[mythtv-users] Please help with XV

DBakker at arrayasolutions.com DBakker at arrayasolutions.com
Wed Dec 3 20:58:38 EST 2003


Is thet Identifier the same in the screen section you are running? You 
might want to try the officle nvidia drivers.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496.html
 



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Section "Device"
---bunch of delete options because they are all commented out.---
         Identifier  "Card0"
         Driver      "nv"
         VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
         BoardName   "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
         ChipSet     "GeForce2 MX/MX 400"
         BusID       "PCI:0:16:0"
EndSection
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DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> What does it say for the Driver setting in your Device  section of your 
> XFree86 config? Should be nvidia
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> I've been googeling for about 4 hours now and can't for the life of me 
> find a way to make xv work for my GeForce2 MX 400
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> I'm running Gentoo Linux.
> I have a WinTV PVR-350
> 
> I've emerged (compiled) xfree
> I've emerged (compiled) nvidia-kernel
> I've emerged (compiled) mythtv
> mythtv seems to work but the picture is real static-y (like non-cable TV 

> without an antenna)
> Since it's real choppy, I decided to check into things.  I found out 
> what XVideo is (kinda) and typed xinfo in my terminal window.  It tells 
> me:
> X-Video Extension version 2.2
> screen #0
>   no adaptors present
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> I've switched out 3 video cards (all nVidia's) and nothing seems to 
work.
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> I tried each card with and without the custom nVidia drivers.
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> Is there a compile flag somewhere I'm missing?
> Is there a driver I don't have?
> Is there a kernel modules I have to build to make it work?
> Is there a setting in my XF86config I need to set?
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> Any help would be appreciated.
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