Re: [mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem
On Thursday 19 January 2006 11:22, Steve Adeff wrote: > On Thursday 19 January 2006 14:08, Adam Propeck wrote: > > On 1/19/06, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thursday 19 January 2006 01:01, Phill Edwards wrote: > > > > > 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not > > > > > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM > > > > > install to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a > > > > > possibility? Is there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled > > > > > if I used the Binary download from ati.com? Should I try using the > > > > > Nvidia binary .run file and see if that fixes it? > > > > > > > > I have a feeling that you may need to recompile your kernel for the > > > > "1" option to work. I remember recompiling to do just this and then > > > > foudn myself in kernel module hell so I gave up! > > > > > > > > Happy to be corrected on this, though, cos as I say it's only a faint > > > > recollection. > > > > > > Nope, that sounds correct. If the "1" isn't being respected, its likely > > > because AGPGART is built into the kernel (rather than as a module), and > > > thus > > > you can't replace it w/NvAGP. Red Hat/Fedora builds AGPGART into their > > > kernels. I've not found any compelling reason to use NvAGP over AGPGART > > > though. > > > > Ouch. so my thinking that the little skips and pauses when I first start > > playback of an HD recording, or when I resume play from a paused playback > > of HD are related to the AGPGART are probably vain hope. I didn't know > > what could be causing the slowdowns and the couple of seconds to get the > > playback going smoothly. It's not a terrible price to pay, but it is kind > > of annoying. I had switched to that 6200 Nvidia card, and hoped that the > > 3100 Sempron would be more than enough to smoothly play this content. I > > am following your guide almost to the letter Jarod. I don't think I > > missed any steps anyhow. I'm also setup suid on mythfrontend, so I > > figured that might give me a little speed edge. > > Adam, > I had this problem for a while to, since I updated to SVN 8625 its > disappeard though. Occasionally I will get it if my machine is doing other > things (recording other shows, etc). Yup, things are definitely better wrt HDTV in svn trunk. However, for reference, folks are welcome to poke at a complete db dump of the settings for my HDTV playback box under 0.18.1+svn fixes, maybe something the OP has got differently configured is causing issues. http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/hdfe-settings.txt -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp1LjX5uBMc5.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem
On Thursday 19 January 2006 14:08, Adam Propeck wrote: > On 1/19/06, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 19 January 2006 01:01, Phill Edwards wrote: > > > > 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not > > > > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM > > > > install to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a > > > > possibility? Is there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled if > > > > I used the Binary download from ati.com? Should I try using the > > > > Nvidia binary .run file and see if that fixes it? > > > > > > I have a feeling that you may need to recompile your kernel for the > > > "1" option to work. I remember recompiling to do just this and then > > > foudn myself in kernel module hell so I gave up! > > > > > > Happy to be corrected on this, though, cos as I say it's only a faint > > > recollection. > > > > Nope, that sounds correct. If the "1" isn't being respected, its likely > > because AGPGART is built into the kernel (rather than as a module), and > > thus > > you can't replace it w/NvAGP. Red Hat/Fedora builds AGPGART into their > > kernels. I've not found any compelling reason to use NvAGP over AGPGART > > though. > > Ouch. so my thinking that the little skips and pauses when I first start > playback of an HD recording, or when I resume play from a paused playback > of HD are related to the AGPGART are probably vain hope. I didn't know what > could be causing the slowdowns and the couple of seconds to get the > playback going smoothly. It's not a terrible price to pay, but it is kind > of annoying. I had switched to that 6200 Nvidia card, and hoped that the > 3100 Sempron would be more than enough to smoothly play this content. I am > following your guide almost to the letter Jarod. I don't think I missed any > steps anyhow. I'm also setup suid on mythfrontend, so I figured that might > give me a little speed edge. > Adam, I had this problem for a while to, since I updated to SVN 8625 its disappeard though. Occasionally I will get it if my machine is doing other things (recording other shows, etc). -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem
