_common 26945 9
> cx8800,bttv,cx25840,msp3400,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,cx2341x,videodev
> i2c_core 24897 14
> i2c_ec,cx88xx,bttv,lirc_i2c,wm8775,cx25840,msp3400,saa7115,tuner,ivtv,i2c_i801,i2c_algo_bit,nvidia,tveeprom
> v4l1_compat 16581 3 cx8800,ivtv,videodev
>
> Finally, this from /etc/modprobe.conf:
>
> # nvidia kernel module
> alias char-major-195 nvidia-1_0-9755
> alias nvidia nvidia-1_0-9755
>
> Now I am very aware of my limitations in understanding this stuff, but I
> see these as inconsistent and probably wrong. hwconf says the driver is
> nv, but modprobe.conf says nvidia-1_0-9755, set by ... who? Me? kudzu?
> HTHWIK? And is nvidia-1_0-9755 right for that card?
>
> I need adult supervision. Christmas with stuttering playback ("The
> Nutcracker," "Celtic Woman: A Christmas Carol") is the holiday pits. Oh,
> and then there's football ...
None of those matter.
What matters is what you are actually running with X Windows.
What video card do have in the system? If it's the one I gave you, then
the "nVidia Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]" is the right
description, and the drivers are the right drivers. If it's not then you
will have to properly identify it.
Next, examine your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and see what it has in the
Device section. For example, in mine I have:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
EndSection
This is for a preliminary installation, and indicates it is using the
proprietary nvidia driver. The open source driver is called nv for an
nVidia card. Post your xorg.conf so we can see how you are set up.
Configure your system to start in text mode (run level 3 for Ferdora).
Start up X Windows like this:
$ startx -- -logverbose 7
This will turn on extra logging. Then look at the /var/log/Xorg.0.log
file. In there you will see everything that X Windows does to start up
and run. Post that file also because it has clues to see if everything
is hooking up properly. That file may be a bit big so you may need to
host it somewhere and post a link to it.
I can't give you any more advice for now until I see what video card you
are using and the log file.
Gus
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