[mythtv-users] Re: OpenGLVideoSync: Bad Context for Vsync

Axel Thimm Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
Sat Jun 4 20:03:17 UTC 2005


On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:33:04PM -0700, Joe Votour wrote:
> Well, it looks like OpenGL support is broken in the RPMS.  I removed
> all of my MythTV RPMs and fetched the new ones via apt-get.
> 
> I see the checkbox in mythfrontend, and I have verified that it
> toggles the checkbox (and updates the DB appropriately), but OpenGL
> will never start, it always dumps me back to RTC timing.
> 
> I'll look into it when I get a chance.  I haven't tried CVS yet, I
> don't have the time right now.

OK, thanks for testing and verifying the bug. Just to clarify one
thing: The CVS bits used in the rpms are from release-0-18-fixes, not
HEAD. Perhaps you were (successfully) running HEAD, instead?

> > On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 08:55:58PM -0700, Joe Votour
> > wrote:
> > > I'm not running the new 0.18.1 RPMs, but I'm
> > running my hacked up
> > > MythTV 0.18.1, which contains the additions to
> > allow OpenGL VSync to
> > > work as a run-time option (I haven't tested the
> > RPMs).
> > > 
> > > I can indeed verify that the idea is sound and
> > does work.  (Really,
> > > all I did was add in a checkbox to mythfrontend to
> > act as a flag for
> > > whether or not to add OpenGL to the list of timing
> > methods checked
> > > for.  Previously, it was just based on an #ifdef.)
> > 
> > Could you test the mainstream rpms, too? Thanks!
> > 
> > > I just looked at the MythTV source code that is
> > bundled in with the
> > > RPM, and it is possible that the VERBOSE macro is
> > being called,
> > > which would show some extra logging information.
> > 
> > The sources for the rpms are what has been committed
> > into CVS.
> > 
> > > I'm attaching my .nvidia-settings-rc file, which I
> > use with the
> > > OpenGL VSync (I'm running the 7174 driver).  I
> > hope that this helps,
> > > but if not, I'm afraid that I can't really offer
> > any more
> > > suggestions, since the functionality was already
> > in MythTV, nothing
> > > was really added.
> > 
> > A quick rpm test would be very appreciated! :) :) :)
> > 
> > Thanks!
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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