Re: [ubuntu-uk] MythTV

2009-11-24 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip Sounds like either the mythbackend has started up and been unable to use the capture cards, or something weird has happened with the backend. Give mythbackend a restart and try again, if that does work try clearing out your capture cards and re-add them to the video source,

[ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
I've got a PC with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 video - I know I've seen comments in the past ATI isn't very well supported. Looking at the forums and the hardware pages, though it seems some people use them OK, and I've read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver But when I try the LiveCD

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread David Jones
Dianne Reuby wrote: I've got a PC with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 video - I know I've seen comments in the past ATI isn't very well supported. Looking at the forums and the hardware pages, though it seems some people use them OK, and I've read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

[ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread javadayaz
can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) graphics card that will display/upscale to hd quality? I would like to display on 40 screen. pref on ebay. Easily set up on Ubuntu will be a plus! -- Regards Javad -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: I've got a PC with an ATI Radeon Xpress 200 video - I know I've seen comments in the past ATI isn't very well supported. Looking at the forums and the hardware pages, though it seems some people use them OK, and I've read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Adam Bagnall
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:19 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) graphics card that will display/upscale to hd quality? I would like to display on 40 screen. pref on ebay. Easily set up on Ubuntu will be a plus! -- Regards Javad --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread javadayaz
does this graphics card do most of the work...or does it pass it to the processor? 2009/11/24 Adam Bagnall bagna...@googlemail.com On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:19 PM, javadayaz javada...@gmail.com wrote: can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) graphics card that will display/upscale to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) graphics card that will display/upscale to hd quality? I would like to display on 40 screen. pref on ebay. Easily set up on Ubuntu will be a plus! -- Regards Javad Do you want PCI express, AGP or standard PCI? I'd suggest

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: does this graphics card do most of the work...or does it pass it to the processor? A Geforce 8400GS will offload some if not all of the video decoding leaving the CPU free to do other things... http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=articleitem=nvidia_vdpau_gpunum=1 Rob

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread javadayaz
i am using a core 2 duo at the mo...but no graphics card...i am using the onboards graphics chip...I have been for the past few years in fact. which is a better option. PCI express, AGP or standard PCI? 2009/11/24 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk javadayaz wrote: can someone recommend a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 24/11/09 12:19, javadayaz wrote: can someone recommend a cheapish (£10-25) graphics card that will display/upscale to hd quality? I would like to display on 40 screen. pref on ebay. Easily set up on Ubuntu will be a plus! I bought a 256MB Palit 9500GT, PCI-E 2.0(x16), 1600MHz GDDR3, GPU

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread javadayaz
And how to upscale? do i just push a button and it will attempt to better? 2009/11/24 Rob Beard r...@esdelle.co.uk javadayaz wrote: does this graphics card do most of the work...or does it pass it to the processor? A Geforce 8400GS will offload some if not all of the video decoding

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: i am using a core 2 duo at the mo...but no graphics card...i am using the onboards graphics chip...I have been for the past few years in fact. which is a better option. PCI express, AGP or standard PCI? Well if you have a Core 2 Duo I'd guess you wouldn't have an AGP slot.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Recommend a graphics card.

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
javadayaz wrote: And how to upscale? do i just push a button and it will attempt to better? I've found that generally whatever I use upscales the video anyway to fit the resolution. For instance, MPlayer or Totem will happily upscale anything I chuck at it (DVDs, AVI videos) to my monitors

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
David Jones wrote: Once it was installed and restarted, there were no problems, it just seemed to be the installer that was having problems. My original plan was to remove the HDD and replace it with the HDD from my machine (with 9.04 on) - I just thought I'd run the LiveCD to check for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 9.10 - Power Management

2009-11-24 Thread Neil Greenwood
2009/11/23 Norman Silverstone nor...@littletank.org: I have a relatively old desktop machine on which I have run many versions of Ubuntu. Having just upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10, most things appear to be working very well and faster than before. However, the Power Management

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Dianne Reuby
Rob Beard wrote: However it may be possible to fit a graphics card. I don't suppose you know the make and model number of your motherboard do you, or if it's a branded PC (say a Dell, HP etc), what the make and model number is? It is possible that your motherboard may have an AGP

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 9.10 with ATI Radeon

2009-11-24 Thread Rob Beard
Dianne Reuby wrote: Rob Beard wrote: However it may be possible to fit a graphics card. I don't suppose you know the make and model number of your motherboard do you, or if it's a branded PC (say a Dell, HP etc), what the make and model number is? It is possible that your motherboard