Ouch. so my thinking that the little skips and pauses when I first start playback of an HD recording, or when I resume play from a paused playback of HD are related to the AGPGART are probably vain hope. I didn't know what could be causing the slowdowns and the couple of seconds to get the playback going smoothly. It's not a terrible price to pay, but it is kind of annoying. I had switched to that 6200 Nvidia card, and hoped that the 3100 Sempron would be more than enough to smoothly play this content. I am following your guide almost to the letter Jarod. I don't think I missed any steps anyhow. I'm also setup suid on mythfrontend, so I figured that might give me a little speed edge.On 1/19/06, Jarod Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thursday 19 January 2006 01:01, Phill Edwards wrote:> > 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not> > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM > > install to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a> > possibility? Is there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled if I> > used the Binary download from ati.com? Should I try using the Nvidia> > binary .run file and see if that fixes it?>> I have a feeling that you may need to recompile your kernel for the> "1" option to work. I remember recompiling to do just this and then > foudn myself in kernel module hell so I gave up!>> Happy to be corrected on this, though, cos as I say it's only a faint> recollection.Nope, that sounds correct. If the "1" isn't being respected, its likely because AGPGART is built into the kernel (rather than as a module), and thusyou can't replace it w/NvAGP. Red Hat/Fedora builds AGPGART into theirkernels. I've not found any compelling reason to use NvAGP over AGPGART though.--Jarod Wilson[EMAIL PROTECTED]___mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.orghttp://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem
On Thursday 19 January 2006 01:01, Phill Edwards wrote: > > 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not > > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM > > install to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a > > possibility? Is there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled if I > > used the Binary download from ati.com? Should I try using the Nvidia > > binary .run file and see if that fixes it? > > I have a feeling that you may need to recompile your kernel for the > "1" option to work. I remember recompiling to do just this and then > foudn myself in kernel module hell so I gave up! > > Happy to be corrected on this, though, cos as I say it's only a faint > recollection. Nope, that sounds correct. If the "1" isn't being respected, its likely because AGPGART is built into the kernel (rather than as a module), and thus you can't replace it w/NvAGP. Red Hat/Fedora builds AGPGART into their kernels. I've not found any compelling reason to use NvAGP over AGPGART though. -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpQ0YaMr209J.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem
On Thursday 19 January 2006 02:31, Adam Propeck wrote: > I recently switched to an Nvidia 6200w/256MB RAM from an ATI FireGL X1. I > didn't do a clean system install, and am wondering if this may be the cause > of some problems I'm having with the Nvidia. I can't get the NVAGP to be > used even though I have NVAGP "1" in my xorg.conf. Dmesg shows that the > AGPGART is being utilized instead. I simply used YUM to pull down one of > the 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM install > to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a possibility? Is > there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled if I used the Binary > download from ati.com? Should I try using the Nvidia binary .run file and > see if that fixes it? > > Re-installing wouldn't be too bad actually. I'm thinking that if I simply > backed up my mythconverg database before doing so, that I should be able to > keep my old recordings showing up correctly, right? Could I make a switch > in versions of Linux and still keep the recording export out of mySQL? I > was thinking about giving Kubuntu a shot. Thanks, -Adam is there a reason you want to use NVAGP? I don't think its any better than AGPART.. -- Steve ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Switched from ATI to Nvidia. AGPGART problem
> 8xxx versions of the Nvidia driver, and I am thinking that by not > "uninstalling" the old ATI drivers, that I may have caused the YUM install > to fail to copy over the NVAGP files correctly. Is this a possibility? Is > there an easy way to get the ATI junk uninstalled if I used the Binary > download from ati.com? Should I try using the Nvidia binary .run file and > see if that fixes it? I have a feeling that you may need to recompile your kernel for the "1" option to work. I remember recompiling to do just this and then foudn myself in kernel module hell so I gave up! Happy to be corrected on this, though, cos as I say it's only a faint recollection. Regards, Phill ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
